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Our Story…Welcome to the Get Set for School™ Pre-K readiness curriculum. This program is a celebration of children and the educators who help them gain the skills and experiences they need to begin a lifetime of joyful learning. We developed Get Set for School in response to requests from teachers who were looking for hands-on teaching materials and strategies that would make learning fun and easy for their Pre-K students.

Get Set for School got its start almost 10 years ago with our occupational therapists who brought their unique skills to teaching young children. Their ingredients for successful learning? Break difficult concepts into simple tasks. Believe that every child can achieve. Use really cool materials that make children want to learn.

In 2011, we are excited to introduce the expanded Get Set for School program that teaches core readiness and writing as well as critical early language, literacy, number, and math skills. The Get for School team has also grown and includes teachers, researchers, professors and parents, and therapists. Together we have developed a program that takes important but complex subjects—such as emergent literacy, algebra, even geometry (yikes!)—and makes them accessible to engage preschoolers’ minds, hands, and hearts.

Get Set for School will bring your Pre-K classroom to life as your children sing, dance, color, and build their way toward a lifetime of joyful learning.

As you explore all our offerings, we hope that you will recognize delight, encounter magic, and experience inspiration. Come on in. We’ve been waiting for you!

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Get Set for School™ Welcome to the world of Get Set for School, where all children thrive. Our award-winning curriculum uses hands-on activities, lively music and

child-friendly teaching strategies to help young learners get set for school. We believe that learning should be easy and fun—and that all children have the capacity to achieve.

We’ve come a long way since we first created Get Set for School in 2003. Our Pre-K curriculum now includes three complete programs that teach: readiness and writing, language and literacy, and numbers and math. These programs expand your teaching with the special ingredients that make our curriculum a success:

•Multisensoryapproachthataddressesdifferentlearningstyles

•Developmentalprogressionthatbuildsonwhatchildrenalreadyknow

•Friendlyvoicethatconnectswithchildren

•Engagingstrategiesthatinviteactiveparticipation

Prepare your children for kindergarten with Get Set for School.


Readiness & Writing Our hands-on teaching strategies introduce music and movement

to bring lessons to life, and multisensory manipulatives to help children build fine and gross motor skills they need to learn to write. With our readiness and writing program children learn body awareness, cooperation, taking turns, and listening. The program also promotes crayon grasp, drawing, building, letter and number recognition, capital letter and number formation.

Language & Literacy Children begin developing language skills from the moment they are born.

Our language and literacy program uses a hands-on approach to make lessons come alive. Children learn syllables, names and sounds of letters, words linked to concepts, new words in spoken language, how to respond to simple questions, and how to have discussions.

Numbers & Math We demystify numbers and make math concepts relevant and fun for children.

With playful manipulatives, music, and rhymes, our numbers and math program teaches counting, comparisons, spatial awareness, patterning, sequencing, matching, sorting, and problem solving.

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Pre-K Teacher’s Guide for Readiness and Writing Learn strategies that will have your preschoolers building,

drawing, counting and playing their way to school readiness with Pre-K Teacher’s Guide for Readiness and Writing, the guide for the Get Set for School readiness and writing program. Pre-K Teacher’s Guide addresses children’s diverse learning styles as it fosters body awareness, letter recognition, social and emotional skills, and beginning handwriting skills. Page-by-page lesson plans give multiple strategies for teaching a letter or readiness activity.

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Tell us about your preschool classroom! Be among the first 100 people to complete a survey, and receive a free Pre-K Teacher’s Guide. Details at getsetforschool.com/survey

Your preschoolers will flip for A-B-C Touch & Flip Cards and 1-2-3 Touch & Flip Cards! These tactile letter and number cards make it easy to learn key early literacy and math skills. See pages 11 and 17 for details.


Get Set for School Activity Book Children find learning fun and easy with the multisensory readiness

exercises in the Get Set for School activity book. This award-winning activity book uses music, movement, building, coloring, and other hands-on exercises to help children of different abilities develop color and shape awareness, fine and gross motor control, letter and number recognition, counting skills, and social skills. Activity book contains 94 (8.5"x 11") pages.

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Musicspeakstochildren.Itboostsmemory,fostersbodyawareness and motor skills, teaches math and language skills, and promotes readiness. Original, upbeat songs by Grammy®WinningartistsCathyFinkand MarcyMarxersparkinterestandcelebratelearning.

