Learning Without Tears 2023 Catalog

Like you, we have been closely following the impact of the pandemic on students. While some of the most startling data paints a bleak picture for some of our youngest learners, there is hope in the heartening stories that we continually hear from classrooms across the country. Teachers are demonstrating their resilience, rising to meet the challenges ahead.

But one thing remains starkly clear to all—students need foundational literacy skills now more than ever before. And our programs are uniquely positioned to build them. Because from the moment a student writes their first letter all the way to fluent reading, we are right there with them, providing the support they need to strengthen these crucial skills.

Since it was first introduced more than 40 years ago, Handwriting Without Tears (p. 38) has emerged as the world leader in handwriting instruction, helping all students learn this key skill developmentally. We’ve taken this fundamental approach to each program we create, making it the core of what we do.

That's why we are thrilled that teachers and students have gotten to know A–Z for Mat Man and Me (p. 28) last year, and were introduced to Phonics, Reading, and Me (p. 12) last fall. This innovative new K–3 reading program is the latest in our growing portfolio that builds foundational literacy skills based on the science of reading. To address the inequities teachers are facing today, we've developed a digital solution that amplifies their ability to keep all students on track for success through personalized pathing.

Get Set for School (p. 80) users can now make assessments much more manageable with digital progress monitoring on our new platform—Assessments to Guide Instruction. The assessments that teachers already are familiar with have been expanded to cover all learning domains, with results that can be tracked in one digital ecosystem.

New enhancements were also added to the award-winning Keyboarding Without Tears (p. 102). Several new activities will help students in grades 3–5 practice common online testing questions, honing skills that are required on standard assessments across the country.

Of course, to best position students for success, educators need to be positioned for growth. Our Professional Learning (p. 106) offerings are our strong, central pillar. In this catalog you'll find an in-depth overview of our workshops, each driven by a wealth of experience. These learning opportunities build the capacity of your teams to do the great work they’re so passionate about and ensure that you make the most of your investment with our programs.

Educators, families, occupational therapists, and yes, students have stepped up to meet the challenges ahead, and I hope throughout this catalog, you’ll see that we are alongside you all. Thank you for all that you do for students, and please know that our support for you remains as steadfast as ever.

Thank you,

Terry Nealon CEO, Learning Without Tears

Foundational Learning Solutions

Handwriting Without Tears® helps students successfully develop writing fluency with award-winning materials loved by teachers, students, and families.

Keyboarding Without Tears® improves typing speed and accuracy and features a digital citizenship curriculum from Common Sense Education.

Get Set for School® expands Pre-K possibilities, nurtures a love of learning, and builds skills that support kindergarten readiness.

Look Inside:

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Literacy

12–27 Phonics, Reading, and Me 28–35 A–Z for Mat Man and Me

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A–Z for Mat Man® and Me builds alphabet knowledge and early literacy skills in a fun, interactive way supported by the science of reading.

Phonics, Reading, and Me provides a strong foundation for reading success, teaching high-utility skills through connected text.

Our Professional Learning team supports all educators with expert-led workshops that equip teachers with inspiration so they can thrive.

And we’re building for the future with digital tools that enhance instruction and provide insights into student progress.

Awards

Learning Without Tears programs and products have won many awards over the years, recognizing the innovation at the heart of what we do and the success of the students that learn with us.

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Handwriting 38–45 Handwriting Without Tears 48–49 Emergent Writing 50–53 Print 54–57 Cursive 58–59 Teacher's Guides 60–63 Spanish/Dual Language 64–67 Writing Practice 68–73 Packs and Kit 74–75 Paper 76–77 Manipulatives

Readiness

82–89 Get Set for School 90–97 Pre-K Products 98–101 Spanish 102–105 Keyboarding Without Tears 106–113 Professional Learning

Our journey started at the kitchen table of a mom whose son was struggling with handwriting. Jan Olsen, an occupational therapist, developed a revolutionary new approach to handwriting that has helped millions of students.

Since then, we’ve grown from one passionate entrepreneur to a team of hundreds. That innovation continues through our work today. After more than 40 years, we remain a family owned education company dedicated to our mission—to help students build foundational skills with confidence, leading to lifelong success.

building exciting new experiences, ensuring that teaching and learning remain easy and fun for all.

Jan Olsen set out on a mission to make handwriting easier to learn for her son, John.

Jan conducts her first workshop, and releases her first student editions, Cursive Handwriting and My Printing Book

Handwriting Without Tears books are shipped nationwide, direct from Jan’s basement. A full product line is developed for K–5, including teacher's guides, workbooks, and student editions.

First Spanish edition of Handwriting Without Tears releases. The company also launches +Live Insights, a digital dashboard connecting its learning products.

The Handwriting Interactive Teaching Tool, a digital solution for teaching handwriting lessons, launches.

The Pre-K Interactive Teaching Tool launches.

A–Z for Mat Man and Me, a supplemental early literacy program, releases in September.

Phonics, Reading, and Me, a supplemental phonics and reading program, releases in September.

1977 PRESENT

Jan begins tutoring her son in handwriting, using her occupational therapy training to develop new strategies for handwriting. These ideas are assembled into a book to help occupational therapists with struggling children: Handwriting Without Tears.

Get Set for School launches as a Pre-K readiness program.

Wet-Dry-Try, the digital version of the popular handwriting activity, launches on the iTunes App Store.

Keyboarding Without Tears, a digital program for typing and digital citizenship, launches.

Company is renamed to Learning Without Tears, an early education company that helps students develop foundation skills necessary become successful learners for life.

Handwriting Without Tears launches an Integrated Print and Digital Solution, and Get Set for School adds new components, making it a complete Pre-K program

Your Digital Dashboard for Measuring Success

This breakthrough dashboard is your portal for administrative features across the full suite of Learning Without Tears’ digital products. +Live Insights is an enterprise-grade solution that makes it simple to administer products, increase teacher effectiveness, and improve student learning. Users have a satellite view over their district's usage of Learning Without Tears’ digital products. The platform was built for the needs of school districts, giving users real-time access to information that allows administrators to make data-driven decisions.

Users can generate reports that reviews a district’s engagement with our learning products, including a district, school, or classroom’s overall curriculum progress, the number of active students, and the amount of time spent on each program.

WE START WITH A LINE.

It's the most fundamental expression of language. Then, the magic happens! With one simple stroke, the line transforms into a letter.

The path to literacy spirals out from this subtle movement—when a child´s scribbling becomes language. They will discover that this letter has a sound, which fuses into words, which cohere into sentences, and eventually, into the stories from which they can learn and confidently share their thoughts.

All students share this powerful experience with learning. And it all starts with a line.

Learning Without Tears is where the joy of teaching meets the joy of learning. We have spent more than 40 years designing instructional methods for student success. Our programs specialize in helping students graduate from the mechanics of writing and reading skills to fully embracing literacy and discovering new worlds of learning.

PROFESSIONAL LEARNING

Instruction Based on the Science of Reading

All students can successfully attain reading proficiency by beginning with strong foundations based on research.

Scarborough’s Rope visualizes the intertwining relationship between language comprehension and word recognition. As students hone their skills in vocabulary, language structures, and phonological awareness, they create the foundational guiding strands that lead to skilled reading.

From learning to grip a pencil all the way to reading comprehension, each new skill is a stepping stone on the path to literacy.

Learning Without Tears programs work in concert to help students from Pre-K through Grade 5 master foundational skills that transform letters into meaning. You’ll find this connection to literacy deeply interwoven in our books, our songs, our teacher support— and yes, even Mat Man! And with each facet, students experience a new perspective on language, leading them to become joyful participants in their pursuit of lifelong literacy success.

FUNDING OPTIONS

Take your classroom experience to a new level when you have access to the right funds and the right opportunities. Find yours today. Visit LWTears.com/funding

Handwriting is one of the foundational skills that leads students toward automatic word recognition. In Handwriting Without Tears, students learn to write their names and write letters beyond their names—each of which are markers of emergent literacy skills, preparing them to become readers.

The science of reading research tells us that students develop into proficient readers when they receive systematic and explicit instruction. In A–Z for Mat Man and Me, students get both. Teachers use direct instruction for explicitly correlating letter sounds and symbols, and children build routines for learning each letter.

PHONICS, Reading, Me and

Reading is not a natural process and does not come easily for all students. The instruction in Phonics, Reading, and Me™ is guided by the science of reading for how students learn to read best—teaching systematic phonics skills in the service of reading comprehension.

Professional Learning

The heart of any learning foundation is a trained, effective teacher. Our workshops provide the best practices that teachers need to teach students early reading skills, helping lead the youngest learners to literacy success. See more on page 106.

There is a key tie between reading and learning to write. Studies have shown that learning to write can improve letter perception, pseudo letter learning, and word reading.”

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The ease with which children acquire foundational skills in two domains of early literacy—codefocused skills (letter knowledge and phonemic awareness) and meaning-focused skills (oral language and comprehension)—shapes their future reading development.”

It is now widely acknowledged that reading is a multifaceted process and initial reading instruction should be focused on the research-based practices of decoding and orthographic mapping.”

Berninger, V. W., Abbott, R. D., Augsburger, A., & Garcia, N. (2009). Comparison of Pen and Keyboard Transcription Modes in Children with and without Learning Disabilities. Learning Disability Quarterly, 32(3), 123–141.

