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Prevents Common Handwriting Problem
This instructional sequence prevents the most common handwriting problems students in elementary school struggle with:
 letter memory |
size |
| number memory |
grip |
| formation |
spacing |
Readiness & Writing is structured around a research-based sequence of letters that best supports fine-motor skill development in children. Lessons begin with easy vertical and horizontal letters, then letters with curves, and finally those with diagonals.
This instructional sequence prevents the most common handwriting problems students in elementary school struggle with:
- letter memory
- number memory
- formation
- size
- grip
- spacing
With Readiness & Writing, students learn social-emotional and readiness skills using hands-on methods that make the experience meaningful. They develop fine motor skills, learn to hold a crayon, and use Wood Pieces to learn body parts, position words, and the vocabulary to describe capital letters and numbers.
Meet Mat Man: A Hands-on Learning Creation
To make the transition to readiness more seamless, children must master important readiness skills. Mat Man can help! This buildable classroom friend embodies Learning Without Tears' unique approach to hands-on learning. By building Mat Man, young learners practice crucial readiness skills, such as drawing and cognitive skills. Mat Man teaches:
- Body awareness
- Sequence skills
- Drawing and prewriting
- Socializing and sharing
- Size recognition
- Building
- Placement
Teacher’s Guides
Across our two-volume Teacher’s Guide, educators get comprehensive strategies for Pre-K instruction, including lesson plans for each unit, covering a 36-week scope of instruction. Both teacher’s guides are also available digitally in PreKITT!
Aligned to ESSER and ESSA
Get Set for School is eligible for educational grants and funding. The program meets ESSA's Promising evidence criteria, with materials aligned to ESSER funding's allowable activities.
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TESTIMONIALS
"The intertwined connections to real world, real life and all the learning modalities facilitate learner success."
Vanessa Brown, B.A., M.Ed.
Retired Assistant Principal and ELA Coordinator
"With the implementation of the teacher’s guide, activity books and 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
"The active teaching really brings the workbook to life by adding in different interactive learning strategies and activities on each page."
Lanor Payne, Ph.D
Director of Early Childhood
"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."
Mary Toomey
Assistant Superintendent