Vicki Gibson, Ph.D.
Author and Practitioner

  • Lead Author, Ready to Advance & Listos y adelante
  • Director, Texas A&M Collaborative Learning Center
  • Early childhood expert

Ready to Advance and Listos y adelante are the comprehensive instructional support and materials that I needed as a young professional educator but did not have.

—Vicki Gibson, Ph.D.

Classroom Management
Routines and Resources for a Successful Learning Environment

The program includes a comprehensive classroom management system, which is the focus of Unit 1 and establishes the routines and behaviors that will set the stage for learning and continue through the school year.

  • Self-regulation
  • Decision-making
  • Social and emotional learning
  • Balance of teacher-led instruction and purposeful play

Ten Reasons to Adopt Texas Ready to Advance™ and Listos y adelante™ PreK Programs

AUTHENTIC TEXTS

1

Big books, lap books, small-group books, student books, and trade books nurture whole-child development through authentic literacy encounters.

EQUITABLE ENGLISH & SPANISH RESOURCES

2

Promote biliteracy and honor children’s home language with parallel resources and instruction that achieve positive end-of-year outcomes.

INTEGRATED AND CONNECTED CONTENT

3

Help students develop skills and concepts over time and across curriculum through an integrated and connected approach to instruction.

SOCIAL AND EMOTIONAL LEARNING (SEL)

4

Children develop skills in self-awareness and emotional regulation by engaging with texts, characters, props, and music focused on SEL.

EFFECTIVE CLASSROOM MANAGEMENT

5

Establish a conducive learning environment from Day 1 with practical tools, strategies, and professional development.

EMERGENT WRITING

6

Support the learning progressions and stages of writing development through an integrated approach using the five prewriting strokes and directed drawings.

AMERICAN SIGN LANGUAGE (ASL)

7

Children learn to communicate through ASL to reinforce routines, promote self-regulation, build vocabulary, and support phonemic awareness instruction.

ASSESSMENTS & PROGRESS-MONITORING

8

An entry-level screener, ongoing assessments, and comprehensive assessments provide ways to monitor and record evidence of children’s progress.

PREK YOUR WAY

9

There are complete programs for English and Spanish, as well as special packages for 90/10 and 50/50 Dual Language models.

FAMILY ENGAGEMENT & DISTANCE LEARNING

10

Print and digital resources connect learning from school to home, including distance learning activities for caregivers and student consumable take-home books.