Sing. Play. Love. Kindergarten Readiness Educator Multi-Book Kit

Research shows that reading, singing, dancing, and playing with young children helps boost early learning and build key skills across developmental domains. That's why Dr. Anne Meeker Watson developed SING.PLAY.LOVE.^®—a creative, joyful, and highly effective program that uses books, music, and play to help young children fall in love with learning.

With this Kindergarten Readiness Kit for preschoolers, you'll have everything you need to put SING.PLAY.LOVE. into action in your own early childhood program. Featuring colorful high‐quality picture books, song downloads, interactive music videos, printable activity pages, and more, this ready‐to‐use kit will help you:

• Build the foundational early learning skills children will need for success in kindergarten and beyond
• Tap into children's preferred activities—music, play, picture books, and fun with friends—to teach and reinforce key skills
• Support attachment and foster warm, nurturing connections between children and caring adults
• Encourage collaboration between educators and families and make the home-school partnership fun and easy
• Achieve learning objectives that align with widely used early childhood curricula, standards, and philosophies, including Head Start, Creative Curriculum, Montessori, Reggio Emilia, and the Pyramid Model

• 5 picture books. Engaging and beautifully illustrated, these children’s books each help you build a readiness skill that predicts achievement: perserverance, patient waiting, cooperation, problem solving, and self‐calming.
• 5 lively downloadable songs that complement and extend the lessons taught in the books.
• 5 interactive music videos. Share these videos with children to get them singing and dancing along with the songs and learning how to sign key words.
• Video models for teachers. Anne Meeker Watson models gestures, actions, and signed words so you can use playful interactions to teach targeted skills.
• Printable pages for kids. Reinforce and expand on new skills with these fun activity pages for children.
• Printable family pages. Packed with learning activities and video links for each book, these PLAY & LEARN pages will help you partner with families to help them continue the learning at home (PLAY & LEARN pages available in English and Spanish).
• Online launch pad. This website makes it easy to start using SING.PLAY.LOVE. right away! You’ll get convenient online access to your resources, plus step-by-step guidance on how to use the program effectively in your classroom.