Please click on the product title for a more detailed description and sample pages. This book for teachers and parents provides an overview of the HWT curriculum. It explains Jan s philosophy and gives the developmental rationale for the HWT approach.
Activities help children with fine motor skills, pencil grip and letter recognition.
Jan describes great teaching activities for the wood pieces in Handwriting Without Tears . Even children who don't know any letters or have perceptual-motor difficulties enjoy working with wood pieces and improve their skills. They are made of sanded Baltic birch. I use the slate as the next step in printing readiness. This is fun and using the small chalk and sponge builds the pincer grasp for correct pencil grip.