Ortiz, M., Folsom, J. S., Al Otaiba, S., Greulich, L., Thomas-Tate, S., & Connor, C. M. (2012). The componential model of reading: Predicting first grade reading performance of culturally diverse students from ecological, psychological, and cognitive factors assessed at kindergarten entry. Journal of Learning Disabilities, 45(5), 406-417.

Ehri, L. C. (2014). Orthographic mapping in the acquisition of sight word reading, spelling memory, and vocabulary learning. Scientific Studies of Reading, 18(1), 5-21. doi: 10.1080/10888438.2013.819356

Your Literacy Connection at LWTears.com

Alphabet Knowledge and Phonics

PHONICS

Reading Reading, PHONICS, Me and Me

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Reading PHONICS

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Sounds, Letters, and Connections

It’s the moment that inspires and humbles every educator–when a child makes the connection between a line they draw, a sound they speak, and the name of a letter. In that moment, a whole new world of possibilities opens and, with systematic and explicit instruction of letter/sound relationships, the path to reading unfolds.

In A–Z for Mat Man and Me, Mat Man, a lovable character that has helped millions of children learn to form letters, now introduces them to reading. His engaging A–Z storybook series, with diverse characters and settings, builds alphabet knowledge through connected text, oral language development, phonemic awareness, and word recognition skills. Differentiation strategies support children where they are on the developmental learning continuum and engaging, multi-modal digital learning activities provide essential practice and skill reinforcement.

Our new supplemental phonics program, Phonics, Reading, and Me, formulated on the Science of Reading, teaches targeted, high-utility skills in the context of reading with carefully crafted decodable text that enables all children to master the skills they need to become proficient readers. Learning is fostered through an integrated print/digital instructional model that builds on previously taught skills. Each lesson is anchored in small group

instruction with systematic and explicit lessons. From there, each student embarks on their own personalized digital learning path based on screener activities, including oral reading powered by voice enabled technology, powered by Soapbox™. Scaffolded activities ensure every student masters key skills. A robust, educator digital site allows teachers to monitor progress, manage groups, and extend learning.

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Phonics, Reading, and Me was developed by a renowned team of educators to provide succinct lessons that teach phonics in a meaningful context.

Engaging texts are the centerpiece and the instructional design invites joyful interactions, so students develop oral language as they read.

Students in K–3 need explicit, systematic instruction that follows a scope and sequence. With an intentional progression of skills, learners move from the known to the new, allowing them to build on basic skills as they take on more complex ones.

Phonics, Reading, and Me focuses on the skills young readers and writers need most, so that small group time is efficient and effective.

• Supplements any core ELA program

• 20-weeks of instruction (Sets B, C, D) delivered in 5 easy to manage units. (Set A is 10-weeks) • Voice-enabled technology quickly assesses students’ skills and places them on a personalized learning path

Decodable Text

Small-Group

support for below level, on level, and above level

Instruction Informed by Recognized Reading Experts

Dr. Miriam Ortiz

• Ph.D. in education and human development from Southern Methodist University

• Taught Florida K–12 students with disabilities

• Research focus: early literacy, intervention, assessment, and special education

Dr. Kathleen (Kit) Mohr

• Utah State University Professor, Language and Literacy

• Taught early grades in California and Texas

• Research focus: accelerated language and literacy development from a cognitivist perspective

Grounded in the Science of

Easy to Incorporate

Reading PHONICS Me

Phonics, Reading, and Me is organized by sets, from A–D, aligning to state standards for reading from K–3. This gives teachers the flexibility to adjust instruction as needed to differentiate to students’ needs.

The program is designed to be truly supplemental, helping students learn and practice targeted skills in a scope and sequence that’s easily managed and incorporated with your literacy curricula. Skills and themes grow from set to set, building knowledge across grades.

Student Books

Student texts are at the center of Phonics, Reading, and Me™. Each is intentionally written with decodability, word frequency, and meaning in mind.

with the targeted skill.

Phonics, Reading, and Me is designed to help students master the skills they need to become proficient readers. This new, supplemental program prioritizes the phonics skills that can be difficult to learn but make a difference for students on the path to reading.

• Focuses on the most targeted and high-utility phonics skills

• Includes intentional practice of phonics skills and highfrequency words through multicriteria texts

• Supports and enhances your literacy curricula

• Meets Science of Reading requirements

Phonics, Reading, and Me Classroom Kit Set A Grade: K PRMACLASS $699.99

Phonics, Reading, and Me Classroom Kit Set B Grade: 1 PRMBCLASS $839.99

Phonics, Reading, and Me Classroom Kit Set C Grade: 2 PRMCCLASS $839.99

Phonics, Reading, and Me Classroom Kit Set D Grade: 3 PRMDCLASS $839.99

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Phonics, Reading, and Me

Teacher Lesson Card

Above Level

Children should finish the beach scene with drawings and labels of long e words spelled ee, ea, and ey, and then write a story about a real or imagined day at the beach. Provide double-lined paper, as needed, for extended writing.

adapted partner. Then, words spelled use long e sentences about

Have children whisper read the excerpt adapted from a digital text. Then have them circle the long e words spelled with ee, ea, and ey. Have children use long e words to complete the sentences about Bree and Finley.

IF NEEDED ------------------------Multilingual Learner

Support Partner multilingual learners with different English language proficiencies but the same home language to work together on the Reading Response Journal pages. If not possible, pair children with more fluent readers to encourage collaboration in generating long e words and thinking of how to respond.

ABOUT THIS LESSON

Primary Phonics Skill Objectives

Phonics,Reading,andMe Set Lesson 37 sweet peach tea sheep. green teeth. cream. ai sh ee f oi

direct them to build words, on a whiteboard or sheet of Above Level green leap,

Have children build word chains by changing one or more letters with the pattern: een: seen, teen, green, queen eak: beak, leak, sneak, speak eal: deal, meal, seal, steal eam: seam, team, beam, cream, dream

• Decode and encode long e words spelled with ee and ea

• Read long e vowel team words in connected text.

Secondary Phonics Skill: long e words spelled ey Phonemic Awareness Skill: blend and segment spoken

UNIT 4 Use the Read Aloud Card to review the unit theme, vocabulary, and phonics skill category. Use the Formative Assessment Card for more responsive support. Theme: Animals in Groups Skills Category: Vowel Teams for Long Vowel Sounds Sheep Do Not Go to the Beach!

ABOUT THIS TEXT SET

Text Set STUDENT BOOK (print and digital)

MEDIUM DIGITAL TEXT

LONG DIGITAL TEXT

Knowledge Building: In the nonfiction texts, children continue learning about animals that live in groups. They learn about the traits of sheep. They learn vocabulary such as bleat, group, flock, and sheep Figuring Out Feelings: In the fiction texts, children explore habits of Belonging and Kindness.

Title Sheep Do Not Go to the Beach!

Preview

DIGITALSCREENERTEXT

Text Type fiction; animal fantasy fiction; animal fantasy nonfiction; narrative nonfiction nonfiction; science informational

Hide and Sheep at the Sea In a Sheep Flock Sheep! Your Teeth Are Green!

A sheep goes to the beach. What happens when the sheep gets too hot?

Sheep is woken from a dream on the beach. Will he play hide and seek with his friends?

SHORT DIGITAL TEXT

fiction; animal fantasy

Warm Up with Phonemic Awareness

What happens when one sheep cannot find his flock?

Sheep have needs. They live in a group, eat grass, and bleat to communicate.

Bree and Finley are good friends who check each other’s teeth.

Phoneme Segmenting and Blending: Say the word. Guide children to segment the word into its sounds, and then blend those sounds together to say the whole word.

seat /s/ /ē/ /t/ week /w/ /ē/ /k/ beach /b/ /ē/ /ch/ cheek /ch/ /ē/ /k/ please /p/ /l/ /ē/ /z/ sweet /s/ /w/ /ē/ /t/

Introduce Phonics Skill: Long ee, ea

• Introduce the skill with the Long e SoundSpelling card for the sound /e/ and spellings.

• Say: The letters ee together and ea together both stand for the long e sound.

• Write the vowel teams ea and ee on a whiteboard, as well as sheep and beach Say the words aloud together as you underline ee and ea.

Prepare to Read

Read Sheep reading monitoring go to the

IF NEEDED

Blending Support

For groups who need extra practice, select and write these words on a whiteboard: bet, beat, feed, fed, leaf, heat. If children are having difficulty reading the words, model stretching out any sounds that are continuous (e.g., m, f, sh) to model how to smoothly blend the sounds together (e.g., /lll/ /ēēē/ /f).

Review words, concepts, and other text complexities of the book to anticipate children’s challenges. Consider the oral language proficiency, background knowledge, and decoding skills of each small group.

WORDS TO WATCH IN THE STUDENT BOOK

Primary Skill Words ee: whee, need, green, see, sheep, feet, meet, beep ea: neat, beach, please, sea, bleat Secondary Skill Words ey: key High-Frequency Words Regular: this, is, I, it, that, a, can, see, will, use, at, not, with, no, on, get, in, with, we Irregular: what, for, the, do, to, have, you, my, of

Story Words (not decodable) group, belong

Knowledge Building Words bleat: a sound that sheep and goats make group: a number of things, people, or animals that are together sheep: animals that have a lot of wool (a kind of hair) on their bodies

WHAT MAKES THE STUDENT BOOK RICH

Get to know the book so you’re ready to support children when they need it.

BACKGROUND KNOWLEDGE LANGUAGE

• Sheep often need to have their wool sheared. Having their hair taken off means they don’t get too hot in the summer.

• Inflatable inner tubes are water toys. Chidren know other meanings for tube

• Sand can be very hot at a beach in summer or at a tropical location.

