Handwriting without Tears Kindergarten

Handwriting without Tears aims to make legible and fluent handwriting an automatic, mastered skill. Simple for home educators to use, children develop their writing skills through multisensory play-based instruction. Activities with hands-on materials-Wood Pieces Set, Capital Letter Cards, Mat, CDs, Slate Chalkboard, and Blackboard-address different senses to teach correct formation, spacing, sequencing, and other writing skills.

The student workbook provides the examples, practices, and exercises for the kindergarten student. Perfect for children who need to develop fine motor skills, are still learning prepositions and direction terms, and do not yet know or write letters and numbers, this course will provide a fun, multisensory curriculum to start off their language arts knowledge. Lessons include large step-by-step models that are easy to finger-trace, with starting dots to ensure correct formation. "Learn & Check" sections help teachers and students check letter, word, and sentence skills. 94 pages. Pages are reproducible for the same child's practice and benefit. Pages are not to be reproduced for siblings or others. Grade K.

This kindergarten teacher's guide provides structure for teachers who prefer the lessons outlined by day and week, while page-by-page lesson plans give multiple strategies for teaching the readiness activity or letter. Lessons include scripted questions, reproductions of reduced-size student pages, multisensory activities, finger trace and check models with instructions, page numbers, word lists, and more. 166 pages, softcover.

The Big Sheet Draw & Write 11" x 17" sheets are perfect for writing and drawing. Use for full length sentences or to build a 8.5" x 11" journal by folding pages in half. The Wide Double Line Paper solves the problem of line confusion and helps keep letter placement uniform and neat.

The Rock, Rap, Tap & Learn Audio CD features songs to help develop coordination and rhythm, developing self-esteem and body awareness through upbeat and "rocking" songs.

The set of capital letter cards is designed to be used with Wood Pieces Set for Capital Letters. Cards show the correct formation of capital letters with size, shape, and position concepts. Following the teacher's example, students place wood pieces on the Mat to make capital letters. The mat and wood pieces can also be used with the Mat Man Hands.

Teach your students letter formations and placement of letters on double lines with hands-on blackboard activities. Measures 10" x 17". The sets of little sponges and little chalk pieces can also be used with the slate for parents using the Wet-Dry-Try method.

This Grade K kit includes:

• Kindergarten Teacher's Guide, 198 pages, softcover. Updated Edition.
• Letters and Numbers for Me Student Worktext 94 pages, softcover. Updated Edition.
• Big Sheet Draw and Write Paper, 100 sheets
• Wide Notebook Paper, 100 Sheets
• Rock, Rap, Tap, and Learn Audio CD
• Wood Pieces Set for Capital Letters
• Mat for Wood Pieces
• Mat Man Hands
• Blackboard with Double Lines, 10" x 17".
• Slate Chalkboard
• Little Chalk Bits
• Little Sponge Cubes; cubes are 0.5".
• Capital Letter Cards

Kick Start Kindergarten bridges the gap between PreK and K with developmental, multisensory handwriting instruction that introduces capital and lowercase letters through tracing and early writing exercises.

This program is designed to be intuitive, engaging, and developmentally progressive with children actively participating through movement, talking, and singing. Lessons introduce posture and grip, capitals, lowercase letters/words/sentences, and numbers.

Lessons are easy-to-use and includes an objective, a lesson introduction, the student workbook page number, QR codes for multimedia elements, reduced-size student pages, and a detailed lesson plan with enrichment, support/ELL notes, and cross-curricular connections at the bottom. The back of the book includes more detailed instructions for the multisensory activities. The online resources referenced throughout are available for free during a 30-day trial only; after which there is a subscription charge to access them.

This curriculum can be supplemented with the wood pieces set for capital letters, capital letter cards and mat for wood pieces, Rock, Rap, Tap & Learn CD, slate chalkboard and blackboard with double lines, little chalkboard, eraser cubes, and chalk pieces, Flip Crayons, and Pencils for Little Hands.

205 pages, softcover.

The Letters and Numbers for Me program is a kindergarten handwriting program

designed to be intuitive, engaging, and developmentally progressive. Children actively participate in learning through movement, talking, and singing. Lessons cover posture and grip, capital levels, lowercase letters, words and sentences, and numbers through a variety of multisensory and writing-based activities.

Lessons are easy-to-use and include an objective, a lesson introduction, the student workbook page number, QR codes for multimedia elements, reduced-size student pages, and a detailed lesson plan with enrichment, support/ELL notes, and cross-curricular connections at the bottom. The back of the book includes a section with detailed instructions for the multisensory activities.

This curriculum can be supplemented with the wood pieces set for capital letters, capital letter cards and mat for wood pieces, Rock, Rap, Tap & Learn CD, Magic C Bunny, slate chalkboard and blackboard with double lines, slate chalkboard, Flip Crayons, and Pencils for Little Hands.

205 pages, softcover.

This new edition features updated, unit-based teaching guidelines, updated lesson plans with a streamlined lesson design, simplified teaching guidelines, cross-curricular and school-to-home connections, and optional digital augmentation offerings. Students receive accelerated capital letter instruction, more opportunities for writing practice, and seamless instruction that includes modeling, writing, and music.

The online resources referenced throughout are available to homeschoolers; you will be directed to a login page where you'll create a free account. This account provides a 30-day free trial of the full digital experience, which is designed with features for classroom teachers using digital whiteboards. After the trial ends, only the "A Click Away" resources are available, which are all that homeschoolers should need to supplement the program.

The Learning without Tears Building Writers composition workbooks offer extra practice for developing writing skills. Students become better, more fluent writers as they write about cross-curricular topics and practice narrative, information, and opinion-based writing styles. Simple black-and-white illustrations are paired with age-appropriate writing prompts that ask students to write about a visit to the park, finish sentences about what food animals eat, draw & write about what makes them happy or sad, write a poem about fruit, copy facts about animals, and more. 86 pages, softcover. Consumable workbook; pages are reproducible for one child only. Level A is for Kindergarten / Grade K.

Building Writers A covers the following skills:

• Narrative: Prepares students to write personal narratives and stories in a logical sequence

• Information: Builds students' vocabulary to make them more effective non-fiction writers
• Opinion: Supports students as they form opinions