Sing Along CD—Get Set for School Children develop coordination, rhythm, and body awareness

as they sing, tap, and dance. The memorable tunes are a great way to reinforce important language and number skills.

Sing, Sound & Count With Me CD Spirited music helps children learn language and number skills as they

sway,bop,andhoptotherhythm.UsetheCDtoreinforcenewskillsand concepts that you are teaching.

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“The Get Set for School program has really helped students of all skill levels… They look forward to using the products and quickly learn how to write letters, names, and words.”

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Build, Sing, and Draw Mat Man! ChildrenlovetolearnwithMatMan.

TheWoodPiecesandMatmanipulativeshelp them develop language, counting and listening skills, body awareness, and motor skills as they buildtheirfavoritehero,MatMan.

Explore our Mat Man readiness activities at Mat Man World: getsetforschool.com/MatMan


Wood Pieces Set for Capital Letters The Wood Pieces and supporting activities help children develop fine

motor, social, vocabulary, and letter formation skills. Children also learn basicsize,shape,andpositionconcepts—andofcourse,buildingMatMan(seepage9).Setincludes26pieces:8BigLines,6BigCurves, 6LittleLines,6LittleCurves.

Capital Letter Cards Capital Letter Cards are ideal for children who are just starting to learn

capitalletters.LetterCardsSetincludes26doublesided8.5"x11"cards.

Mat Children progress to building letters independently on the 8"x 11"

blueMat.ThesmileyfaceonthetopleftcorneroftheMatremindsthem where to start.

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Stamp and See Screen™

Stamp capital letters on the Stamp and See Screen using the magnetic stamps. Use the chalk-like tool to trace letters and numbers or form them on your own. Set includes 4"x6"magneticscreen,4magneticstamps(BigLine,LittleLine, Big Curve, Little Curve), chalk-sized magnetic writing tool.

Roll-A-Dough and Stamp and See work together too! Use the Roll-A-Dough Cards in the Stamp and See as a template for forming letters.

Roll-A-Dough™ Letters Formcapitallettersandnumbersrollingdoughsnakeswith

Roll-A-DoughLetters.Usethetraywithsand,shavingcream, or rice for additional practice. Set includes 18 double sided laminated Capital Letter and Number Cards, multisensory tray, and 12 oz. container of dough.

Slate Chalkboard Use the Slate to teach and remediate capitals and numbers. The smiley

face at the top left corner reinforces top-to-bottom, left-to-right directionality. The4"x6"Slatehelpschildrenwritecapitalsandlettersinaconsistentsize and promotes finger dexterity and good pencil grip.


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TIP: RubA-B-CTouch&FlipCardswithFLIPCrayonsto create impressions of the letters in a child’s name. Cut around the letters leaving a border, then sequence and place them on a piece of construction paper. This makes a great name poster.

Pre-K Language and Literacy Teacher’s Guide Introduce your preschoolers to the joys of language with

Pre-K Language and Literacy Teacher’s Guide.Multisensorystrategiesmake lessons memorable and provide real-life context for ease of learning. Children participate actively in lessons as they learn letter and word con-cepts, develop rich vocabulary, and ask and reply to questions. They also learn about concepts in print and words linked to those concepts. Teacher’sGuidecontainsmorethan60lessonsand150activities.

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Sensory Motor• Hold book right side up• Point to front cover, back cover

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Literacy• Tell what titles, authors and

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Book Show and TellHave children select their favorite book. Ask them to show the different parts of their book. Also have them point out the author and illustrator and tell what they do.

Predict ItFor more of a challenge, show the front cover of a book, read the title and have children say what they think will happen in the book. Read and talk about the book. Ask children what they would like to say to the author and/or illustrator about the book.

Support: Compare a person and a book: A person has a front. A book has a front. A person has a name. A book has a name, the title. A person has a spine. A book has a spine. A person has a back. A book has a back. A person has a top. A book has a top. A person has a bottom. A book has a bottom. A person has a heart, lung, etc. inside. A book has pages inside. A person can speak words. A book has printed words. A person can walk. Can a book walk? No, but a book can take you on a trip to another place.

Materials/Setup:• My Book

• Two children’s books

Grouping:1:1, Small Group or Whole Class

English Language Learners:To help children understand front and back, show students the front/ back of different items in the classroom (e.g. the front/back of their bodies, a chair, a desk).

