Learning Without Tears for Preschool Professional Development

Learning Without Tears, best known for their Handwriting Without Tears curriculum, is a researched based program that develops developmentally appropriate and easy to teach curricula. They work to further their mission to make learning, and teaching, fun by providing educational products, professional development trainings, teaching tools, and resources to teachers and families. Here are some of the resources that they provide for preschool professional development.

EARLY LEARNING

Get Set for School is Learning without Tears’ complete pre-k program that is designed to get children ready for kindergarten. This program meets children where they are developmentally while making learning active and playful.

Learning Without Tears’ early learning professional development trainings include a training specifically for training educators in the implementation of their Get Set for School pre-k program via a virtual workshop. This training uses multisensory methods to build a foundation for kindergarten readiness. Here are some of the other early learning trainings available through Learning Without Tears.

• Emergent writing for Pre-K
• Accelerating alphabet learning
• Best practices to emergent writers to early writers
• Deborah Reed: Bridging the language gap and strategies to build oral language skills
• A-Z for Mat Man and Me

SPECIAL EDUCATION

In Learning Without Tears’ professional development trainings for educators working with children with special needs, you will learn how to adapt your teaching to support these children in a variety of inclusive settings. Here are some of the professional development opportunities available.

• Handwriting assessment
• 3 strategies for effective handwriting practice
• Sorting out dysgraphia
• How to adapt your handwriting instruction for emergent writers
• 5 indicators of handwriting readiness

HANDWRITING

Learn how to use multisensory strategies to help foster natural handwriting skills in children of all ages and abilities. These trainings are all built on a foundation of research-based methods that will get children excited about writing. Here are the handwriting professional development opportunities for preschool educators.

• Emergent writing for Pre-K
• Best practices to take emergent writers to early writers
• How to adapt your handwriting instruction for emergent writers

FREE RESOURCES

Learning Without Tears also has many free resources for educators and parents alike. They provide free webinars, printables, and activities. These free resources can give an extra little boost to your curriculum. Here is a list of some of the free professional development opportunities that are offered.

• 5 Ways to keep Pre-K social today
• 5 Fun strategies to kick-start social-emotional learning for back to school
• 6 Essential steps to fun and effective phonological awareness instruction
• How to stop letter reversals in their tracks
• Pre-K assessments webinar

As a teacher, it is important to always be learning. You learn from your students and your experiences every day, but professional development opportunities like the ones available through Learning Without Tears gives you a new look at your teaching style and resources to help you grow as a teacher.