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Downloads and Printables

Here are some new downloads to use at home. They will help you get the most out of your Handwriting Without Tears® curriculum.

Overview by Grade

Letter Formation Charts

  1. Print Capital Letters
  2. Print Lowercase Letters
  3. Numbers
  4. Cursive Capital Letters
  5. Cursive Lowercase Letters
  6. All Formation Charts

Teaching Guidelines by Grade

Here are the suggested teaching guidelines that are in the back of your teachers’ guides. Simply select the grade level and print the PDF download. Use them to help structure organize your daily and weekly plans. Be flexible. These are recommended guidelines; you know your students best and should alter your lessons to suit their needs.

Teaching Guidelines 2008 Edition

Teaching Guidelines Former Edition

Why it Works

Handwriting Without Tears® is a proven success in making legible and fluent handwriting an easy and automatic skill for all students.

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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

“Your program continues to meet the needs of all my students, and, the progress is so rapid. All teachers should have awareness and access to this wonderful writing program.”

— Rhonda Davis-Strickland, Elementary School Teacher, Kentwood Elementary, Kentwood, LA