Your Partner in Literacy Success
With Learning Without Tears, educators gain simple, effective tools to foster early literacy skills, from readiness to handwriting to phonics, ensuring every child’s path to learning is built on a strong foundation.
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Free, Live Weekly Support Sessions for a Strong Start
Tackle back-to-school challenges with expert-led, 30-minute sessions designed for educators and OTs using Learning Without Tears programs.
From pencil grips to letter reversals, get real solutions, live demos, and ready-to-use tips—plus a chance to ask your questions and leave classroom-ready.
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.
Power of Productive Struggle: Rebuilding Students' Learning Power
In part-two of this conversation, Dr. Cheryl Lundy Swift and Zaretta Hammond discuss culturally responsive teaching, blending the science of reading and learning, productive struggle, and equity. Zaretta shares strategies to build student agency, accelerate literacy, and make learning both emotional and empowering.
Readiness & Writing
Setting Students Up for Success
Ease your 4-year-old students into their designed pre-writing program.
Learn MoreGet Set for School
A Complete Program for 4-Year-Olds
This early learning curriculum prepares students for kindergarten in delightful ways.
Learn MoreHandwriting Without Tears
To Help Students Read, Start with Handwriting
Build strong readers with Handwriting Without Tears—simple, proven, and designed for student success.
Learn MorePhonics, Reading, and Me
Connecting Sounds and Letters
When students make connections between sounds and letters, the pathway to reading unfolds before them.
Learn MoreKeyboarding Without Tears
Building Foundations for Digital Success
Digital lessons teach proper keyboarding technique, leading to effective typing skills.
Learn MoreProfessional Development
Develop Your Skills, Empower Student Success
Empower your educators with professional development that’s customizable, practical, and designed for lasting success.
Learn MoreBlogs and Articles
Enjoy weekly content rich with expert insights, teaching tips, and effective strategies curated to empower educators.
Read MoreLiteracy Matters Podcast
Join Dr. Cheryl Lundy Swift and fellow education leaders as they explore the landscape of early literacy and beyond.
Listen NowProfessional Learning
We offer a variety of relevant, flexible learning opportunities.
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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