ObjectiveChildren will learn to hold a book right side up. They will also identify the front and back cover, spine, title, author, illustrator, top, bottom and pages of a book.

ActivityLet’s learn all about books. Books have different parts.

1. Show a book and point out the front and back covers and spine.

2. Have children hold up the front and back covers of their My Book.

3. Have children show the spine of their My Book.

4. Have children show the top and bottom of My Book.

5. Show a second book. Read the author’s name. The author writes the words in the book. Read the illustrator’s name. The illustrator draws the pictures.

6. Have children point to their name on the front cover of My Book. Tell them they are the author of My Book.

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Every now and then during reading time, make a deliberate mistake. I am going to read. But show the cover upside down or the start reading from the back. They’ll think you’re so silly and help you. They’ll tell you what they know!

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Literacy• Tell what titles, authors and

illustrators do

Book Show and TellHave children select their favorite book. Ask them to show the different parts of their book. Also have them point out the author and illustrator and tell what they do.

Predict ItFor more of a challenge, show the front cover of a book, read the title and have children say what they think will happen in the book. Read and talk about the book. Ask children what they would like to say to the author and/or illustrator about the book.

Support: Compare a person and a book: A person has a front. A book has a front. A person has a name. A book has a name, the title. A person has a spine. A book has a spine. A person has a back. A book has a back. A person has a top. A book has a top. A person has a bottom. A book has a bottom. A person has a heart, lung, etc. inside. A book has pages inside. A person can speak words. A book has printed words. A person can walk. Can a book walk? No, but a book can take you on a trip to another place.

Materials/Setup:• My Book

• Two children’s books

Grouping:1:1, Small Group or Whole Class

English Language Learners:To help children understand front and back, show students the front/ back of different items in the classroom (e.g. the front/back of their bodies, a chair, a desk).

ObjectiveChildren will learn to hold a book right side up. They will also identify the front and back cover, spine, title, author, illustrator, top, bottom and pages of a book.

ActivityLet’s learn all about books. Books have different parts.

1. Show a book and point out the front and back covers and spine.

2. Have children hold up the front and back covers of their My Book.

3. Have children show the spine of their My Book.

4. Have children show the top and bottom of My Book.

5. Show a second book. Read the author’s name. The author writes the words in the book. Read the illustrator’s name. The illustrator draws the pictures.

6. Have children point to their name on the front cover of My Book. Tell them they are the author of My Book.


Every now and then during reading time, make a deliberate mistake. I am going to read. But show the cover upside down or the start reading from the back. They’ll think you’re so silly and help you. They’ll tell you what they know!

Book Par ts: Ins ide & Out

Children are fascinated by books. They enjoy being read to and imitating reading in play. Learning the parts of a book and the proper way to hold a book will help children become successful readers.

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My Book My Book is a child’s personal storybook and a special way to explore

the wonders of books and words. Children learn about the parts of a book, concepts about print, listening, new words, and word and concept connections. My Book encourages children to personalize with drawing, and storytelling. Individual book (8.5"x 8.5") contains 24 pages. Classroom set includes materials for 10 students.

A-B-C Touch & Flip Cards™

ChildrenflipforA-B-CTouch&FlipCards.Doublesidedcardsfeaturetactile and puzzle elements to teach letter recognition, letter-sound matchingandsequencing.“Flip”featurehelpsstudentscheckthemselvesandlearnmoreeasily.Includesone53-cardpack(4"x6.25")and a16-pageactivitybooklet.

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Line It Up™ Line It Up and let the learning fun begin. Line It Up uses stories and pictures

to promote language and motor skills. Story Cards introduce colorful fiction and non-fiction stories for rich conversation that encourages children to participate and learn. Story and event sequencing build memoryandliteracyskills.Familiarblackandwhitepicturesinvitepersonalization and creativity, and the traceable letters support proper letter formation.

IncludesLineItUpBar(26"long),52ColoringandLetterCards,and

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Sound Around Box™ Sound Around Box holds many surprises and gives you many

easy ways to teach letters, rhyming, syllables, word parts, listening and cooperation skills. Children will delight in sound chants, compound word hunts, memory games, and other early literacy activities.