• Sheep is a word that is both singular (one sheep) and plural (three sheep).

• The word whee can be said when someone sees or does something fun.

• In this story, belong means something is in the right place, like children belong at school.

• “This is neat!” means that someone really likes something. Neat also means clean.

IF NEEDED

Articulation

Support

Support phoneme articulation by modeling how your lips and tongue are used to produce the sound. With the long e sound, your mouth forms the widest smile compared to all other vowel sounds. Show children.

PRINT AND TEXT STRUCTURE

• This story is fantasy with talking animals as the characters in the story. Speech bubbles are used to show when each character is talking.

• Words for sounds (beep and bleat) appear on the page, outside of the body text.

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children to segment the word into its sounds, and then blend

A Lesson Card has the plan for each skill and text set. The lessons in each unit are connected by a knowledgebuilding theme and broad skills category. The first page of the Lesson Card provides everything a teacher needs to get started.

During Reading (8–10 minutes)

First Read

Mode Echo Read

IF NEEDED

Blending Support

For groups who need extra practice, select and write these words on a whiteboard: bet, beat, feed, fed, leaf, heat. If children are having difficulty reading the words, model stretching out any sounds that are continuous (e.g., m, f, sh) to model how to smoothly blend the sounds together (e.g., /lll/ /ēēē/ /f).

to anticipate children’s challenges. Consider the oral skills of each small group.

IF NEEDED

Articulation Support

/k/ beach /b/ /ē/ /ch/ /ē/ /z/ sweet /s/ /w/ /ē/ /t/ sheep, feet, meet, beep bleat can, see, will, use, at, not, have, you, my, of goats make people, or animals that are wool (a kind of hair) on need it.

Support phoneme articulation by modeling how your lips and tongue are used to produce the sound. With the long e sound, your mouth forms the widest smile compared to all other vowel sounds. Show children.

Comprehension

LANGUAGE PRINT AND TEXT STRUCTURE

is both singular (three sheep). be said when something fun. means something like children belong that someone really also means clean.

question enables teachers to check in on how well students are understanding what they’re reading.

• This story is fantasy with talking animals as the characters in the story. Speech bubbles are used to show when each character is talking.

• Words for sounds (beep and bleat) appear on the page, outside of the body text.

Set the Purpose Listen to me read. Then, echo me. Let’s watch for and say all the long e words.

Skills Prompts p. 1 Shout with me: Whee! Neat! pp. 4–5 Which word do you see two times? (beach)

pp. 8–9 I see beep. This word has ee How do you say it? p. 16 I will be the first sheep: Bleat! Now you’re the other sheep. (Bleat!)

Choral Read Whisper Read

As we read together, we’re going to say /ē/ each time we see ee or ea in a word.

p. 1 There are two long e words on this page. Which has an ee? (whee) Which has an ea? (neat) p. 7 What ee and ea words are there? (green, sheep; please, neat, beach) p. 11 Make sheep sounds with me: Bleat! Bleat!

As you read quietly, say /ē/ when you read words with ee or ea

p. 1 Find two words that have long e sounds and show the sheep is excited. (whee, neat)

pp. 4–5 Find which character says, “Sheep do not go to the beach!” pp. 8–9 After your read, count how many ee and ea words you see.

Check for Comprehension: What does one character want to do and the other doesn’t want to? (go to the beach)

Second Read

Below Level On Level Above Level

Mode Partner Read Whisper Read Group Read

Set the Purpose Guide children to read in pairs, helping each other read long e words.

Skills Prompts p. 2 What is a color word with ee in it? (green) pp. 4–5 Which ee word tells what kind of animal we see? (sheep) p. 15 I see an ea word that means the sheep is being polite. What is it? (please)

Listen and prompt children as you observe their reading of long e words.

p. 1 Do a pretend shout for exclamations like Whee! pp. 8–9 Notice ey in the word key What sound do you hear? (long e) p. 16 Find three words that rhyme. (feet, neat, meet)

Divide the group. Half reads as the first sheep; the other half reads as the second sheep.

p. 7 First sheep, give your best Please! Second sheep, stomp your feet as you read your line.

p. 13 Shout the car horn’s sound. (Beep! Beep!) pp. 8–9 Try to sound like a sheep when you say the lines. (Bleat! Bleat!)

Check for Comprehension: What is an event at the end that changes one of the sheep? (He gets his wool cut.)

IF NEEDED Decoding Support

If a child is not yet able to decode a word with ee or ea:

• Say words together to point out the difference between short e and long e Examples: met/meet, net/neat, bet/bleat, fed/feed

• Reinforce that the long e sound can be spelled different ways. Find words in the book to show that ee and ea come in the middle (sheep, please) or end of words (see, sea).

• Model sound-by-sound blending, such as /sh/ /ē/ /p/, sheep

• Model onset-rime blending, such as /b/-each, beach

IF NEEDED

Multilingual Learner Support

Point out when future tense appears in the text, starting with p. 4: “I will use it at the beach.” Have children practice building off the “I will” repetition in the book, and challenge them to use long e words, such as: I will eat. I will meet a friend. I will need new socks.

Prepare

Read Sheep Do Not Go to the Beach! twice during a teacher-led group. Vary the amount of support you give, including the reading mode and guiding prompts. Pause on occasion to think aloud or ask questions focused first on the skill and then on monitoring comprehension. Use prompts as a model. Introduce the text: We’ll read a story about a sheep who is ready to go to the beach! Will the sheep have a good time?

Review Say: Reflect Talk

Below Level On Level Above Level

Differentiate for three groups of reading proficiencies so all students gain access to the same grade-level texts.

Phonics, Reading, and

Multi-Criteria Texts for Students

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The key learning outcome is independent reading proficiency.

Student texts are crafted with 80 percent decodability that serve multiple purposes. Texts are intentionally written to closely connect with phonics lessons. Children will read connected text in books and to practice decoding and recognizing common words while gaining knowledge.

Each text set includes one book and four digital texts, including one short text, two medium-length text, and one longer text to build stamina.

Phonics, Reading, and Me Student Technology

The Student Digital Learning experience is adapted for the needs of each learner. In this dynamic platform, students can access digital texts with read-alouds, playful activities that strengthen skills, and get immediate corrective feedback as they practice new phonics skills.

The old grocer sold me a golden apple last week. Apples don’t grow in the cold...

Voice-enabled reading powered by

Student Digital Learning

The digital experience is personalized to support key instruction and practice with the targeted skill.

Teacher Digital Tool Student Digital Texts

Students read digital texts with the same skills and topics of books they read in groups.

Equips you with resources for planning, teaching, assessing, reporting, and professional development.

Monitor children’s progress in the digital. The teacher dashboard gives you a quick snapshot to determine progress, provide quick changes in groups, and adjust digital assignments for additional practice.

Differentiated Learning

With personalized learning paths, target reading materials and activities to match each student’s needs. SoapBox’s voice engine assesses oral reading levels, helping you determine the right level of challenge to support their mastery of phonics skills.

Phonics, Reading, and Me Student Digital Practice

Each lesson is focused on a high-utility phonics or word study skill. Rather than different skills or levels of texts, student receive different scaffolds or extensions around the lesson focus.

Adaptive pathing starts with a set of Screener Activities to assess comfort level with the focus skill and sets students on their personalized path.

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Based on performance, the system will place students on a path with just-right content and supports.

Personalized Learning Paths

Reporting for Teachers Student Outcomes

Scaffolds

Scaffolded supports are offered as needed to ensure that all students are successful with the lesson goals. These may include strategic re-reads or activities that break down a skill or provide additional modeling.

Regular assessment checkpoints ensure that the resources meet students where they are—providing instructional supports where needed and opportunities to stretch as students are ready.

Quick Check: Comprehension

Questions check that students understand what they read while decoding words as they read connected text with primary skills.

Skills Practice

Interspersed between the digital text readings, students get gamified skills practice with differentiated supports and differentiated content based on their needs.

Quick Check: Skills

Each digital text has a quick introduction to see how well children have internalized the lesson’s phonics or word study skill. above level on level below level

Stretch Content

Skills Activity

Reading

Reading Response Journal is provided for each set. Two pages per lesson practice the targeted skill while engaging students with the connected text.

Students experience the same pages, with opportunities to differentiate in the Teacher Lesson Card. These provide more support and challenge students based on their level of proficiency.

ASSESSING YOUR STUDENTS TO OPTIMIZE INSTRUCTION

The program provides five ways to assess your students and monitor their individual progress.

TEACHER LESSON CARDS

Lesson Cards provide guidance on observing students read during tracher-led groups and applying skills during student-directed classroom practice.

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UNIT FORMATIVE ASSESSMENT CARDS

Assessment Cards provide a handy, easy-to-use approach to monitor knowledge of the unit’s high-utility skills focus (i.e., long vowel sounds, short vowel sounds, vowel teams). Teachers are encouraged to reference the FAQs to regroup, reteach, or accelerate based on a child’s performance.

READING RESPONSE JOURNAL

Bring letter learning to life with A–Z for Mat Man and Me! This supplemental alphabet knowledge program teaches beginning reading skills in a fun, interactive way that is supported by the science of reading. Each of the 26 illustrated books introduces a letter of the alphabet, emphasizes its associated sound, and tells a story that helps students develop social-emotional learning skills based on five key SEL habits. With flexible resources designed to fit into an existing literacy block, teachers can enhance their existing alphabet instruction and help students build crucial literacy skills.

