What Does Each Get Set Learn Session Include?

Get Set Learn sessions are two hours in length. They can be run in one of two ways.

Get Set Learn Class, Sample Template A
PACT First, Then Parents and Child Separate Time

 

Time Required Activity
10 minutes Welcome, introductions, and opening activity
45 minutes Family Learning (Parent and Child Together (PACT) Time)
Opening Routine
  • Hello song with puppet
  • ABC song
  • Take up homework from class before
PACT Activity
  • Finger play introduction and practice
  • Literacy and/or Math activity i.e. shape walk
Read Book to Group
  • Discuss title, author, type of print, pictures
  • Questions regarding prediction of what is going to happen in the book? How do you know? Why do you think that it will happen? Were you correct?
    Why or why not? Kit Exploration by parents and their children
  • Encourage families to explore the contents of the kit
Closing Routine
  • Snack
  • Goodbye song
5 minutes Children are taken to child care room (s)
55 minutes Parent Learning Time
  • Introduce topic
  • Link topic to theme in PACT time; this may not be until the next class. Please note that the topic is introduced in the parent portion and then revisited in the PACT time the next class for implementation (the only disadvantage of this model)
  • Parents do activity, watch video, discussion
  • Refer the parents to the corresponding page (s) in the parent book
5 minutes Homework
  • Distribute and explain craft
  • Number book for child and parent homework