DiscoveriesaboundwithSoundAroundBox: •MultifacetedSoundAroundBoxisperfectforwholeclass

and center based instruction •PictureandColorTilespromotememory,rhyming,

and syllable segmentation •MagneticPiecespromotepropercapitalletterformation •ActivityPlateshelporganizeactivities

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Word Time Word Time uses the magic of words to build strong vocabulary

and oral language skills. Preschoolers develop new vocabulary built around meaningful subjects and engage in word related, hands-on activities. They also hear and speak sentences that tell, describe, ask, and answer.

•Teacher’sGuideincludesMonday,Wednesday,andFriday theme lessons to help children build rich vocabulary

•WordCardscomeinlessonwordpairstoteachwordrelationships •Squawkerparrotbringslessonstolifeandencouragesstudentparticipation

Includes336–pageTeacher’sGuide,295laminatedWordCards, and Squawker--a friendly parrot puppet.

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TIP: Create cards that represent your daily schedule. Use the Line It Up bar to display your schedule and sequence the day’s events with the children in your room. As you move through your day, invite a student helper to help you remove the items that have been completed. See page 12.

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Social Behavior action SentencesChildren learn about Social Behavior with new words and sentences. Today’s words are action verbs. Children learn the verbs by doing and moving.

Objectives1. Learn two action verbs: meet and shake.2. Say two complete sentences.3. Use new vocabulary in conversation.4. Use prepositions to tell location.

SetupWord Box with: Word Cards: meet shake Props: none

Opening Squawker flies around the room saying, Squawk! Squawk! to call children to the circle. Squawker lands on the chair. Ask the Word Helper to tell you where Squawker is.

Say,it’s time for Squawker.

Where are we? We are in the circle.

Where is he? Squawker is on the chair.

Ask again, Where is Squawker?Have children answer, Squawker is on the chair.Have Helper bring Squawker to you. Say, now Squawker is ready. he is in the circle.Give the Word Box to your Helper.

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Do Have Squawker say to Helper, hello, i’m Squawker. it’s nice to meet you. Have Helper shake hands with Squawker (hand to wing). Have children shake hands

with one person near them.

Say We meet. We shake hands. Talk Squawker says, We can meet new people at school. Where else can we meet people? We can shake hands. What other parts of your body can you shake? Keep talking. Encourage children to talk about experiences with meet and shake.

ClosingHave children repeat today’s words.Teach class to sing “Letters, Words, and Sentences” (to the tune of “Hickory, Dickory, Dock”). letters together make words. We learn new words each day. We put the words together and have a new sentence to say.Everyone thanks the Word Helper.

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readiness skills. It also introduces children to a broader world of discovery.

BringallfourofMatMan’sadventurestoyourclassroomorresourcelibrarywiththisboxedset,whichincludesafreeBuildMatManposter: Mat Man on the Go, Mat Man Opposites, Mat Man Hats, and Mat Man Shapes.

Visit getsetforschool.com/matman to order individual books and to view sample pages.


Numbers & Math

TIP:Drawashape(circle,square, triangle) on a small card and place it inside a Tag Bag pocket. Children search their Tag Bags for the tag. When the tag is found, children build the shape on the card together using their Tag Bags. See page 20.

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Pre-K Numbers and Math Teacher’s Guide Take the mystery out of math and set up your children to love math

with Pre-K Numbers and Math Teacher’s Guide. The guide complements early math skills introduced in the Get Set for School activity book and Pre-K Teacher’s Guide for writing and readiness. Pre-K Numbers and Math teaches counting, geometry and pattern concepts, measurement and time, math vocabulary, and problem solving. These concepts become real and meaningful as children make the connection to their everyday world. Teacher’sGuidecontainsmorethan60lessonsand150activities.

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Grouping:Smallgroup

English Language Learners:Whenchildrencountbagsintheactivity,makeacirclemotionaroundeachcolorgroupofbagsasyourepeatthenumbers.Motionagainaroundtheentirelineofbags,sayingall.Havethemrepeatthenumbersentenceagainasyoupointtoeachgroupofbags.

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Place and CountYoucanvarythisbyusing4SquareMoreSquaresLittlePiecesandthe3x3squarePatternBoard.Have2childrenplacepiecesof2differentcolors,firstcountingtheirownpiecesandthenthetotal.

“Rowboat, Rowboat”Listento“Rowboat,Rowboat,”Track28onSing, Sound & Count With Me.Saythechantveryslowlyandactouteachpart.

