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| WELCOME... If you are a teacher, counselor, consultant, instructor, coach, mentor, parent or friend looking for educational materials that incorporate varied cultures, promote diversity, build positive people skills, and offer something "more" that your kids and students will LOVE to learn with... |
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LOOK - OUR APPROVAL LETTER! |
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About now, you may find yourself thinking…
1. PEOPLE HOLDING HANDS® is a new program, with curriculum published and materials first marketed at year's end, 2004. We are now making our way into schools across the United States.
2. PEOPLE HOLDING HANDS®, characters in the likeness of real, ethnically diverse people, were designed to look alike and different. Their hidden back finger pocket was sized for little fingers to use in puppet play, role play, reading lessons, skits, creative arts and more. The ethnic collection of characters will grow as we add new characters and new PEOPLE materials.
3. PEOPLE HOLDING HANDS® curriculum guides and workbooks offer lessons and skits, presentations and skills building opportunities that incorporate the characters – preferably child-directed – for multi-sensory hands-on learning opportunities.
4. PEOPLE HOLDING HANDS® actively and passively deliver the message, ALL PEOPLE ARE IMPORTANT. Whether supporting multi-ethnic environments or filling a need to create ethnic diversity in your classrooms, offices, and homes, these multi-cultural characters incorporate color, embody likenesses and differences, and offer near infinite opportunities to teach lessons, ideals, values, and skills that children should learn about PEOPLE at an early age for their present and future success. There's more...
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| People Holding Hands® Complete Classroom Set, published by You're On!, Inc., has been approved as standards-aligned supplemental English learner (EL) materials by the California Department of Education, Gr. K-4, by the Curriculum Frameworks and Instructional Resources Division and Committee for Social Compliance. This approved set includes 24 hand-held multicultural puppet characters, Meet the People book, Friends, Friends, Friends book and an embroidered carry-all bag. |
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| Maybe you need a little more proof. We understand. Take a few minutes to look around these links and see for yourself where California has listed us and view a few of the matrices that we prepared for our ELD listening and speaking skills review. CDE-Legal and Social Catalog Listing, You're On!, Inc: This link provides you with our description listing as itemized on the CDE website. **We are approved for purchasing with Proposition 20 Lottery Funds or any Instructional Materials Funding Realignment Program (IMFRP) funds remaining after districts have purchased their required instructional materials.** WORD DOCUMENT; K-Listening Matrix WORD DOCUMENT; 3-Listening Matrix |
| Here are some things we've received from people that think PEOPLE HOLDING HANDS® are great! Recognize these signatures?  |
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| Do you think this ELL expert has it right? "I'm not sure that throwing another textbook at a child who is struggling to learn English will make a difference." Of course we agree that there should be various materials that can assist little learners in solidifying their skills! This is where we, People Holding Hands®, can help you... Isn't it time for a closer look? FIRST: Let's take a look at the materials that make up the Complete Classroom Set approved for purchase with state and federal funds:     There are 24 characters, 6 of each ethnicity, that make up the Classroom Set. Kids cannot wait to get their hands on these little smiling 11.75" PEOPLE play characters, with hidden back pockets sized for little fingers, to participate in lessons, sessions, presentations and interactive activities. HAND THEM OVER TO YOUR KIDS for hands-on practice of language listening and speaking skills or simply as an activity that encourages a multi-sensory approach for learning. NEXT:   Curriculum guide books that incorporate the characters in various hands-on acitivities that allow children to actively practice, prepare, present and learn the skills that are taught and presented. FINALLY: You will receive all this, 24 characters and both books, in a high quality embroidered zippered carry-all bag. There are materials ready for all your students to have an opportunity to share in the fun! Here's what the bag and set looks like: 
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Now, all you have to do is place your order. Need to get approval from your school district? Here is a WORD.DOC intent to order form - used by the California Department of Education - to print and fill in. Maybe this is helpful for you if you are utilizing specific funding - Title 1, SB 1113, grants, or other. For a complete shopping experience, visit our SHOPPING page. You can mail us, fax us, or call in your order, 817-441-9360. Our information is listed at the bottom of this page or go to our CONTACT US page. AND, we are happy to accept signed PO's (Purchase Orders). BEFORE YOU GO... I want to let you know that we send out monthly ADDED VALUE mailings with lesson plans, articles and suggestions for you to use with your People Holding Hands® program. |
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