Stimulus For Handwriting Success

Put your federal stimulus funds to work!

Federal stimulus funds can help you close the achievement gap, help all students achieve higher standards, and improve teacher effectiveness. Explore funding options for handwriting and literacy programs:

ARRA encourages districts to use stimulus funds to build long-term capacity, for example:

  • Classroom instruction materials that can effectively be used for a number of years
  • Professional development for teachers, that improves teacher effectiveness
    • Each year, HWT offers hundreds of trainings. We’ll even create a customized training for your school district.
  • Pre-school programs that increase the capacity to reach more children

Improve Student Performance

See which HWT products can be purchased with federal stimulus funds.

Stimulus Funding Source

Funding Purpose

Related HWT materials

Early Head Start
Head Start
Title I
IDEA/Special Education

Expanding services to underserved and disadvantaged groups

Get Set for School Literacy Readiness Program

  • GSS Workbook & Teacher’s Guide
  • Stamp & See Screen
  • Roll-A-Dough letters
  • Wood Pieces for Capital Letters
  • Slate Chalkboard
  • Mat Man books
  • And more…

HWT’s Hands-on Materials

  • Sentence School Writing Program
  • Blackboard with Double Lines
  • Slate Chalkboard
  • Roll-a-Dough Letters
  • Stamp & See Screen
  • Wood Pieces for Capital Letters
  • Music CDs
  • And more..

Title I
IDEA/Special Education

Increasing Teacher Effectiveness

Professional Development

  • Pre-K Training Workshop
  • Kindergarten – 5th Grade Training Workshop

Instructional Materials

  • Pre-K – 5th Grade Teacher’s Guides
  • Sentence School Writing Program

State Fiscal Stabilization Funds

Elementary Education

All HWT curriculum materials can be purchased with these funds. Suggested uses:

One-time investment

Hands-On Materials

  • Sentence School Writing Program
  • Blackboard with Double Lines
  • Slate Chalkboard
  • Roll-a-Dough Letters
  • Stamp & See Screen
  • Wood Pieces for Capital Letters
  • Music CDs

Multi-year instructional bundles

  • Pre-K – 1st Grade Literacy & Writing Readiness
  • 1st – 2nd Grade Printing
  • 3rd – 5th Grade Cursive

Title I
IDEA/Special Education

Progress Monitoring

Assessment Materials

  • The Print Tool Assessment & Remediation Package
  • The Print Tool Training Workshop

Direct Returns On Your Handwriting Investment:

  1. Foster student success - Studies show that confidence and early academic success are often directly related to handwriting
  2. Save Teachers Time - When children write legibly and fast, teachers cover more in less time.
  3. Improve Spelling, Writing & Math - Students with low or illegible handwriting are at a disadvantage in other subjects and on standardized tests

Read more about how HWT can benefit your school today.

Is your school receiving stimulus funding?

Yes
56%
No
44%

Testimonial

  • “For the first time, all the children in my class have beautiful handwriting. This program makes sense to children. It helps them to remember how each letter is formed. It makes my job easier and more fun. Thank you!”
    —
    Betsy DeChellis, Elementary School Teacher, Elizabeth, NJ