Support:Startwithonebagofeachcolor.Putthebagstogether.How many in all?Saytogether,There are 2 in all.Continuewith2and1,2and2,andsoon,increasingby1eachtime.

ObjectiveCombinesetsofobjectstofindouthowmanyinallbycounting

ActivityHow many do we have in all? Let’s count to find out.

1. Invite2childrentositwithyou,oneoneachside.Otherswillwatchandcountwithyou.

2. GivethechildonyourrightsomeblueTagBags.Countthemaloudasaclass.Havehimrepeatthetotal.Givehimthecorrespondingnumbercard.

3. GivethechildonyourleftsomeorangeTagBags.Countthemaloudasaclass.Haveherrepeatthetotal.Giveherthecorrespondingnumbercard.

4. How many in all?Thefirstchildplacesbagsinaline,countingaloud.Thesecondchildaddsbagstotherow,countingon(continuingtocountfromwherethefirstleftoff).

5. Reviewthenumbersforeachcolor,showingthenumbercards.

6. Say and makes in all.Havechildrenrepeatthesentencewithyou.


Use2CounterCards1–5.Haveachildreadthenumeraloneachcard.Flipthecardsandcountthecountersonbothcards.Guidethechildtosay,“______and______makes______inall.”

Count Them All

Practicallyassoonaschildrencancountobjectsinaset,theyareputtingmoreobjectsintotheir setsandcountingagain.Theydon’trealizethatthisprocessisaddition.Weclarifythesteps,but theprocesscomesverynaturally.

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Grouping:Smallgroup

English Language Learners:Whenchildrencountbagsintheactivity,makeacirclemotionaroundeachcolorgroupofbagsasyourepeatthenumbers.Motionagainaroundtheentirelineofbags,sayingall.Havethemrepeatthenumbersentenceagainasyoupointtoeachgroupofbags.

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Place and CountYoucanvarythisbyusing4SquareMoreSquaresLittlePiecesandthe3x3squarePatternBoard.Have2childrenplacepiecesof2differentcolors,firstcountingtheirownpiecesandthenthetotal.

“Rowboat, Rowboat”Listento“Rowboat,Rowboat,”Track28onSing, Sound & Count With Me.Saythechantveryslowlyandactouteachpart.

Support:Startwithonebagofeachcolor.Putthebagstogether.How many in all?Saytogether,There are 2 in all.Continuewith2and1,2and2,andsoon,increasingby1eachtime.

ObjectiveCombinesetsofobjectstofindouthowmanyinallbycounting

ActivityHow many do we have in all? Let’s count to find out.

1. Invite2childrentositwithyou,oneoneachside.Otherswillwatchandcountwithyou.

2. GivethechildonyourrightsomeblueTagBags.Countthemaloudasaclass.Havehimrepeatthetotal.Givehimthecorrespondingnumbercard.

3. GivethechildonyourleftsomeorangeTagBags.Countthemaloudasaclass.Haveherrepeatthetotal.Giveherthecorrespondingnumbercard.

4. How many in all?Thefirstchildplacesbagsinaline,countingaloud.Thesecondchildaddsbagstotherow,countingon(continuingtocountfromwherethefirstleftoff).

5. Reviewthenumbersforeachcolor,showingthenumbercards.

6. Say and makes in all.Havechildrenrepeatthesentencewithyou.


Use2CounterCards1–5.Haveachildreadthenumeraloneachcard.Flipthecardsandcountthecountersonbothcards.Guidethechildtosay,“______and______makes______inall.”

Count Them All

Practicallyassoonaschildrencancountobjectsinaset,theyareputtingmoreobjectsintotheir setsandcountingagain.Theydon’trealizethatthisprocessisaddition.Weclarifythesteps,but theprocesscomesverynaturally.

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I Know My Numbers™ Numbers come alive with I Know My Numbers. Activities with simple

finger plays and songs encourage children to build, rhyme, sing, and draw as they develop number recognition and formation skills. Funblackandwhiteillustrationsinvitecoloringandpersonalization.Our unique gray crayon stroke promotes easy starts and stops for tracingnumbers1-10.Individualsetcontains10(6"x9")booklets (one booklet for each number 1-10). Classroom set contains materials for 10 students.

1-2-3 Touch & Flip Cards™ Childrentakeonnumberswiththeflipofacard.1-2-3Touch&FlipCards

feature tactile double sided Counter Cards and Animal Cards that entice children to trace and name numbers, count and sequence. “Flip”featurehelpsstudentscheckthemselvesandlearnmoreeasily.