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A–Z

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Story

Letter learning comes to life through the words in each fun story. Each page reinforces print concepts with a top-to-bottom and left-to-right orientation.

Listen: octops. Yor trn!

Other words have that same beinnin sond.

Oz is one of them.

Oz is a name that starts with O As we read, listen for more Oo words.

Now let’s read the story: Oz and the Octops

octops

Identifies a target letter, its capital and lowercase forms, and the featured exemplar word.

Look at the pictres. Find other thins that have the same beinnin sond as hammer

Reflection

Story-based prompts promote social-emotional learning, along with letter learning, meaning-making, and figuring out feelings.

Teacher's Guide

Letter Learning

BACKGROUND Objective Identify the name, sound, and form of capital and lowercase Ll

Exemplar Word lock

Letter Chant capital L, lowercase l /l/, lock

About This Book This story is about Lola, who loves her little lock. When Lola loses the key to her lock, she can’t unlock the box that holds her special things. We see many Ll words as we learn about Lola looking for the key.

About This Letter The sound /l/ is a continuous sound, which means it can be held continuously for several seconds. Continuous sounds are usually the easiest to learn. As children say

DURING READING (5–7 minutes)

First Read: Read Aloud

The teacher’s guide features instruction on how to best use the program’s components for emerging readers and developing readers. Teachers are equipped with guided lessons on letter learning and meaning making.

Letter Learning Ll

• Set children up for listening. Say: Listen to find out where Lola finds the key to her lock.

Read the story all the way through, pausing only to show the pictures on each page.

Ask: Where did Lola find the key to her lock? (in the laundry)

Second Read: Read Along

• Set children up to interact with each page as you reread the book. Say: This time, listen and look for words that begin with the letter Ll

Emerging Readers

Have children listen and follow as you read.

Children can make an L shape with their left hand every time they hear or see an Ll word. Stop to find words that begin with Ll Use these prompts as models. Say: o p. 6: Find two words that start with a lowercase l on these pages. Say them with me. (lock, large) p. 8: There are two Ll words on this

Meaning Making

BACKGROUND

Objective Identify the characters and setting in a story.

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BEFORE READING (3–5

air trace or trace in their own books.

• Talk about names that start with L, like Lola and Lewis Set the Purpose Go to p. 3. Point to the lock picture. Remind children that you use a lock to keep other people from opening something.

• Have children say the word lock with you. Say: Whenever you hear the word lock, think of the /l/ sound that stands for l

• Tell children that you are going to read the book two times.

The first time, children will listen to the story. The second time, children will go back to each page for letter learning.

Review

Ask children to recall the gist. Ask: Who is this story mostly about?

(Kaya) What does Kaya get for the kid on the dock? (the kite)

Build Knowledge

Share these facts to help children understand the story.

• The story is set on and around a river or lake in a city like Chicago. Kayak rentals and kayaking clubs have grown in popularity in many cities.

• Kayaks have a long history. They were likely first used by the Inuit of Greenland. Kayaks are typically built for one person but can be built for two or even three people. A kayak is similar to a canoe, but the top is covered with an opening where the kayaker sits.

• People can use kayaks for transportation, for fun, and for exercise. They can be used in rivers, lakes, or even in the ocean.

In the story, a kite drops into the water. You fly a kite so that the wind pushes against it. The kite should be tilting slightly, with the top leaning forward, so that the wind also lifts the kite. If the wind stops or the angle of the kite changes, it might drop.

Set the Purpose

• Explain that you will read aloud and stop to talk about where Kaya is and what she does there.

• Say: As we read, listen for where Kaya is and how she helps someone.

ELL Scaffold Visuals:

Developing Readers Encourage children to read as much of the story as they can on their own.

• Children can search for words that begin with capital L and lowercase as they read. Invite volunteers to read Ll words they know.

• Use these prompts as models. Say: o p. 4: How many times do you hear the /l/ sound in Lola? (two) Have children find Ll twice in the word, noting both the beginning

(3–5 minutes)

Oral Language: Review Story Elements Talk about the setting in the story and what Kaya does there. Encourage children to use words from the book. Ask:

o Where does Kaya paddle her kayak? (on a river or lake)

o What clues tell you the lake is in the middle of a city? (There are tall buildings all around and a lot of people.)

o Where does the kite fall? (into the water)

o Why is Kaya able to get the kite for the kid? (She is already close to the water.)

• Now that you’ve talked about the setting for the book, prepare children to practice recalling where the story takes place on their own. Turn to p. 97 to prepare children for using the practice book

SOCIAL-EMOTIONAL LEARNING

• Review the habit of Kindness with children. See p. 23 in this teacher’s guide for the definition.

• Discuss the Figuring Out Feelings questions in the back of the student book. Encourage children to use their facial expressions to show how Kaya feels. Say:

o We can show kindness by doing something to help another person, even when it’s hard for us to help them. How does Kaya show kindness to the kid in the story? (Kaya gets the kite out of the water and gives it back to the kid.) Is it easy for Kaya to get the kite? (No.) Why not? (She gets out of her kayak and into the river; she gets all wet.)

o Can you think of a time when you helped somebody, even when it was a hard thing to do?

• Use the Kindness graphic organizer on p. 200 in this teacher’s guide to write or draw about how Kaya shows kindness in the story. Children can use the back of the page to write or draw about their own experiences.

Talk about story elements: characters, setting, and events. Review that the setting is where and when a story takes place. Ask: Where does this story take place? (in a kayak, on a river or lake)

• Tell children that as you read the story again together, they should think about the setting.

DURING READING (5–7 minutes)

Read Aloud Invite children to interact with words and pictures. Use these prompts as models. Say:

• pp. 4–5: These pages show the setting for the story. Where is Kaya? (in a kayak, on a river or lake) Look around in the picture. Do you think the story will take place on a tropical island or a city? (a city) pp. 8–9: Notice where Kaya is in the picture. What does she see? (She sees the kite in the water.)

• p. 10: The words on this page tell us that the kid is sad. Why is the kid sad? (The kid’s kite is in the water.)

What do you see in the picture that tells you the kid is sad? (The kid is frowning.) Let’s frown like the kid.

• p. 12: Is Kaya still in the kayak? (No.) Where is she? (in the water) Why is she in the water? (She is getting the kite.)

• p. 13: Who does Kaya give the kite to? (the kid) Is the kid happy? (Yes.) How do you know? (The kid is smiling.)

• p. 14: Look at the picture. Everyone is happy. Why is Kaya happy? (Kaya is happy because she helped the kid.)

Letter Learning Lessons

Focus on understanding a target letter, its sound, and its form in the context of a story.

Areas of Focus:

• Phonological and phonemic awareness

• Concepts about print

• ELL scaffolds

• Differentiation

Meaning Making Lessons

Areas of Focus: • Reading comprehension skills • Oral language • Social-emotional skills (SEL) • Assessments

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All lessons in A–Z for Mat Man and Me feature differentiated instructional guidance and practice for the best ways to reach each of the program’s two instructional paths— emerging readers and developing readers.

A–Z for Mat Man and Me Student Practice Pages

For Emerging Readers

Practice suited for students who are still learning letters and letter-sounds

For Developing Readers

Practice suited for students who know their letters and are mastering lettersounds

A–Z for Mat Man and Me

Digital Components

Digital tools help supplement your instruction with read-alouds, allowing students to make progress independently. Fun activities engage students as they make deeper connections between sounds and letters and build socialemotional skills.

Activities keep the literacy learning spark alive.

STUDENT

A–Z for Mat Man and Me Student App

Students can use the app to read a letter book independently or access the readaloud feature to follow along with the words. Activities provide fun practice to reinforce literacy skills.

• Read digital editions of the letter books independently, or have words read aloud

• Complete teacher-assigned letter learning and meaning-making activities

• Print practice book material, complete work, then upload to teachers

• Get independent, skill-building practice with fun activities like Match It, Trash It

Systematic and explicit instruction for each lesson.

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A–Z for Mat Man and Me Interactive Teaching

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The teacher dashboard provides direct access to everything you need to plan your lessons, assign practice work to students, and maximize time spent in your literacy block.

• Adjust the letter teaching order to suit your curriculum

• Use the read-aloud feature on a whiteboard and show highlighted words as they are read

• Use interactive activities to find words or pictures focused on a target letter

• Assign reading, letter learning, and meaning-making activities to students, accessible on the student app

• Track student assignments and share reports with families

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The Screener of Handwriting Proficiency

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Student Editions

Our award-winning family of student editions foster handwriting success in Transitional K–5 with a clean, simple, and intuitive design.

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• Child-friendly language makes letter and number formations easy

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This guide to teaching emergent writing and general readiness skills addresses alphabet knowledge, letter and number recognition, capital and lowercase letter formation, counting, drawing, shapes, and colors.

• 8" x 11" spiral-bound teacher’s guide, approximately 250 pages

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The transitional kindergarten activity book provides a bridge from Pre-K to kindergarten with a developmentally appropriate sequence.

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My Printing Book Student Edition

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Third grade students, or those working at that level, easily transition from printing to cursive with cursive warm-ups. Includes activity pages featuring paragraphs, poems, composition, and crosscurricular lessons.

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Possessive pronouns show ownership. They take the place of possessive nouns. Meagan’s car her car the car’s trunk its trunk Mike and Greg’s mom their mom Give these possessive subject pronouns something to own. Choose from the list below or make up your own. shoes bike party friends shirt pizza soda money present

These possessive object pronouns also show ownership. Fill in the blanks. Choose pronouns from the list below. mine yours his hers ours theirs

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Fill in the missing pronouns. Choose pronouns from the list below.

