CLI Solutions Group offers many solutions for supporting quality prekindergarten instruction. Please click on one of the links below to learn more about our various prekindergarten offerings.
CIRCLE Pre-K Foundations: The CIRCLE Pre-K Foundations training includes 7 modules for effective early literacy and math instruction in prekindergarten classrooms. This training can be conducted over 2 days covering all 7 modules, or only specific modules may be selected.
CIRCLE Pre-K Curriculum Overview and Implementation Training: This full-day training provides participants with an excellent understanding of how the curriculum was designed and how the components can be implemented to meet the needs of their students. Creating an effective classroom environment and lesson planning is also addressed.
CIRCLE Progress Monitoring (C-PM) Training: The CIRCLE Progress Monitoring System is a user-friendly, technology-driven tool that enables prekindergarten teachers to quickly assess a child’s progress in a particular skill area. Through simple data collection and immediate assessment results, teachers understand student skill levels and can individualize instruction to support students in areas where they are at risk of falling behind.
CIRCLE Progress Monitoring for Administrators: This training provides a quick overview of the C-PM assessment tool for prekindergarten. Designed with the busy administrator in mind, this 90-minute session covers critical information about each measure assessed and the cut points that determine the student’s score. C-PM provides several reports for administrators to analyze and determine how students in their schools are progressing.
Using C-PM Data to Guide Instruction: In the cycle of effective teaching and learning, assessment is what drives instruction. CIRCLE Progress Monitoring provides teachers with several different reports that allow prekindergarten teachers the ability to quickly evaluate the needs of their class. The information gleaned from these reports will allow teachers to identify specific concepts that need to be retaught and will ensure that students are grouped in an intentional way. Teachers are then able to plan focused lessons using the components of an effective lesson cycle.
CIRCLE Social & Emotional Learning Foundation (SELF): Pre-k and kindergarten teachers will learn the many aspects of social and emotional development through model lessons and hands-on practice. This training
addresses the importance of an intentional focus on social and emotional learning by providing targeted lessons, activities, and experiences all year long.
Inspired Read-Aloud Lessons: This training provides teachers the knowledge to plan daily read-alouds using an explicit, research-based instructional routine that supports oral language, vocabulary development, and comprehension. This training will guide teachers as they work through a step-by-step planning process for use with their own fiction and non-fiction texts.
Differentiation and Scaffolding: In this engaging, half-day session, teachers will learn about the differences between differentiation and scaffolding and will explore and practice various scaffolding techniques. Teachers will also practice adjusting scaffolds when planning so that they can be well prepared to help children experience success in the classroom.
Classroom Management in Prekindergarten: This interactive and engaging training helps participants learn all that’s required to positively support children’s social and emotional development in an environment where they feel safe, confident, and comfortable.
Phonological Awareness: Instructional Activities for Use Throughout the Day! This training is developed around a user friendly resource, which was created to support young children’s phonological awareness skills. Designed for use with PreK to 1st grade students, the practical activities in this resource can be used to teach all facets of this foundational literacy component in as little as 10 minutes per day.
Phonological Awareness with Make and Take: This training integrates the Phonological Training described above with the making of activities that can be implemented in the classroom immediately. The session provides teachers with time to process learning and practice teaching the various PA skills right as they are addressed in the training. All materials are provided.
Mathematics in Pre-K/K: Make and Take: In this workshop, participants will have the opportunity to explore the importance of supporting early mathematics development as they focus on the math concepts and skills that form the foundation of early math learning. During the session, participants will plan, prepare, and practice selected lessons that they can implement in their classrooms as soon as they return. All materials are included.
Impacting Learning Through Centers: Center time provides critical learning opportunities where prekindergarten students construct their own knowledge through independent and cooperative exploration and play. Teachers impact this time of learning and vocabulary development by immersing students in theme related activities and vocabulary, allowing students to have purposeful choices, and engaging student in thoughtful conversations.
Creating an Effective Classroom Environment: This training addresses how to create an optimal learning environment for prekindergarten children. Participants will learn how to improve the overall design and management of the classroom.
Supporting Young Writers: In this training, participants will also learn how purposeful, direct instruction, and authentic writing opportunities are an essential part of the classroom environment.
Teaching Together Facilitator Training: This training is for teachers or parent support liaisons who wish to conduct family engagement workshops on their campuses using the Teaching Together workshop series. In this 3 hour training, participants learn how to facilitate each of the six themed 60-minute family workshops.
Increasing Family Engagement in Our Schools: Family engagement is a critical building block for school success. In this session, learn how to overcome barriers and build positive relationships to increase family engagement on your campus.
Print Knowledge: Impacting Reading Readiness: In this engaging session, teachers learn how to plan and implement read-aloud and shared reading experiences with a focus on direct instruction of print related skills.
CIRCLE Activity Collection: This wide-ranging activity collection is housed on the CLI Engage platform. Teachers can access the collection series to help them plan and improve instruction for prekindergarten and kindergarten students.
CIRCLE Activity Collection: Family: The CIRCLE Activity Collection: Family translates child development research into practice by providing a variety of hands-on activities that families can do at home. This collection is organized around seven learning domains: Language & Communication, Reading & Writing, Math, Science, Social & Emotional, Physical Development, and Art & Sensory.
CIRCLE Pre-K Curriculum: Learn about the CIRCLE Pre-K Curriculum! This curricula is available in both English and Spanish and meets 100% of the Texas Prekindergarten Guidelines!
CIRCLE Progress Monitoring (C-PM): The CIRCLE Progress Monitoring System is a user-friendly, technology-driven tool that enables prekindergarten teachers to quickly assess a child’s progress in a particular skill area. Through simple data collection and immediate assessment results, teachers understand student skill levels and can individualize instruction to support students in areas where they are at risk of falling behind.
CIRCLE Pre-K Curriculum (Print Version): The CIRCLE Pre-K Curriculum provides all the resources needed to support weekly planning and delivery of comprehensive prekindergarten instruction. Complement the online curriculum with conveniently bound print editions in either English or Spanish.
CIRCLE Pre-K Theme Library Collection: The CIRCLE Pre-K Curriculum Theme Library Collection includes 37 high-quality narrative and informational read aloud books that align with each of the curriculum theme topics. The library also includes one poem/song/chant book that supports recommended activities throughout the curriculum. Available in English and Spanish.
Phonological Awareness: Instructional Activities for Use Throughout the Day! This helpful resource contains user-friendly activities for teaching various aspects of phonological awareness. These activities do not require the preparation of any materials and can be done throughout the day. Available in both English and Spanish.