Includes 20-card pack: 10 Counter Cards, 10 Animal Cards, 16-pageactivitybooklet.(Cardsmeasure4"x6.25")


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Tag Bags™

Tag Bags put numbers in children’s hands to promote early math skills. Children will learn number recognition and number sense with the number and dot combinations. Color Tags fit into the unique pocket design to teach children to sort, count, match, measure, sequence, and pattern with Tag Bags. A variety of fasteners build important fine motor skills.

Tag Bags activities promote both student- and teacher-directed learning. Ideal for circle time or center-based activities.

Includes:30TagBags,36ColorTags,and16-pageactivitybooklet.

For activities and classroom downloads, visit getsetforschool.com/tagbags.

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4 Squares More Squares™ 4SquaresMoreSquaresbringsgeometryandspatialrelationshipstolife

in your Pre-K classroom, focusing on squares, puzzles and problem solving. Colorful, chunky shapes encourage children to design and build. Big and Little Pieces teach children to slide, turn and flip shapes as they fit puzzle pieces onto the double sided boards. The product grows with children as it helps them move from counting and matching to pattern buildingandgraphing.Use4SquaresMoreSquaresasawholeclassor center based activity.

Includesenoughfor1classroom:24BigPieces,60LittlePieces, 12doublesidedBoards,16-pageactivitybooklet.

Visit getsetforschool.com/learninglounge for sample activities and how-to videos.

TIP: Build pattern sandwiches using your squares from 4SquaresMoreSquares. Children will be eager to follow and copy your pattern. The bigger the sandwich, the more fun it will become. Allow children to take the lead and create a colorful sandwich. You follow and copy their pattern.

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Tools for Your Classroom

FLIP Crayons™

Unique crayons promote proper grip, eye-hand coordination, and fine motor skills by flipping the crayon. Two colors and two points per crayon—10 colors in all.

Tubcontains206(2.4")crayons—perfectforclassroomsharing! Gift set contains 20 travel-ready mini packs that hold 5 crayons for individual use.

Magic C Bunny Puppet Engaging puppet helps children remember how to use the c stroke to

begin capital letters C O G and Q and to begin lowercase letters adgoandq.MagicCisalsothestarofmanyMysteryLetterGames.(12" tall)

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Pre-K Wall Cards Use these above the chalkboard, on bulletin boards, or in

circle time as a letter or number of the week activity. Set includes 36(8.5"x8.5")cardstockletterandnumbercardsthatchildrencan color.

Pre-K Name Plates Use on desks, lockers, or cubbies. They are great visual aids

for teaching children how to write their names in capitals and title case. Each set contains 30 (3.5" x 11") card stock plates.

Capital Letter and Number Practice Strips Use these 2.5" x 17" strips to help preschoolers write their capitals and

numbers. The strips come in packs of 100 and include a smiley face to orient a child’s writing.

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Readiness & Writing Workshop

Our upbeat Pre-K Readiness and Writing workshop introduces a readiness curriculum full of developmentally appropriate activities that teach children about letters, body awareness, numbers, sequencing, and sharing in a fun, engaging way.

For a detailed list of workshop objectives, visit getsetforschool.com/workshops.

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Schedule at a Glance

Morning AfternoonSchedule* Schedule**

8:00 a.m. 2:00 p.m. Registration

8:30 a.m. 2:30 p.m. Readiness in Preschool: Understanding the HWTMusicComponent for Readiness and Socialization/Organization Activities

9:00 a.m. 3:00 p.m. Body Awareness: Song to Teach Body Parts

9:15 a.m. 3:15 p.m. Introducing HWT Wood Pieces in Preschool: Size, Shape and Position Concepts, Wood Piece ActivitiesforanEntireClass,MovementandImitation with Big Lines, Using Capital Letter Cards for Wood Pieces

9:45 a.m. 3:45 p.m. Body Awareness Continued:MoreSongstoTeachBodyParts,MatMan™Activity,BeginningDrawingSkills

10:00 a.m. 4:00 p.m. Break: Snack and beverage served

10:15 a.m. 4:15 p.m. Letter Play and Crayon/Pencil Skills:FineMotorPlayUsingMultisensoryActivities(Roll–A–DoughLetters™, Stamp and See Screen™),DevelopmentalStagesinHandwritingReadiness, Educating Others, Handedness, Tool Use in Preschool, When and How to Teach Grip, Coloring Skills

