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Cross-Curricular Instruction

By combining time-tested instructional methods with unparalleled interactive tools, you can extend learning beyond the classroom

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Start your handwriting literacy journey today! Browse our shop and find our classroom kits and materials-designed for Pre-K-5 students.

Integrates Grade-level Subject Matter with Skill-Building

Handwriting Without Tears' student editions are designed to impart more than fluent writing skills. Embedded activities in each edition help students connect handwriting to grade-appropriate math, social studies, ELA, and science topics.

Teacher's Guides and Student Editions

Make the most of your instructional time with cross-curricular activities that enrich each lesson. Each teacher's guide provides strategies and classroom activities help you teach handwriting and review other grade-appropriate skills and topics that connect to other lessons.

When children learn lowercase o, they learn that O is for owl. The lesson then includes a social studies connection to go through an exercise where children compare nocturnal animals (like owls) with diurnal animals. These connections help reinforce learning and make handwriting relevant in all subjects.

  • Develops essential writing skills with cross-curricular topics
  • Reduces prep time with ready-to-teach lessons
  • Designed to supplement any writing block and support overall writing instruction

How does Direct Instruction Work?

The Interactive Digital Teaching Tool provides a huge library of animations, music, and videos that connect letters to our world. Jump from the W letter formation animation to a video of whales to make a memorable morning lesson.

Build Strong ELA Connections

Interactive lessons and videos are just the start. The IDTT is the premiere digital platform for teaching handwriting today. It comes loaded with dozens of lesson plans and the ability to customize the order of instruction to suit any ELA curriculum.

  • Access digital student editions and digital teacher’s guides
  • Show engaging videos, music, and animations to support instruction
  • Lesson planner tool saves time with a broad overview of each week
  • Assign lessons to students they’ll access on the Digital Student App
  • Customize letter order to suit your ELA needs
  • Access digital formation tools

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Eligible for Federal Funding

Handwriting Without Tears® print and digital solution meets ESSA's Tier 2 evidence criteria. Explore how you can use available funds to support reading in your schools.