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What Makes a Handwriting Program Work?

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What an effective handwriting program includes: explicit stroke-by-stroke instruction, well-designed resources for little hands, short daily practice that fits the school day, and room for every learner.

What is the Best Handwriting Curriculum?

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What is the Best Handwriting Curriculum? An Expert’s Guide to Choosing the Right Program Many teachers, parents, and school leaders ask me the same important question: What is the best handwriting curriculum for young children? As a handwriting instruction specialist, former classroom teacher, curriculum director, kindergarten coach, and creator of Squiggle Squad Handwriting, I’ve spent […]

Handwriting: Back to the Future

A person is holding a smartphone in their left hand and drawing a brain on a notepad with their right hand.

Over the last two decades – affecting at least two generations of school kids – explicit instruction of handwriting (both cursive and manuscript) has been pushed aside in the name of progress. Technologies like the personal laptops and cell phones replaced the typewriter and, well, everything smartphones replace. In 2010, as this seismic technological shift […]

Writing By Hand is Like Music to the Ears

A guitar, violin, and piano are arranged together near a patterned bench. A quote on the right reads, "Writing by hand is like music to the ears. -Holly on Handwriting-.

By: Holly Britton When I started educating my kids, I wanted very much for them to have an opportunity to make music. I didn’t have grandiose aspirations of them going to some famous conservatory, but I did want to give them a solid foundation in case they wanted to. I noticed that the kids I […]