School Specialty. Planning & Student Development

Help parents become partners in their children's education from the start to ensure every child is ready for school.

Through the Early Learning planner program, children are constantly learning new concepts and processing new skills – rough and fine motor skills, cognitive and social development, and creativity and curiosity exploration. This process is natural and enjoyable for young students, because the planner presents skill-building activities through fun, monthly themes – such as "Music" and "Exploring Nature." Each month opens with a developmentally appropriate, imaginative poem and a "Color the Picture" illustration. Exercises throughout the weekly pages relate back to the theme, providing children context and insight to the theme at large.

Now, with the option to purchase Spanish/English bilingual editions, educators can be sure to keep ALL parents involved, especially in those homes where parents truly want to be involved but find it difficult to do so with a limited English vocabulary.

Benefits and Learning Outcomes:

• A Smooth Transition Between Home & School

  Start with a strong teaching base that rounds out academic preparation, cognitive skills, social and emotional development, and pushes creativity and curiosity. Align that with a rock-solid parent partnership that supports, encourages and reinforces these skills at home, and the outcome is a confident child who is eager to take the next step in his or her education.

• Parental Involvement

  The "Family Connections" section of this Early Learning planner provides weekly, time-conscious activities for busy parents to engage their child at home. Communication – dual-language communication in the bilingual edition – between school and home is encouraged through provided calendars, suggested activities, downloadable resources and a mutually beneficial teacher-parent user guide. All of these options help parents get excited about and involved in what their child is learning. Parent partnerships are a key goal and result of this planner program.

• Cognitive & Social Development

  Preparing for the next step in education takes more than learning numbers and letters. While academic success is important, this planner program also recognizes the critical need for strong cognitive, social and emotional development. Confidence-building activities are provided so this development can be taught at school and reinforced at home.

• Letter & Number Identification

  When building student memory, practice makes perfect! Using everyday materials, weekly activities provide children context of letters and numbers, showing that they are everywhere!

• Letter-Sound Matches

  While reading might be further in the future, young children can learn to identify letters and the sounds associated with them. Verbal and written exercises, sound-association games, and "in-the-real-world" identifying activities help young students get excited about letters.

  Students developing two languages gain the opportunity to excel in both English and Spanish!

• Creativity & Curiosity

  Research shows that using a combination of "real" images with imaginative or abstract illustrations helps children develop creativity and versatility. The size of the planner, photo imagery, drawings and sufficient white space used throughout the planner accommodates the rough and fine motor skills of this age group.

   
• Preparation For Academic Success

  As recognized by most funding sources for early childhood development, an outcome-driven framework for early childhood programs is necessary. Backed by decades of research showing the positive impact of high-quality early childhood education, this planner program is focused on future academic success by initiating and supporting development early.

Help parents become partners in their children's education from the start to ensure every child is ready for school.

Through the Early Learning planner program, children are constantly learning new concepts and processing new skills – rough and fine motor skills, cognitive and social development, and creativity and curiosity exploration. This process is natural and enjoyable for young students, because the planner presents skill-building activities through fun, monthly themes – such as "Music" and "Exploring Nature." Each month opens with a developmentally appropriate, imaginative poem and a "Color the Picture" illustration. Exercises throughout the weekly pages relate back to the theme, providing children context and insight to the theme at large.

Now, with the option to purchase Spanish/English bilingual editions, educators can be sure to keep ALL parents involved, especially in those homes where parents truly want to be involved but find it difficult to do so with a limited English vocabulary.

Benefits and Learning Outcomes:

• A Smooth Transition Between Home & School

  Start with a strong teaching base that rounds out academic preparation, cognitive skills, social and emotional development, and pushes creativity and curiosity. Align that with a rock-solid parent partnership that supports, encourages and reinforces these skills at home, and the outcome is a confident child who is eager to take the next step in his or her education.

• Parental Involvement

  The "Family Connections" section of this Early Learning planner provides weekly, time-conscious activities for busy parents to engage their child at home. Communication – dual-language communication in the bilingual edition – between school and home is encouraged through provided calendars, suggested activities, downloadable resources and a mutually beneficial teacher-parent user guide. All of these options help parents get excited about and involved in what their child is learning. Parent partnerships are a key goal and result of this planner program.

