Less Prep, More Play: Your First Emergent Writing Lesson with the Digital Tool

Pre-K teachers don’t have a minute to waste.  

Between managing routines, comforting little ones, and guiding early learning basics, there’s barely time to troubleshoot a digital tool—let alone learn a whole new one.  

That’s why we created a resource that’s as easy to use as it is effective. The Interactive Digital Teaching Tool saves teachers time and can make your lessons more engaging through songs, dances, and interactive activities. Then, you can focus on what really matters: Creating joyful, memorable learning moments with your students.  

Before We Begin:

The latest edition of Readiness & Writing uses the Interactive Digital Teaching Tool. If you have an older edition of Readiness & Writing, you’ll be using the Pre-K Interactive Teaching Tool instead. Check this post for more on that platform. If you’re not sure which you have, please check with your system administrator.  

Ready to start your first interactive Pre-K lesson? Each page of the student editions has suggested lesson activities, songs, and videos. You'll find all of these here in the digital tool, along with a huge array of resources you can pull up at any time. 

STEP 1: Navigate to Alphabet Knowledge

From the home menu, click "Lesson Content.”  Using the 🔎 Table of Contents in the top-right corner, click on “ALPHABET KNOWLEDGE,” then “ABC Sing and Point.”

STEP 2: Share Your Screen

Ready to share your screen with students? We’ll be playing a 1-minute sing-along video next that will engage them with letter learning. In the top-right corner, click "View Activity Book.” Then click the “Alphabet Song: Capitals” video on the right-hand menu.  

STEP 3: Students' Turn

From here, students can open their My First School Books and turn to p. 4. Get ready to point to the screen as you play the music again.

Check back for more tips next month! Until then, keep exploring other lessons to see how the interactive activities tie-in seamlessly with the student-facing materials.