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POSSESSIVE CASE y, your, his, her our, your, their His car is old. The FNE Print Choosing the right pronouns is easy as pie if you know the job it does in the sentence. (Whose is also a possessive case pronoun.)

Fourth grade students, or those working at that level, develop cursive fluency with lessons featuring more advanced language arts and crosscurricular activities. Grade: 4 CS-22

And began to cry, Oh, Mother Dear, sadly fear, naughty kittens! Then shall have no pie. mittens have lost. What! Lost mittens!

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Teacher’s Guides

objectives are featured in the top corner. You can start each lesson with a suggested multisensory activity.

READ, COLOR, AND DRAW

You and your students read the sentence. Children can color and draw.

EXTENDING LESSONS

Differentiated instruction for each activity are listed at the bottom, including enrichment, ELL support, and crosscurricular connections.

Using the Interactive Digital Teaching Tool, teachers can show animations, music, and videos that support their direct handwriting instruction.

In each detailed guide, teachers get comprehensive strategies for print and digital handwriting instruction, including lesson plans for each unit, covering 36 weeks of instruction.

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My Printing Book Teacher’s Guide Grade: 1 TGMPB-22

Step-by-step letter formation charts come to life on the screen.

Printing Power Teacher’s Guide

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Cursive Kickoff Teacher’s Guide Grade: 2 TGCK-22

Cursive Handwriting Teacher’s Guide Grade: 3 TGCH-22

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Using the Interactive Digital Teaching Tool, teachers can show animations, music, and videos that support their direct handwriting instruction, including interactive letter formation charts.

Escribir Sin Lagrimas: Guia de Imprenta y Cursiva para Maestros (Spanish Teacher’s Guide)

Grade: TK–5 STGK5-18

Spanish Color Name Plates Grade: K–2 SCOLNP

Spanish Print Alphabet Desk Strips

Grade: K–2 SPAS

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Spanish Cursive Wall Cards Grade: 2–4+ SCDC

Spanish Cursive Alphabet Desk Strips

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Handwriting

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Go beyond language limitations with embedded teaching strategies that tap your students’ full handwriting potential.

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ELL Strategies

Handwriting Without Tears was developed to meet the needs of all learners, including ELL, ESL, and bilingual students. Our developmental strategies can be seamlessly integrated into any classroom setting, and our teacher’s guides provide ample opportunities for multisensory teaching for all learners.

These grade-level journals offer an organized tool for reading response and handwriting practice. Journal writing helps children process feelings, build writing skills, and communicate their ideas. Get full page double- and single-line practice—now with 80 pages! (available in K–5)

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Manipulative Packs Hands-On Writing Kits for Each Student

Give each child their own bundle of quality crafted manipulatives for engaging handwriting practice. These individual student packs come with everything your learners need to stay safe with hands-on instruction.

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Handwriting Classroom Kits

Get ready to roll up your sleeves and have fun in the classroom! We’ve put together grade level kits with all our favorite multisensory, hands-on materials for active teaching. Only one kit per classroom is needed!

Get Set for School Curriculum Kit with My First School Book

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Readiness & Writing Kit with My First Book Set

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Readiness & Writing Manipulative Kit

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Handwriting Printing Kit (Pre-K)

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Handwriting Printing Kit (Transitional Kindergarten)

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Hands-On Learning Kit (Transitional K) Grade: TK TKCLASS

Hands-On Learning Kit (Kindergarten) Grade: K KCLASS

Handwriting Printing Kit (Kindergarten)

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Our classroom kits feature:

Materials that complement each other, curated into one simple kit for teachers

Hands-on materials for handwriting

Manipulatives bring letters to life and provide a variety of different tools and techniques to reinforce lessons and concepts.

Also Available in Spanish!

Spanish Readiness & Writing Kit with Spanish My First School Book Grade: Pre-K SRWMF-KIT

Spanish Readiness & Writing Kit with Spanish My First Book Set Grade: Pre-K SRWBSET-KIT

Spanish Handwriting Printing Kit (Pre-K) Grade: Pre-K SHPKCCK

Get Set for School Complete Pre-K Program, Dual Language with My First School Book

Grade: Pre-K DGSSMF-KIT

Get Set for School Complete Pre-K Program, Dual Language with My First Book Set

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Spanish Handwriting Printing Kit (Kindergarten)

Grade: K SHKCCK

Spanish Handwriting Printing Kit (Transitional Kindergarten) Grade: TK SHTKCCK

Spanish Handwriting Printing Kit (Grade 1) Grade: 1 SH1CCK

Spanish Handwriting Print/Cursive Kit (Grade 2) Grade: 2 SH2CCCK

Spanish Handwriting Printing Kit (Grade 2) Grade: 2 SH2PCCK

Spanish Cursive Kit (Grade 3) Grade: 3 SH3CCK

Spanish Cursive Kit (Grade 4) Grade: 4 SH4CCK

Spanish Cursive Kit (Grade 5) Grade: 5 SH5CCK

Handwriting Printing Kit (Grade 1) Grade: 1 H1CCK

Hands-On Learning Kit (Grades 1 and 2) Grades: 1-2 1-2CLASS

Hands-On Learning Kit (Grades 3 and 4) Grades: 3–4 3-4CLASS

Handwriting Printing Kit (Grade 2) Grade: 2 H2PCCK

Handwriting Cursive Kit (Grade 2) Grade: 2 H2CCCK

Handwriting Cursive Kit (Grade 3) Grade: 3 H3CCK

Handwriting Cursive Kit (Grade 4) Grade: 4 H4CCK

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Gray Block Paper

Help children write capitals and numbers. Includes alphabet and word/drawing pages. 105 sheets in three different styles. (11" x 8.5") Grades: TK–1 GB

Big Sheet Drawn and Write Paper

Perfect for writing and drawing. Includes option to build your own 8.5" x 11" journal and 100 double-sided sheets. (17" x 11")

Grades: K–1 BSP

Pencils for Little Hands

A perfect tool for little hands! Each box contains 144 pencils.

Grades: TK–1 PEN

Our double lines control children’s letter size, spacing, and placement. They promote legible writing that is easily transferred to other styles of paper.

Double Line Chart Tablet

Designed for use with a classroom easel. Includes set of 2 tablets with 30 sheets per tablet. (24" x 32")

Grades: K–4+ TAB

Double Line Writer

Draw lines on chalkboards or dry erase boards for letter, word, and sentence practice.

Grades: Pre-K–4+ DBLW

Double Line Sentence Strips

Model sentences and words using double lines. Great for bulletin boards and word walls. Each set contains 100 strips ( 24" x 3").

Grades: K–4+ DSS

Wet-Dry-Try

Model Wet Dry Try

Magnetic Lowercase & Blackboard Set

The Magnetic Lowercase & Blackboard Set engages children with fun, hands-on literacy and pre-writing activities. Use it to help children learn letter size and placement while boosting alphabet knowledge and phonemic awareness. Includes double-sided magnetic board, 42 magnetic letters, and 22 magnetic hands. (15" x 11")

Grades: Pre-K–2 MLBS-20

Blackboard with Double Lines

Teach children how to make and place all letters on double lines in both printing and cursive using the Wet-Dry-Try method. (17" x 10")

Grades: Pre-K–4 BB

Pre-K and Readiness Skills

From kindergarten readiness for Pre-K students to handwriting for kindergarteners, we keep foundational literacy skills in focus for your little learners. Show them the path to reading through multisensory tools, hands-on materials, and engaging student editions they can personalize.

From Pre-K to kindergarten, students learn:

Emergent Writing

Pre-K and Readiness

· Print · Cursive · Pre-K–Grade 5

• Research-based approach addresses different learning styles

• Students are taught developmentally, building on what they already know

• Lessons are written in a child-friendly voice that connects with students

• Multisensory lessons break difficult concepts into simple tasks

• Hands-on, play-based materials that make students WANT to learn

• Instruction pacing guide for halfday preschools, 3-day preschools, or preschools with less than 36 weeks in their school year

• Educator resources, including school-tohome connections, book connections, Pre-K assessments, and letter and number formation charts

New assessment tools to help inform instruction

Aligns to NAEYC Standards and Head Start Framework

36 award-winning trade books with an activity for each title

Multisensory and developmentally appropriate lessons address each learning area children need to get ready for kindergarten

Specially designed and unique manipulatives actively engage little learners in lessons

Easy-to-learn and easy-toteach activities provide a scaffolded approach for deeper understanding

Teacher’s guides and student activity books bring learning to life with targeted, explicit instruction

Digital apps appropriately introduce little learners to technology

Pre-K Curriculum Components

Teaching Tools

Get set to teach Pre-K with our multisensory components for building essential kindergarten readiness skills.

Get Set for School Pre-K Teacher’s Guide

Our comprehensive teaching strategies support implementation of a scaffolded approach to instruction. They feature pacing guides, scope and sequence, and strategies for supporting ELs and threeyear-olds. Bring learning to life with targeted, explicit instruction that addresses each of the developmental domains through stepby-step lessons paired with specially-designed manipulatives.

The Pre-K Interactive Teaching Tool

The Pre-K Interactive Teaching Tool is a new digital teaching platform that includes digital versions of the teacher’s guide, animated videos, music, and more. Available in English and Spanish!

Music and Movement

Lively and engaging music and songs help young learners better understand complex pre-writing and math concepts as they are reinforced through movement and fun.

