S.M.A.R.T. Program

Stimulating maturity through accelerated readiness training

stimulating maturity through
accelerated readiness training

Stimulating Maturity through Accelerated Readiness Training (S.M.A.R.T.) is a program that helps children's brains and bodies get ready to learn by building the foundation required for basic readiness skills, critical for successful learners.​

The program consists of fun, physical activities for developing and/or enhancing large and fine motor skills, balance and coordination, visual efficiency, eye-hand coordination, attention and much more. Once these readiness skills are in place, children have the necessary tools to be able to attend and learn, making them ready for school and prepared to become life-long learners.
​S.M.A.R.T. is an easy program to implement and activities can be performed with little or no equipment. The physically active and brain stimulating S.M.A.R.T. activities can be incorporated in the daily schedule, both in the classroom and on the playground. S.M.A.R.T. takes the latest brain research, applies it to the classroom, and helps teachers integrate it with what they are teaching.
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We have two applications of the S.M.A.R.T. program:
  • S.M.A.R.T. Pre-K for early childhood educators working with 3, 4 and 5-year-olds
  • S.M.A.R.T. for elementary educators working with Kindergarten through third graders.
What educators say
"Our experience with S.M.A.R.T. has been a very positive one! We have implemented the program into the daily routine in the Wagner Early Learning Center. Students get the benefits of the movement exercises with specific purpose from the start of the year through the end and classroom achievements show the difference!" - Lori Bouza, Principal at Wagner Early Learning Center in Wagner, SD

Visit our S.M.A.R.T. Newsletter and see what else educators say about us!

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By attending a 3-day
​S.M.A.R.T. Workshop, you will:

  • Learn a multi-sensory approach to teaching
  • Learn to enhance the critical readiness skills students need to succeed in school
  • Understand how to look at children developmentally and apply activities for developing and/or enhancing students’ visual perception, eye-hand coordination, auditory skills and large and fine motor skills, all necessary tools for learning to read and achieving academic success ​​​

​For more information about workshop registration, or to learn how to host a workshop, please contact the Minnesota Learning Resource Center by calling (612) 789-1236 or email mlrc@actg.org.

at a 3-day S.M.A.R.T. Workshop, you will:

  • Learn a multi-sensory approach to teaching
  • Learn to enhance the critical readiness skills students need to succeed in school
  • Understand how to look at children developmentally and apply activities for developing and/or enhancing students’ visual perception, eye-hand coordination, auditory skills and large and fine motor skills, all necessary tools for learning to read and achieving academic success ​
​​For more information about workshop registration, or to learn how to host a workshop, please contact the Minnesota Learning Resource Center by calling (612) 789-1236 or email mlrc@actg.org.

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