Your Partner in Literacy Success
Learning Without Tears® makes learning and teaching literacy skills simple, effective—and fun. From readiness to handwriting to phonics and writing, our hands-on activities and explicit instruction ensure every child’s learning starts with a strong foundation.
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2026 In-Person Workshops
We’re bringing our workshops on a summer road trip, and we're headed your way! Experience the energy and collaboration that in-person learning offers while building your understanding of the foundational writing skills your Pre-K–2 students need to succeed.
Real Schools, Real Impact: Raising the Bar While Keeping the Joy in Pre-K
What if building literacy starts with conversation?
Dr. Cheryl Lundy Swift and North Syracuse UPK Coordinator Kate DeBottis share how pre-K classrooms can raise expectations while keeping joy at the center—using everyday moments to build language, confidence, and curiosity.
Extend Classroom Learning at Home
Explore the Family Catalog from Learning Without Tears and discover hands-on, age-appropriate tools designed to make learning joyful and effective for children. Whether you're prepping for preschool or reinforcing skills at home, our bundles, workbooks, and multisensory materials are crafted to meet your child where they are—and help them grow.
Handwriting Without Tears® | TK–6
Multisensory, explicit instruction proven to work (ESSA Tier 2)
Print (TK, K–2)
Teach writing letters, numbers, words and sentences
Cursive (2–6)
Develop letters, connections, legibility, and fluency
Writing | K–5
Build the foundation students need for all writing
Building Writers: Cornerstones™ (K–3)
Teach how to write clear and complete sentences and paragraphs
Building Writers™ (K–5)
Provide independent practice in handwriting and genre writing
Get Set for School® | Preschool, Pre-K & TK
Joyful, play-based kindergarten readiness for ages 3-5
Readiness & Writing (Preschool, Pre-K, TK)
Multisensory activities develop emergent writing and readiness
Letters & Literacy™ (Preschool, Pre-K & TK)
Teach emergent reading and emergent writing together
through play
Complete (Preschool, Pre-K & TK)
Teach a full, play-based curriculum for mind, body and spirit
Phonics | K–3
Help all students reach grade-level phonics proficiency
Phonics, Reading, and Me™ (K–3)
Differentiated instruction and adaptive support bring students up to grade level
Decodables (K–3)
Thematic readers build knowledge and decoding skills
A-Z for Mat Man and Me (Pre-K–1)
Alphabet knowledge through connected texts
Keyboarding | K–5
Build essential keyboarding and digital literacy skills
Keyboarding Without Tears® (K–5)
A proven approach to develop speed and accuracy
Professional Learning
Experienced facilitators lead interactive sessions about teaching key foundational literacy skills effectively
About Our Offerings
Research-aligned, classroom-ready, multisensory learning
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Including early learning, handwriting certification, and keyboarding
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Learning Without Tears By The Numbers
Teachers
Teachers’ time is already stretched thin. You need time-tested solutions that impart foundational skills to Pre-K–5 students.
Administrators
We give school district administrators the power to stay a click away from student success.
Occupational Therapists
Learning Without Tears began from the kitchen table of occupational therapist, Jan Olsen.
The intertwined connections to real world, real life, and all the learning modalities facilitate learner success.
Vanessa Brown, B.A., M.Ed., Retired Assistant Principal and ELA Coordinator
Learning Without Tears has improved our students’ test scores and improved their communication skills. The proof is in the numbers.
Patricia T., Administrator
The Learning Without Tears materials cut down on my prep time and are easy to implement. Plus, my students love them.
Darren R., Teacher
The reason Learning Without Tears works well for us is that it is an integrated program that takes into consideration a child’s developmental needs and looks to meet the required state standards.
Holly Harrison Martinez, Director of Elementary Literacy