Multisensory Lessons with Hands-On Learning

Read-Aloud Books p. 93

Read-Aloud Trade Book Library

Classic and familiar titles by award-winning authors enrich the Get Set for School Read-Aloud Trade Book Library Pack. The teacher’s guide includes tips for effectively integrating the literature in your Pre-K classroom. Available in English, Spanish, and Dual Language.

NEW! Read-Aloud Cards

The Get Set for School Read-Aloud Cards relate to the Get Set for School unit themes and accelerate children’s background knowledge, vocabulary development, and comprehension while building enjoyment of the story.

Multisensory Manipulatives

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Using the teacher’s guide, activity books, and a broad spectrum of manipulatives, Pre-K teachers have the tools they need to successfully prepare young children for kindergarten.”

Schronda McKnight-Burns, M. Ed. Assistant Director of Early Childhood Education

Multisensory Manipulatives and Tools

Our specially designed manipulatives are an integral component of our complete Pre-K program. We understand how young children learn and how to best meet their needs. We have built an unparalleled, multisensory curriculum focused on developing the whole child.

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by Angela Dominguez

Get Set for School

Complete Pre-K Curriculum

Unit 3: Week 16: Day 1

Focus: Letter G and Number 6

Objective: Children put a spoken word into a sentence.

Grouping: Small group

Build Sentences with Words

1. Introduce G and its sound. G makes a /g/ sound in Gail, goat, gas, and goals. G makes a /j/ sound in George, gym, gentle, and giraffe.

2. Place the Sound Around Box and color tiles on table.

3. Tell children you are going to build sentences with words. Incorporate words that begin with g. For example, Goats eat grass. A color tile will represent each word.

Start

4. Demonstrate first: Goats (place color tile), eat (place another color tile), and grass (place another color tile). Have all children repeat the sentence.

5. Children take turns placing color tiles on the Sound Around Box, as you tell them a sentence.

Materials:

• Sound Around Box)

o Color Tiles

• App, Sound Around Letters, G

We’re Learning

Take turns Speak in 3+ word sentences Build spoken words into a sentence Position an object for use, placement, or release

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a a a a a a a a a

Check for Understanding: Observe as children listen for and build sentences. Can they say the sentence after they listen to the words?

Support/ELL: Begin the activity with two-word action sentences. For example, I hop. Enrichment: Challenge children by having them make up their own sentences as they place the color tiles for each word of their sentence.

Objective: Children learn how to build and sequence capital letters correctly.

Grouping: Whole group, small group

Learn G Using Capitals with the Letter Cards & the Mat for Wood Pieces

Multisensory Introduction: Sing and move to “Where do You Start Your Letters?”

1. Review G and its sound.

2. Show letter card. Name the picture and “read” the word.

3. Gather the Wood Pieces.

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Vocabulary letter G, color words, goats, grass, green

The Pre-K Interactive Teaching Tool

A digital teaching platform for managing and teaching lessons from our activity books and teacher’s guides with multimedia assets, including digital letter and number formations, instructional videos, music, and more. The Pre-K Interactive Teaching Tool reduces teacher prep time and is compatible with any whiteboard or projector. Get your children ready for kindergarten with fun readiness lessons!

Also available with the Readiness & Writing Pre-K Teacher’s Guide

4. Describe each step as you build the letter: Watch as I build G. Big Curve. Little Line up. Little Line across. We made G.

5. Now let’s build G on the Mat. Give each child a Mat to place right-side up. Repeat step four on the Mat using My Turn, Your Turn.

6. It’s capital letter G!

Check for Understanding: Observe as children build the letter. Are they placing the pieces correctly?

Support/ELL: Gather the correct pieces for each child and prompt the child to use the Big Curve first.

Enrichment: Find objects around the room that begin with G

Materials:

• Wood Pieces Set for Capital Letters

• Capital Letter Card: Letter G

• Mat for Wood Pieces (1 per child)

• PreKTT, Music, “Where do You Start Your Letters?”

• PreKTT, Animations, Wood Pieces, G

We’re Learning

Sequence, demonstrate active listening Recognize and name capital letters, position capitals right side up, recognize distinct letter sounds

Position an object for use, placement, or release, use visual cues to guide reaching for, grasping, and moving objects

Vocabulary

letter G, capital letters, Big Curve, Little Line, right-side, up, top, bottom

Get Set for School Curriculum Kits

Get everything you need for Pre-K success all in one kit! Kit includes every literacy and math manipulative, 20 of My Book and I Know My Numbers per kit, a choice of 20 My First School Books or My First Book Sets, 20 licenses of Get Set for School Student Learning Apps, and an annual license for the Pre-K Interactive Teaching Tool.

Includes Word Time™, Sound Around Box™, Line It Up™, A-B-C Touch & Flip® Cards, Mat Man Book Set, 4 Squares More Squares®, Tag Bags®, 1-2-3 Touch & Flip® Cards, Mix & Make Shapes™, Mat Man Hands, Magic C Bunny, Little Sponge Cubes, Little Chalk Bits, and the Get Set for School Pre-K Teacher’s Guide Set.

Grade: Pre-K GSSMF-KIT GSSBSET-KIT

Pre-K set up a domino effect for the rest of a child’s cognitive development.

These activities help early learners develop literacy skills joyfully.

• Objects to Count Beginning with Letter G • PreKTT, Music, “The Ant, the Bug and the Bee”

We’re Learning:

Demonstrate active listening Match 1:1, verbally count 1-10

Use same hand consistently to hold tool, hold a tool with proper grip to write, use helping hand to stabilize object

Trace correctly, step by step, color and draw creatively

Grouping: Whole group, small group Review 6 Using I Know My Numbers

Multisensory Introduction: Sing “The Ant, the Bug and the Bee.”

1. Review 6 and count 6 objects that begin with S

2. Give each child I Know My Numbers Booklet 6 Look how the Slate is on the front cover. Make a connection to number 6

3. Chose what pages you want to complete with children. Use real objects to count. Sing nursery rhymes and songs.

4. Children count 6. Children color the pages. Children trace number 6

Check for Understanding: Observe as children use the booklet. Do they make a connection to number 6?

Support/ELL: Use real objects to make a connection to 6. Count 6 gummy bears.

Enrichment: Have children review numbers 1–6

We’re Learning:

Take turns, remain engaged, listen/ follow directions

Understand print has meaning Repeat words, say sentences, demonstrate understanding of word meaning

Grouping: Whole group

Verbs: Invite/Visit

1. Look Say the words with Squawker. Invite means to ask people to come to something like a party. Visit means to go and spend time with family and friends.

2. Do Have Squawker go to a corner of the room. Have him invite several children to join him. Have him move and invite the remaining children to the other three corners. Have Squawker visit the children.

3. Say We invite friends. We visit friends.

4. Talk Squawker says: You can invite a friend to your house to play. What else can you invite a friend to do? You can visit family or friends for a special dinner. When do you visit family or friends?

Closing: Sing “Letters Together Make Words.”

Check for Understanding: Observe as children discuss invite and visit. Do they understand the words, and can they say the sentences?

Support/ELL: Provide verbal and physical prompts as needed. Distribute pretend invitations.

Enrichment: Discuss. You can invite guests by sending an invitation. Have you sent an invitation?

Get Set for School Pre-K Teacher’s Guide Set

The Get Set for School two-volume Teacher’s Guide Set (available in English and Spanish) provides comprehensive teaching strategies to help educators implement a scaffolded approach to instruction using targeted, explicit lessons that address each developmental learning domain. The step-by-step lessons integrate our unique manipulatives to bring literacy and learning alive in all Pre-K classrooms.

• Two-volume, spiral bound teacher’s guide (over 600 pages)

• Weekly overview summaries and pacing guides

• 36 weeks of daily lessons: 6 content themes divided into 6 weeks each

Grade: Pre-K TGPKGSS-21

Proven, Effective, Hands-On Practice

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My First Book Set

Children learn pre-writing and capitals with My First School Book and learn lowercase letters with My First Lowercase Book in this two-book set.

Grade: Pre-K BSET-20

My First School Book Activity Book

Pre-K children learn joyfully with multisensory readiness and social-emotional activities. Color, number shape, and capital letter lessons help develop grip and crucial readiness and writing skills.

Grade: Pre-K MFSB-20

Accessibility Options for Pre-K Programs

The Pre-K Interactive Teaching Tool

A digital teaching platform for managing and teaching lessons from our activity books and teacher’s guides with multimedia assets, including digital letter and number formations, instructional videos, music, and more. The Pre-K Interactive Teaching Tool reduces teacher prep time and is compatible with any whiteboard or projector. Get your children ready for kindergarten with fun readiness lessons! Also available with the Readiness & Writing Pre-K Teacher’s Guide GRADE: Pre-K PREKITT-GSS PREKITT-RW

Get Set for School’s digital components have been updated with new features to meet WCAG

2.0 Level AA standards, including:

• Closed captions

• Ability to zoom screen and text

• Image and screen tagging

• Use of keyboard and mouse

• Pause and control volume

• Ability to skip activities that specific impairments may make impossible to complete

New Assessment Tools

Student Apps

Sold with the Get Set for School Curriculum Kit. Also sold separately.

Grade: Pre-K GSSAPPS

Wet-Dry-Try App

Bring the multisensory genius of our Slate Chalkboard and Blackboard with Double Lines to your device.

Sound Around Letters App

Children identify, match, and say capital and lowercase letters, their sounds, and words beginning with the target letter.

