This My First Book Set (2026) from Handwriting Without Tears® combines the My First School Book and My First Lowercase Book—the consumables needed for one student in the PK level. Use these with the required and newly updated Teacher’s Guide. The My First School Book covers prewriting and uppercase skills across the first 30 weeks of this curriculum. The first few weeks help develop fine motor skills using manipulatives and by engaging with music. Get Set for School Sing Along is available as a CD or can be found on YouTube®. The My First Lowercase Book is only available in this 2-book set and is scheduled for the last 6 weeks of the course. If you’re starting out, these two books are available with standard manipulatives in the Hands-On Learning Pack. Crayons are recommended at the start of this course. You may want to consider using the FLIP Crayons, which create thicker lines and allow students to ease into the writing grip. ~ Ruth
My First Book Set (2026 Edition)
Product Overview
- Consumable materials for 1 student
- Add other manipulatives and 2026 Teacher’s Guide for a full course
- A multisensory, carefully structured PK program
Description
This set includes:
- My First School Book
- My First Lowercase Book
Thoughtfully designed activities and child-friendly letter formation language foster a love for learning and support developmental growth. My First Lowercase Book This book helps children explore lowercase letters and develop pencil skills through fun, hands-on activities. It introduces concepts like size and placement of lowercase letters on double lines while incorporating hand activities for better coordination. Learners are also introduced to concepts of print, complete sentences, and basic sentence features, preparing them for the next stage of literacy.
Together, these books provide a strong foundation for alphabet mastery and early writing success. For guided instruction, My First School Book pairs seamlessly with the Readiness & Writing Pre-K Teacher’s Guide or the Get Set for School Pre-K Teacher’s Guide Set. Both guides provide scaffolded, multisensory activities that build kindergarten readiness.
Explicit lessons offer detailed teaching language for the activity book pages in My First School Book and My First Lowercase Book (included in the My First Book Set).
This Get Set for School® Readiness & Writing Program by Handwriting Without Tears® prepares and guides your students from prewriting skills to capital and lowercase letters in one year. Your student is ready to use this program if they are consistently using a dominant hand and correctly holding a crayon; can understand shape concepts like big/little line and big/little curve; and can draw vertical and horizontal lines, a plus sign, and a circle. This level takes the students sequentially through 2 consumable student books: My First School Book and then My First Lowercase Book. Additional copies of My First School Book are available, but My First Lowercase Book is only available in a 2-book consumable student set. A Hands-On Learning Pack provides essential manipulatives for one student: the 2 consumable student books, a slate chalkboard with two little sponge cubes, 4 little chalk bits, 1 mat for wood pieces (13 total), and 2 pencils for little hands. In the My First School Book, students begin with crayons (the double-sided FLIP Crayons are suggested) to help them learn to hold, place, and move the writing tool.
The indispensable Teacher’s Guide will help you guide your child step-by-step from prewriting skills (such as following patterns, making strokes, or drawing inside shapes) to beginning handwriting instruction. Beginning with foundational skills, including shapes and colors, it then progresses to writing capital letters. The year ends with six weeks of lowercase using the My First Lowercase Book (not available separately). All concepts are taught and reinforced using multisensory activities, manipulatives, drawing skills, and more. For each lesson, the Teacher’s Guide shows a reduced student’s page and provides a teacher oral script, a learning activity, vocabulary words, a list of skills your student is learning, and more. Once you understand this program’s unique methodology, the daily lessons are low-prep, but do require high teacher/student interaction—made straightforward with the Teacher’s Guide. Add the Hands-On Learning Pack with My First Book Set for one student. For each additional student, you’ll need the My First Book consumable set. ~ Ruth
| Product Format: | Paperback Book |
|---|---|
| Grade: | PK |
| Brand: | Learning Without Tears |
| ISBN: | 9798885666275 |
| Length in Inches: | 8.375 |
| Width in Inches: | 10.875 |
| Height in Inches: | 0.3125 |
| Weight in Pounds: | 0.85 |