Why It Works

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

HWT uses fun, entertaining, and educationally sound instructional methods to teach handwriting to all students: pre-k through cursive. The well-planned lessons require minimal preparation time. Thousands of administrators, teachers, therapists, and parents across the country have successfully implemented the program. The result truly is handwriting without tears for all!

Teaching Order

From print to cursive

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Letter Style

We teach the easiest style

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Workbook Design

Simple and straightforward

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Teaching Strategies

Unique strategies that appeal to all

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Line Success

Double Lines and Other Lines

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Research

Research Review References

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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

“I am in my second year of using the HWT approach. Writing is accomplished without tears from my students! Your program meets the needs of all my students and speeds their progress. I hope that all teachers can have access to this wonderful writing program!”

— R. Davis-Strickland

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