Touch & Flip Numbers App

Children identify, match, count, say, trace, and write numbers 1–20 with interactive games and familiar Get Set for School activities.

FLIP Crayons®

Promote proper grip and fine motor skills by flipping our unique FLIP Crayons. 10 colors are included—2 colors and 2 points per crayon.

Grades: Pre-K-K FC (Tub of 206 Crayons)

FGS20 (Gift Set of 20 Mini Packs)

Mat for Wood Pieces

Children who’ve mastered guided letter formation with Capital Letter Cards progress to building letters on the Mat for Wood Pieces. The smiley face on the top left corner reminds them where to start. (8" x 11")

Grades: K–2 MAT

Wood Pieces Set for Capital Letters

Children learn capital formations through imitation. Use the set for teaching size, shape, and position words and concepts! Set includes: 8 Big Lines, 6 Big Curves, 6 Little Lines, and 6 Little Curves. (26 pieces)

Grade: Pre-K WP

Capital Letter Cards for Wood Pieces

Ideal for children who are just starting out with capital letters. Set includes 26 double-sided 8.5" x 11" cards, each featuring a letter recognition matching lesson.

Grades: Pre-K–K LAM

Roll-A-Dough Letters®

Children roll lines and curves of dough to make capitals and numbers using the blue tray for guidance. Set includes 18 double-sided capital and number cards, tray, and 12 ounce tub of dough.

Grade: Pre-K RAD

Stamp & See Screen®

Build capitals and numbers on a 4" x 6" magnetic screen using four Wood Piece stamps: Big Line, Little Line, Big Curve, and Little Curve. The magnetic, chalk-like writing tool helps develop grip.

Grade: Pre-K SAS

i Warning: Choking hazard—Small parts; not for children under 3 yrs.

A-B-C Touch & Flip® Cards

Children learn to recognize letters, match letter sounds, and sequence using the puzzle side. The “flip” feature promotes self-checking.

A-B-C Touch & Flip Cards include two alphabet decks—one for capital and lowercase matching, and one for tactile lessons and puzzle building.

Grades: Pre-K–TK ABCTFC

Pre-K Color Wall Cards

Includes 36 eye-catching letter and number cards that promote correct formations. (8.5" x 11")

Grades: Pre-K-TK WCCPK

Magic C Bunny Puppet

This fun puppet friend helps you teach the C stroke to begin capitals C, O, G, and Q and lowercase letters a, d, g, o, and q

Grades: Pre-K-3 BUN

Pre-K Name Plates

Teach children how to write their names in capitals and title case with these great visual aids. Includes 30 (11" x 3.5") name plates to use on tables, classroom job boards, or cubbies.

Grades: Pre-K-TK NP

My Book Activity Book

Children learn about books through drawing, storytelling, and personalizing their own story in this 20-page book.

Grade: Pre-K CMBK (Set of 10)

IMBK (Individual Book)

Theme: Community & Play

NUMBERS & MATH ORAL LANGUAGE

Chose what pages you want to complete with children. Use real objects to count. Sing nursery rhymes and songs.

4. Children count 6. Children color the pages. Children trace number 6 Check for Understanding: Observe as children use the booklet. Do they make a connection to number 6?

Support/ELL: Use real objects to make a connection to 6. Count 6 gummy bears.

Enrichment: Have children review numbers 1–6

We’re Learning: Take turns, remain engaged, listen/ follow directions Understand print has meaning Repeat words, say sentences, demonstrate understanding of word meaning

Grouping: Whole group

Verbs: Invite/Visit

Look Say the words with Squawker. Invite means to ask people to come to something like a party. Visit means to go and spend time with family and friends. 2. Do Have Squawker go to a corner of the room. Have him invite several children to join him. Have him move and invite the remaining children to the other three corners. Have Squawker visit the children.

Say We invite friends. We visit friends. 4. Talk Squawker says: You can invite a friend to your house to play. What else can you invite a friend to do? You can visit family or friends for a special dinner. When do you visit family or friends? Closing: Sing “Letters Together Make Words.”

Check for Understanding: Observe as children discuss invite and visit. Do they understand the words, and can they say the sentences?

Support/ELL: Provide verbal and physical prompts as needed. Distribute pretend invitations. Enrichment: Discuss. You can invite guests by sending an invitation. Have you sent an invitation?

Word Time™ Boost children’s vocabulary and language skills with an exciting activity book featuring multisensory lessons that are aligned to the Oral Language lessons from the Get Set for School Pre-K Teacher’s Guide Set. Grade: Pre-K WT-20

Pre-K Language & Literacy

Read-Aloud Trade Book Library

Classic and familiar titles by award-winning authors enrich the Get Set for School Read-Aloud Trade Book Library Pack. The teacher’s guide includes tips for effectively integrating the literature in your Pre-K classroom. Available in English, Spanish, and Dual Language.

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Line It Up™

Teach letter and sound connections alongside correct orientation and position of letters, with narrative sequencing and other literacy skills.

• Includes stories with a beginning, middle, and end

• Builds vocabulary and comprehension skills

Uses stories, pictures, conversation starters, and word chants to promote early language and motor skills.

Grade: Pre-K LIU

Sound Around Box™

The most versatile way to teach language concepts and social skills!

• Combines multisensory play with games and activities that build letter and number recognition

• Develops rhyming, syllable, listening, and cooperation skills with lessons and engaging tiles

Grade: Pre-K SBOX

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Multisensory Manipulatives & Tools

I Know My Numbers Activity Booklets

Children develop number formation skills with songs and rhymes. 10 booklets in the set, 1 booklet for each number 1–10, each with 14 pages.

Grade: Pre-K CKMN (Set of 10) IKMN (Individual Set)

4 Squares More Squares®

Children sort, sequence, slide, turn, and flip shapes to fit puzzle pieces on 24 different patterns. Box contains an activity booklet with 10 activities, 12 pattern boards, and 84 shape pieces in 6 bright colors.

Grade: Pre-K 4SMS

Available in Spanish!

Mix & Make Shapes™

Children identify, sort, trace, move shapes, build patterns, and learn to measure. Box contains an activity booklet with 10 activities,15 shapes (70 pieces total), and a cloth drawstring back for in-class storage.

Grade: Pre-K MIX

Tag Bags®

Tag Bags include fastener options, like zippers and buckles, along with numbers up to 10. Promote early math skills, like matching and sorting, and foster fine motor skills.

Grade: Pre-K TB-20

Pre-K Teacher’s Guide i Warning: Choking hazard—Small parts; not for children under 3 yrs.

A-B-C

Touch & Flip® Cards and

1-2-3

Touch & Flip® Cards

Children learn to recognize letters and numbers, match letter sounds, count, and sequence using the puzzle side. The “flip” feature promotes self-checking.

A-B-C Touch & Flip Cards include two alphabet decks—one for capital and lowercase matching, and one for tactile lessons and puzzle building. The 1-2-3 Touch & Flip Cards include numbers 0–20 (21 animal cards and 21 counter cards. 4" x 6.25").

Grades: Pre-K-TK ABCTFC 123TFC-20

i Warning: Choking hazard

Small parts; not for children under 3 yrs.

Numbers & Math Pre-K Teacher’s Guide

Includes lessons for geometry, counting, math vocabulary, measurement, time, and problemsolving. Integrated assessments check student learning after each lesson.

Grade: Pre-K TGNM-22

Sing, Sound & Count With Me Music Album

Reinforce language and number concepts with your children as they move and play to 29 upbeat songs.

Grade: Pre-K COUNT

Pre-K Music & Movement

Get Set for School Sing Along Music Album

Children sing, tap, and dance along to 25 songs to develop important social, cognitive, and physical skills.

Grade: Pre-K SING

Rock, Rap, Tap & Learn Music Album

Children develop self-esteem and body awareness as they rock along to 25 songs.

Grades: K-2 ROCK

Lively and engaging music and songs help young learners better understand complex pre-writing and math concepts as they are reinforced through movement and fun.

Original, lively songs by Cathy Fink and Marcy Marxer, back-to-back Grammy® Award winners for Best Children’s Album.

Mat Man

Build Mat Man

Use the Wood Pieces and Mat for Wood Pieces to build Mat Man and teach important readiness skills to young learners. This multisensory approach builds body awareness, counting, drawing, and social skills.

Mat Man Teaches:

• Body awareness • Sequence skills • Drawing and pre-writing

• Socializing and sharing • Size recognition • Counting • Building • Placement

Children sit in a circle as the teacher builds Mat Man on the floor using the Handwriting Without Tears Mat and Wood Pieces, all while singing the Mat Man song.

Teacher gives Mat Man body parts to the children, who then build Mat Man piece by piece.

Classroom accessories, such as bottle caps for eyes and nose, can make Mat Man more personalized.

Children watch as the teacher draws a large Mat Man on a board or easel, each part in order.

Children take turns drawing Mat Man and adding other details to their drawings.

Mat Man Book Set

Children learn readiness and language arts skills with this fourbook boxed set, including Mat Man Shapes, Mat Man Hats, Mat Man On the Go, and Mat Man Opposites Includes free Mat Man poster.

Grades: Pre-K–K MMBS

Get Set for School prepares students for kindergarten in delightful ways, developing the foundation skills necessary for future academic success. The complete print and digital program is available in both English and Spanish!

Research Indicates:

Spanish-speaking preschoolers experience significant improvements in their English skills when they have a good grasp of Spanish letters and numbers. An early education program that connects children’s word and math skills in Spanish to those in English can increase school readiness for Spanish-speaking children.