10:45 a.m. 4:45 p.m. Tracing Strokes, Shapes, Letters, and Numbers: DevelopmentalTeachingMethodandSequence,UsingMoreMultisensoryActivities,StrategiesforLanguageDevelopment,LowercaseLetterRecognitionUsingaUniqueCrayon Stroke, Numbers: Singing and Counting

11:15 a.m. 5:15 p.m. Check Readiness

12:00 p.m. 6:00 p.m. Certificate of Attendance for 3.25 Contact Hours, Adjourn

** Schedule for workshops Apr-May2011

* Schedule for workshops June-Dec2011


Attend our New Pre-K Literacy and Math Workshop OurnewLiteracyandMathworkshopusesmusicandplayfulactivities

to teach number concepts, geometry, phonological awareness, and concepts about print.

Literacy & Math Workshop

“This pre-k workshop is full of energy. After 10 years of teaching, I have new motivation to teach. The curriculum provides structure but allows for flexible teaching for children’s different abilities.”

Claire Schloss, Teacher New York, NY


Schedule at a Glance

2:00 Registration

2:30 Pre-K Discovery: How our approach to self directed and explicit instruction promotes discovery and learning and how music is used to teach counting, sounds, and social-emotional skills

3:00 Developmental Sequences and Stages Appropriate to Pre-K Math and Literacy: Our teaching method and sequence for applying developmentally appropriate practices to math and literacy skills so that all children succeed

3:30 Pre-K Math Skills: How to use multisensory activities and materials to engage, teach, and prepare Pre-K children for number concepts, geometry, patterns/algebra, numbers and operations, data representation, problem solving, and measurement

4:15 Break: Snack and beverage served

4:30 Pre-K Literacy Skills: Use multisensory activities and materials to engage, teach, and prepare Pre-K children for alphabet knowledge, phonological awareness, comprehension, writing, concepts about print

5:30 Check Readiness

5:45 Apply What You’ve Learned: Understand and take ownership of how you will implement newly learned materials and strategies in your Pre-K environment

6:00 Certificate of attendance for 3.25 Contact Hours, Adjourn

For a detailed list of workshop objectives, visit getsetforschool.com/workshops.


ALABAMA Montgomery May13 ................. GSS R & W • Birmingham September16 ........ GSS R & W • September16 .........GSSL&M•

ARIzoNA Phoenix June 10 ................. GSS R & W • June 10 ..................GSSL&M• September 30 ........ GSS R & W • September 30 .........GSSL&M•

ARKANSAS Little Rock September 23 ........ GSS R & W • September 23 .........GSSL&M•

CALIFoRNIA Anaheim April 29 ................. GSS R & W • Los Angeles June 17 ................. GSS R & W • June 17 ..................GSSL&M• San Jose July 8..................... GSS R & W • July 8......................GSSL&M• oakland September16 ........ GSS R & W • September16 .........GSSL&M• Long Beach October 21 ............ GSS R & W • October 21 .............GSSL&M• Sacramento November 18 ......... GSS R & W • November 18 ..........GSSL&M•

CoLoRADo Denver July 15................... GSS R & W • July 15....................GSSL&M•

Denver September 23 ........ GSS R & W • September 23 .........GSSL&M• December2 ........... GSS R & W • December2 ............GSSL&M•

CoNNECTICUT Stamford October 21 ............ GSS R & W • October 21 .............GSSL&M•

DISTRICT oF CoLUMBIA June 17 ................. GSS R & W • June 17 ..................GSSL&M•

FLoRIDA Ft. Lauderdale May22 ................. GSS R & W • Miami July 22................... GSS R & W • July 22....................GSSL&M• orlando November 11 ......... GSS R & W • November 11 ..........GSSL&M•

GEoRGIA Atlanta June 10 ................. GSS R & W • June 10 ..................GSSL&M• August26 .............. GSS R & W • August26 ...............GSSL&M• November 4 ........... GSS R & W • November 4 ............GSSL&M•

IDAHo Boise September 23 ........ GSS R & W • September 23 .........GSSL&M•

ILLINoIS Chicago July 29................... GSS R & W • July 29....................GSSL&M• November 18 ......... GSS R & W • November 18 ..........GSSL&M•

