Handwriting Without Tears
Letter Style
Handwriting Without Tears® teaches a simple, clean, vertical style of printing and cursive
that is easy for everyone to learn. We teach the easiest style so that all children can be successful in handwriting.
The continuous stroke print looks like the letters and words children read every day. It follows developmental principles, prevents reversals, and
prepares children for a smooth transition to cursive.
Teaching Order
The Handwriting Without Tears® developmental teaching order is planned to help
children learn handwriting skills in the easiest, most efficient way. As a result, children can transition quickly from learning the mechanics of handwriting to focusing on content and meaning—in all subjects. We teach printing first. After printing is mastered, we add the cursive connections.
Capitals to Lowercase
Developmentally, capitals are easier so we teach them
first. The capital teaching order helps teach correct formation and orientation while eliminating reversals. Learning capitals first makes learning lowercase letters easy. We teach lowercase c o s v w first because they are exactly the same as their capital partners, only smaller. By teaching capitals first, we have prepared children for nearly half of the lowercase letters that are similar in formation.
Below you will find the writing standards for K-4.
handwritingstandards_k-4_final.pdf | |
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