University of Missouri, 2016

Each Pre-K digital solution includes Spanish language options, supporting multilingual early learning.

The Pre-K Interactive Teaching Tool

A new digital teaching platform for managing and teaching lessons from our activity books and teacher’s guides with multimedia assets, including digital letter and number formations, instructional videos, music, and more. The Interactive Digital Teaching Tool reduces teacher prep time and is compatible with any whiteboard or projector. Get your children ready for kindergarten with fun readiness lessons! Also available with the Readiness & Writing Pre-K Teacher’s Guide

Grade: Pre-K PREKITT-GSS PREKITT-RW

Spanish

Grade: Pre-K SWT-21

Spanish

Spanish

Proven Technique for Teaching an Essential Life Skill

Today’s students need keyboarding skills more than ever before. Keyboarding Without Tears is a digital curriculum that nurtures proper keyboarding technique and online test-taking skills through multimodal lessons, leading to success at the keyboard and beyond.

Prepare students for online standardized exams

Keyboarding Without Tears® is a unique, patented approach to help all students in grades K–5 master the essential twentyfirst-century skill of keyboarding.

What sets us apart?

• Easy to teach, easy to learn

• Students work independently

• Patented home row instruction

• Game-based lessons build typing fluency and speed

• Grade-level progression

• Cross-curricular content

• Tech readiness activities

• Digital citizenship courses from Common Sense Education

Introducing: Assessment Accelerator

This dedicated module builds online test-taking skills for students in grades 3–5. In these new activities, students will practice common online testing questions using skills that are required on standard assessments.

Delivering Results That Matter

Students using Keyboarding Without Tears are regularly assessed for speed and accuracy as they type. Progress in these areas is assessed through Spot Checks for Speed and Accuracy, which students will practice throughout their 36-week instruction.

Depending on the grade level, students will be assessed through skill checks in their ability to type letters, words, sentences, and paragraphs.

Keyboarding Assessment Accelerator

Featured

Equation Builder Complete the equation to represent the answer.

Highlight It Select one or more areas of a graphic image to respond.

Short Response Compose a complete response to a question or prompt.

Graph It Chart a graph or slide a bar.

Multi-Select Select multiple responses to represent the answer.

Keyboarding

By Grade Level

KINDERGARTEN

Keys for Me

• Develops fine motor skills

• Teaches keyboard and mouse functions

• Builds pre-keyboarding skills

Grade: K KEYK

GRADE 3

Keyboarding

• Teaches number and action keys

• Shows how to format and type paragraphs

• Increases typing accuracy

Grade: 3 KEY3

Students

using

Keyboarding Without

Tears have had a 43 percent higher average words-per-minute (WPM) score.

GRADE 1

My Keying Board

• Strengthens drag and drop skills

• Develops finger-key association

• Includes practice for typing letters and words

Grade: 1 KEY1

GRADE 4

Keyboarding Success

• Reinforces typing speed and fluency

• Strengthens muscle memory

• Enhances language arts and creative writing abilities

Grade: 4 KEY4

GRADE 2

Key Power

• Builds typing muscle memory

• Teaches the entire keyboard

• Includes practice for common letters, words, and sentences

Grade: 2 KEY2

GRADE 5

Can-Do Keyboarding

• Supports mastery of typing accuracy and speed

• Helps students handle standards and testing in higher grades

• Includes practice for typing paragraphs about interesting subjects

Grade: 5 KEY5

• Manage class and student settings

• Access video support for setup and getting started

• Review teacher’s guide and student activity previews Obtain student reports and monitor progress

Web-based technology works with Clever, Google Single SignOn (SSO), ClassLink OneClick/ OneRoster, PCs/Macs, Chromebooks, and iPads.

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Build a Keyboard activity board

Leveraging all we know about multisensory learning, we’ve applied it to teaching keyboarding. Children learn how to locate, match, and identify letter, number, and action keys on an 11" x 17" magnetic board.

Grade: K–2 BK

Warning: Choking hazard small parts; not for children under 3 yrs.

“Our students have used Keyboarding Without Tears for years. This program goes beyond nurturing students' typing skills. It gives them the confidence with technology they need to truly succeed today.”

The +Live Insights digital dashboard enables administrators and educators to:

Professional Learning

Keep Thriving!

For more than 40 years, Learning Without Tears’ mission has been to make a difference in every child’s life by giving them the foundational skills for learning. To optimize instructional effectiveness, we provide interactive professional learning opportunities that incorporate a hands-on, minds-on approach to motivate, educate, and support Pre-K–5 success.

Our professional learning team is here to INSPIRE you to try something new, EMPOWER your growth, and fuel you and the children you serve to THRIVE

In-Person

In-Person workshops include curriculum materials and offer group rates and combo discounts too!

• Collaborative learning and peer networking

• Opportunities for multisensory, hands-on learning

• Active learning experience

Live Virtual

Live Virtual workshops are scheduled for specific days and times. Choose the one that works for you.

• Interact via online collaborative learning tools

• Use your own device

• Multimedia engaging content

On Demand

Get the expert knowledge you need whenever you need it.

• Available 24/7 to watch anytime

• Set your own schedule and pause as needed

Professional Learning Top-Tier Facilitators

passion for learning and setting up students for success!

Just like you,

We know firsthand that educators are stressed and have little time for their own learning, yet they yearn for accessible and relevant professional learning to re-energize themselves and the students they serve.

Our learning team includes fellow teachers, school leaders, occupational therapists, and parents who provide dynamic professional development opportunities and implementation support for your teams. Collectively we deliver dynamic, high-impact, and engaging learning experiences that reach more than 20,000 educators and occupational therapists each year along with the millions of students they serve.

90% of participants are very satisfied with their learning facilitators.

We care about your outcomes and collaborate with you to build flexible educator learning plans to jointly invest in your success with our programs, ensuring maximum impact. We optimize student success by helping educators effectively use our programs and materials with fidelity and confidence.

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Professional Learning Topics

Tailored to Your Experience

Learning Without Tears offer hundreds of learning experiences each year through LIVE virtual and in-person instruction that helps you learn and earn credit hours in a way that best meets your schedule. Our professional learning sessions are open for all educators, practitioners, and families to fuel success in Pre-K–5 classrooms.

Early Learning

Get Set for School Pre-K Curriculum

• Learn how to implement the Get Set for School complete curriculum

• Get research-based instructional strategies in early literacy, readiness, writing, math, oral language, science, and social studies

• Experience play-based instruction with multimodal and connected learning for in whole class and center-based models

Reading

A–Z for Mat Man and Me (Pre-K–1)

• Learn how to accelerate letter learning and integrate phonological awareness and phonics skills through systematic and explicit instructional activities in small groups

• Build social-emotional habits, oral language, and meaning-making skills

• Leverage digital assets to bring alphabet learning to life

Phonics, Reading, and Me (K–3)

• Teach phonics and other high utility skills systematically and explicitly

• Scaffold phonics instruction to meet the diverse needs of students at varying levels

• Build knowledge to develop phonics, vocabulary, and comprehension skills with rich texts

Handwriting

Readiness & Writing for Pre-K

• Use music, hands-on manipulatives, and technology to help children develop the emergent writing skills needed for kindergarten readiness

• Develop strategies for teaching grip, alphabet knowledge, and coloring skills in preparation for children to write letters, numbers, and their names

• Get purposefully designed materials to help children progress from coloring, tracing letters and numbers to writing their name

Handwriting Without Tears Print (K–2)

• Discover multisensory techniques and researchbased methods to make handwriting a natural and automatic skill for children

• See developmental teaching order, grip, the benefits of using double lines for instruction and practice, and integrating digital tools into daily instruction

• Learn the importance of the handwriting process as a means to teach or remediate letters, words, and sentences.

Handwriting Without Tears Cursive (2–5)

• Learn why to teach cursive in this age of technology, the benefits of a vertical style of cursive, child-friendly teaching order, and cursive connections

• Make cursive an automatic and natural skill for students of all ages and abilities by using engaging, multisensory techniques, and research-based methods

• Integrate digital tools into daily instruction, integrate writing activities to boost academic success

Handwriting Assessment (K–5)

• Administer and score the Screener of Handwriting Proficiency and The Print Tool® and choose remediation materials and strategies based on results

• Explore the seven basic handwriting components essential to handwriting success

• Understand different handwriting curricula, discover new handwriting resources, and use The Print Tool with various populations

Keyboarding

Keyboarding Without Tears (K–5)

• Learn the developmental progression of keyboarding skills to ensure student success

• Review student lessons and learn how to seamlessly implement them into their instructional day and computer-based testing prep

• Use reporting tools to adapt and differentiate keyboarding instruction so students meet gradelevel benchmark

Coming soon to a city near you

Nothing replaces learning in person. Come learn with us and leave our in-person workshops with a wealth of information, actionable skills, and strategies to implement immediately in your setting, using new and engaging hands-on manipulatives.

In-person workshops are designed for learning how to implement Learning Without Tears programs with fidelity. All participants get a bag of related learning materials and access to digital components. See upcoming workshops near you at LWTears.com/inperson

Flexible Learning Plans

Customizing your Professional Services plan is simple. First, select an implementation level. Second, choose the workshop format that best supports your learning goals and scheduling needs.

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Getting Started

Build the foundation for implementation success with the knowledge, strategies, and skills your staff need for high quality instruction and practical application.

Deeper Dive

During a collaborative meeting, our experts will help you design a customized session based upon your needs to accelerate and enhance student outcomes.

On-site

Live Virtual

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