Handwriting without Tears
Handwriting without Tears Curriculum
Handwriting fluency is fundamental to learning because children think and write at the same time. When we teach children to write, we also teach them how to express themselves. If they struggle to form their letters, their ability to express themselves will suffer. Children who don’t master handwriting may be slow, sloppy, or illegible writers. HWT focuses on fun and achievement to optimize children’s curiosity and joy of learning throughout school. The goal of this curriculum is to help students learn proper handwriting habits and then apply those habits naturally and automatically to all writing experiences that they’ll take throughout elementary school, high school, and beyond. The HWT curriculum starts when children enter kindergarten. By playing, singing and building letters, they develop important skills they need to print words, sentences, paragraphs, and eventually transition to cursive.
Three Parts of HWT
Kindergarten
Readiness and writing lessons teach body awareness, cooperation, taking turns, listening, crayon grip drawing, building, letter and number recognition, capital letter and number formation.
Printing
Children learn to print using hands-on materials and developmentally appropriate activities. Fine motor work gained from the writing readiness program prepares students for pencil and paper success.
Cursive
HWT’s simple cursive style helps children make the transition from print. Using the same multisensory techniques, the cursive program begins in 3rd grade when children have better developed hand-eye coordination.
Two additional parts of HWT are A+ Worksheet Maker and Digital tools.....
Here's the link. Handwriting without Tears A+ Worksheet Maker
The Handwriting Without Tears® A+ Worksheet Maker is a free and easy to use classroom resource that enables educators to integrate the unique HWT font and double lines into other classroom activities. Create worksheets for grades K-4, in both print and cursive, for additional handwriting practice and use in other lessons, including expository writing, spelling, and vocabulary.
Some features of the Worksheet Maker are the following:
- Are well-designed for the needs of different grade levels and subjects.
- Can be created for both printing and cursive.
- Eliminate clutter to enable students to focus on the content of their writing.
- Feature grade-level appropriate lines and adequate spacing.
- Are designed for the needs of all children.
Digital Teaching Tools
You can get a free 2-week trial of Digital tools.
Here's the link. Digital Tools
HWT's Digital Teaching Tools are for interactive whiteboards. This technology helps to expand multisensory teaching options. It’s another way for you to demonstrate for your students and to teach to different learning styles. You can model the steps for writing letters in print and cursive on an interactive whiteboard or on a computer. Children follow along by using big arm movements or by finger tracing the steps. Digital Teaching:
- Print and cursive letter formations
- Number formations
- Animated features
- Signature HWT illustrations
- Child-friendly terminology
- Easy interface
- IWB-ready
- Spanish characters
