Dear Heather,
Thank you for your comments about the transition lessons. We will look into it.

FYI. In America we tend to tell the children too much. In other countries they let them discover more for themselves. This discovery learning is what we are all about. We want children to find out for themselves by exploring the geometry tools. Through deductive reasoning they discover what they have to work with and how it works. Even if they use trial and error, they are learning significantly more than if we just tell them how to do it. As you work with RightStart you will find that this kind of learning leads to more abstract mathematical thinking in the long run.
Nancy