INDIANA Indianapolis April 29 ................. GSS R & W •

IoWA Des Moines September 30 ........ GSS R & W • September 30 .........GSSL&M•

LoUISIANA Baton Rouge October 28 ............ GSS R & W • October 28 .............GSSL&M•

MAINE Portland September 9 .......... GSS R & W • September 9 ...........GSSL&M•

MARYLAND Baltimore April 15 ................. GSS R & W • October 7 .............. GSS R & W • October 7 ...............GSSL&M•

MASSACHUSETTS Boston July 10................... GSS R & W • July 10, Sunday .......GSSL&M• October 14 ............ GSS R & W • October 14 .............GSSL&M•

MICHIGAN Detroit September 9 .......... GSS R & W • September 9 ...........GSSL&M• Ann Arbor November 11 ......... GSS R & W • November 11 ..........GSSL&M•

2011 Workshop Schedule


Legend: GSS R & W • GSS Pre-K Readiness and Writing (afternoon schedule; see page 23) GSS R & W • GSS Pre-K Readiness and Writing (morning schedule; see page 23) GSSL&M• GSSPre-KLiteracyandMath(new workshop; see page 25)

MINNESoTA Minneapolis May13 ................. GSS R & W • August26 .............. GSS R & W • August26 ...............GSSL&M• November 18 ......... GSS R & W • November 18 ..........GSSL&M•

MISSoURI St. Louis May20 ................. GSS R & W • October 28 ............ GSS R & W • October 28 .............GSSL&M• Kansas City July 22................... GSS R & W • July 22....................GSSL&M•

NEW JERSEY Princeton September 9 .......... GSS R & W • September 9 ...........GSSL&M•

NEW YoRK Buffalo April 15 ................. GSS R & W • Long Island April 29 ................. GSS R & W • October 7 .............. GSS R & W • October 7 ...............GSSL&M• New York City June 3 ................... GSS R & W • June 3 ....................GSSL&M• August 28, Sunday ...GSSL&M• September 9 .......... GSS R & W • December4,Sunday ..GSS R & W • December4,Sunday ..GSSL&M• Albany October 28 ............ GSS R & W • October 28 .............GSSL&M•

NoRTH CARoLINA Raleigh May20 ................. GSS R & W • September 30 ........ GSS R & W • September 30 .........GSSL&M•

oHIo Cincinnati August26 .............. GSS R & W • August26 ...............GSSL&M• Cleveland November 4 ........... GSS R & W • November 4 ............GSSL&M•

oKLAHoMA Tulsa October 21 ............ GSS R & W • October 21 .............GSSL&M•

oREGoN Portland November 4 ........... GSS R & W • November 4 ............GSSL&M•

PENNSYLVANIA King of Prussia May13 ................. GSS R & W • Pittsburgh September16 ........ GSS R & W • September16 .........GSSL&M• Philadelphia October 28 ............ GSS R & W • October 28 .............GSSL&M•

SoUTH CARoLINA Columbia November 11 ......... GSS R & W • November 11 ..........GSSL&M•

TExAS Ft. Worth June 24 ................. GSS R & W • June 24 ..................GSSL&M• Austin July 29................... GSS R & W • July 29....................GSSL&M• Houston September 23 ........ GSS R & W • September 23 .........GSSL&M•

Dallas October 14 ............ GSS R & W • October 14 .............GSSL&M• San Antonio December2 ........... GSS R & W • December2 ............GSSL&M•

VERMoNT Burlington November 4 ........... GSS R & W • November 4 ............GSSL&M•

WASHINGToN Spokane April 15 ................. GSS R & W • Seattle July 15................... GSS R & W • July 15....................GSSL&M• October 14 ............ GSS R & W • October 14 .............GSSL&M•

WISCoNSIN Milwaukee October 21 ............ GSS R & W • October 21 .............GSSL&M•

CANADA Toronto June 24 ................. GSS R & W • June 24 ..................GSSL&M• October 14 ............ GSS R & W • October 14 .............GSSL&M• Calgary September16 ........ GSS R & W • September16 .........GSSL&M• Winnipeg October 7 .............. GSS R & W • October 7 ...............GSSL&M•

Fee* early** RegularGSSPre-KLiteracy&Math $195 $230GSS Pre-K Readiness & Writing $195 $230AllDayGSSPre-KWorkshop $330 $365

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