This summers programs include:

SPO.T. in the park

July 25-29th Monday to Friday 9.45 – 11.30am for 3 – 5 year olds

This group provides children with varied sensory and motor activities in a playful and therapeutic atmosphere to enhance motor development and sensory exploration. Children will participate in a variety of fine and gross motor games. Aspects from the Handwriting Without Tears preschool program will be used.

Printing in the Park

July 25-29th Monday to Friday 11.30 – 12.30 for 5 – 8 year olds

Children in this group will work on pencil grasp, in hand manipulation skills, letter formation (primarily lowercase), kinesthetic printing, shoulder stability and more! A different group of letters will be targeted each day. Group will start out with full body warm-ups and move into small group rotation through assorted activities. Each child will start a Handwriting Without Tears workbook in the group and then take it home at the end of groups to complete at home.

Introduction to The Alert Program: “How Does Your Engine Run?”®

July 25-28th – Plus a post-group follow up phone consult. 6:30-7:30 p.m for 6 to 9 year olds

Children will learn concepts from The Alert Program® and participate in activities to learn about what makes their engines run in high, low and just right. (www.alertprogram.com)
Parents will review daily work at home between sessions. Children will complete an engine tool list on their final day to go away with strategies that  they can start to use at home.

More information on Summer Groups 2011 (download pdf)

Space is limited. Registration Form for Summer 2011 and sign up today.

Edmonton, AB

The date of this workshop is past. For more information on this and other workshops please contact us

Handwriting Without Tears® workshops are effective for anyone who wants to make handwriting (printing) easy and fun for students. Participants come from diverse professional backgrounds including occupational therapy, teaching, and school administration. Parents often attend as part of a home school program or to supplement their child’s school curriculum. For more information about the program visit www.hwtears.com

Join Sarah Matson OT(reg) from Handwriting Without Tears® ! She will be presenting all three workshops!

Get Set For School™ Workshop

The award-winning Get Set for School™ Pre-K program uses lively music and playful activities to help young children build a solid foundation for school success.

This upbeat 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, and informal manner. The Get Set for School™ Pre-K workshop is an introductory level class.

Kindergarten – 5th Grade Workshop

The comprehensive, easy-to-use curriculum uses engaging multi-sensory techniques and research-based methods to make handwriting a natural and automatic skill for children of all ages and abilities. They use a fun hands-on approach to develop good skills and teach correct letter formation.

The Handwriting Without Tears® Kindergarten-5th Grade workshop provides dynamic instruction in the teaching methodology from kindergarten through cursive. The Kindergarten-5th Grade workshop is an intermediate level class.

or Attend a 2 day combo of Get Set for School™ and K-5th Grade!

3 in 1 Mazes provides developmentally sequenced fun activities. Your children will love helping Nolan find his cat, Louie and on the way will develop fine motor skills, visual and scissors skills.

In our Scissors e-Workbook Zip and Zap with their friends Chip and Chap teach scissors skills. This workbook provides adults with a step by step guide to finger placement and snipping skills.

Download a free sample to preview before you buy.