If your attendees do not like the workshop and do not find the information valuable,

and their time well spent, I will refund your money.

I stand by the service I give and my reputation.

 Contact me with questions: dianehen@teachwithme.com

Here's what a few others have said:

Story Time:

• “Students were leaning forward hanging on her every word.”
• “Diane makes the stories come alive.”
• “Her enthusiasm and love for kiddy lit is contagious; what fun we all had!”
• “…giggles galore!”

Teacher Workshops:

• “Thoroughly entertaining; the day flew by!”
• “All I can say is wow!”
• “I can’t wait to get back to my classroom! This is just the jump-start I needed.”
• “I can really use this stuff!”
• “This should be a required college class.”
• “I especially enjoyed the hands-on “make-it-take-its!”

 

Equipment Needed:

1. Podium
2. Microphone for large groups (lapel type is best)
3. Large table for displaying materials
4. Screen & overhead projector
5. Internet connection
6. Chair

Fee for Magical Story Time:

• $500 for a full day in the Grand Rapids Area or within an hour drive.
• $700 for a full day in other Michigan locations + expenses.
• $800 for a full day outside of Michigan + expenses.

Workshops: 

Come Teach With Me

• A hand’s-on, very entertaining, and extremely useful, day-long workshop.
• Runs from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. with two 10 - minute breaks and an hour for lunch at noon.
• Can be themed to whatever month or season of your choice.

Each workshop includes:

• 4 Make It Take It’s that we’ll do together. All materials provided. 
• How to nail report card standards using quick and easy art projects with supplies that you already have.
• 3 Center Activities that we’ll do together, + tips of how to tuck in and make time for science and social studies via centers.
  
• How to design centers that you don’t have to keep dreaming up, but can change each day that revolve around the season or your theme that reinforce your standards.
• At least one themed unit filled with Table Top skill sheets
  
• A tremendous amount of teaching, organizational, and discipline tips.
• Including a "Giving Directions Picture Icon set",  "How many days left in the month?" paper chain activity, and a Number, Letter and Shape Hide Board Center.
• Includes a copy of the student and teacher's edition of Keep These To Yourself  + a copy of  170+ Ways to Get Your Students  to Listen and Transition Effectively.
• Several songs and games that promote math and other early childhood standards.
• 2  easy reader booklets  that show  Diane's effective easy reader program where students READ, TRACE, WRITE, SORT, SPELL, CUT and GLUE their way to reading proficiency.  
• 1 ABC activity.
• One 123 Activity.
  
• A 50 page Calendar Help Book with lots of suggestions of how to teach report card standards and various subjects like math, science and language arts during calendar time. + the 77 page sister book Calendar Concepts.
• A 300+ Dolch Flashcard set and ideas of how to play games and use these cards to reinforce your word wall and master site words, + the companion book Sight Word MIni Flashcards.  
• How to incorporate magic as an alternative teaching method to help teach math, and science as well as introduce reading and writing concepts.
• How to jazz up your story time to promote listening, reading, writing, math, science, and writing .
• 2 themed make-it-take it booklets that help your students learn specific standards in a fun way, that reinforce concepts of print ,  build vocabulary and sight word recognition.  
• Prizes
• Access to Online resources

Teachers will need to bring:

• Bag to carry their things in.
• Box of crayons
• Glue stick
• Scissors
• Ink Pen
• Yellow Highlighter
• Printed material from Online Resources. (They will be given a class code so they can download the information and print it.)
• Hole punch this material and put it in your binder. or put hole punched paper in your copier and print it pre-punched and save time!
• No less than a 3 inch binder (To keep printed material in.)
• 2 pocket folders with brads inside to put hole punched papers in.
• A pack of index cards that are wired together that flip up.
• 20 clear sheet protectors.

Fee For Come Teach With Me Workshop:

• $50 per person (Grand Rapids Area or within an hour drive. No less than 10 people.)
• $50 per person + expenses for other locations. No less than 20 people.

Schools:

This makes for a wonderful Professional Development Day for your pre-school, young five and kindergarten teachers! If you have more than 20 teachers who’d be attending, I have special prices. Contact us for more information. diane@teachwithme.com  We know your staff will LOVE this workshop! Workshop times for them would be from 8 to 3:30 with a ½ hour for lunch.