• Cognitive & Social Development

  Preparing for the next step in education takes more than learning numbers and letters. While academic success is important, this planner program also recognizes the critical need for strong cognitive, social and emotional development. Confidence-building activities are provided so this development can be taught at school and reinforced at home.

• Letter & Number Identification

  When building student memory, practice makes perfect! Using everyday materials, weekly activities provide children context of letters and numbers, showing that they are everywhere!

• Letter-Sound Matches

  While reading might be further in the future, young children can learn to identify letters and the sounds associated with them. Verbal and written exercises, sound-association games, and "in-the-real-world" identifying activities help young students get excited about letters.

  Students developing two languages gain the opportunity to excel in both English and Spanish!

• Creativity & Curiosity

  Research shows that using a combination of "real" images with imaginative or abstract illustrations helps children develop creativity and versatility. The size of the planner, photo imagery, drawings and sufficient white space used throughout the planner accommodates the rough and fine motor skills of this age group.

   
• Preparation For Academic Success

  As recognized by most funding sources for early childhood development, an outcome-driven framework for early childhood programs is necessary. Backed by decades of research showing the positive impact of high-quality early childhood education, this planner program is focused on future academic success by initiating and supporting development early.

Parents as partners.

Help parents become partners in their children's education to develop learning and communication habits from the start -- preparing every child for the next step of his or her education. This is the most parent-involved planner on the market today. In addition to encouraging extensive communication between school and home, this planner provides weekly time-conscious learning activities for busy parents to engage their child at home. This gives the child a learning advantage, excites parents about what their child is learning and encourages even further parent partnerships.

ALL students; ALL parents.

The Spanish/English bilingual edition facilitates greater family interaction in those homes where parents truly want to be involved in their child's learning and development but feel incapable or unable to do so because of their limited English vocabulary.

A smooth transition.

When parents and teachers are involved in a child's education, learning becomes easy, expectant and something exciting to look forward to. When this is the case, children enjoy a much easier transition into the next step in their education.

An educator's advocate.

The planner acts as a learning advocate on behalf of the teacher and school by reinforcing the need for parental involvement, keeping the learning process active even after the school day is over and providing school-specific information at parents' fingertips.

Building student memory; practice makes perfect!

When learning is continuous all day long, children's learning capacity is greatly enhanced. Why stop teaching when the classroom time is over? Help parents integrate academics through fun, skill-building activities in all aspects of the child's day so that learning is natural and exciting for the child.

Using creativity to facilitate learning.

The Early Learning planner program recognizes the value of sparking children's imagination to further facilitate academic, social and emotional readiness. Development of fine motor skills is practiced, and learning through creative methods helps young students align with their own learning styles.

Additional resources provided.

For those parents and teachers who eat up everything you give them and still want more, our company provides downloadable skill-building resources. Lesson plans that make educator time more efficient, activities and materials used to enhance the lessons, and habit-building strategies can all be found online.

Supports Early Learning Challenge Fund and Early Childhood Grants with an outcome-driven framework.

This planner program was developed with Title I funding sources in mind. The development relied heavily on decades of research demonstrating the positive impact of high-quality early childhood education on later academic performance and other economic and social outcomes. This planner program supports new and existing early childhood programs. We understand and support the value placed on preparing children better for success and ensuring more children are prepared with the cognitive, social and emotional skills necessary for their first years of school.

Supported with educator tools.

To ensure our products are easy to use and provide the most impact possible, we provide extra resources that help educators integrate the program into the classroom.

Planners are great tools for your students, but why not have them work a little harder for you. Customize them with your school's information, and use them as a continual communication piece between administrators, teachers and students.

Cover:

The Early Learning cover beautifully displays creativity and imagination as a child may see the world. Incorporate your school name front and center, right on the cover!

Enhancements:

Add a planner jacket to the planners for added reinforcement and durability.