Handwriting

Handwriting Overview

Beginning in Kindergarten and continuing through anything from Fourth to Sixth grade, we encourage you to instruct your children in the skills of handwriting through one of three prize-winning programs: the Scripture-oriented, traditional handwriting program called A Reason for Handwriting; the Getty-Dubay Italic Handwriting program; or the innovative, developmentally-oriented Handwriting Without Tears.

Students receive further handwriting practice — and they ought to be graded on and credited for the handwriting work they do — in their Dictation and Creative Expression assignments.

Dr. Beechick argues that once handwriting basics are mastered, usually by 3rd grade, then students should practice handwriting in the process of writing. Sonlight Language Arts programs follow her advice. We offer separate handwriting materials and post optional schedules, so you have these tools when your students need them.

Samples of the
Three Handwriting Styles
Handwriting Without Tears A Reason for Handwriting Getty-Dubay
Handwriting Without Tears Sample A Reason for Handwriting Sample Getty-Dubay Sample
Samples of the
Two Writing Papers
2-Line Paper: (Handwriting Without Tears) 3-Line Paper: (A Reason for Handwriting & Getty-Dubay
2-Line Handwriting Paper Sample 3-Line Handwriting Paper Sample

P4/5 Handwriting

K Handwriting

Pre-Printing

Beginning in Kindergarten and continuing through upper elementary, we encourage you to instruct your children in the skills of handwriting through one of three prize-winning programs: the developmentally-oriented Handwriting Without Tears; the Scripture-oriented, traditional A Reason for Handwriting; or the attractive Getty-Dubay Italic Handwriting program....

1 Handwriting

Printing

Beginning in Kindergarten and continuing through upper elementary, we encourage you to instruct your children in the skills of handwriting through one of three prize-winning programs: the developmentally-oriented Handwriting Without Tears; the Scripture-oriented, traditional A Reason for Handwriting; or the attractive Getty-Dubay Italic Handwriting program....

2 Handwriting

Printing

Beginning in Kindergarten and continuing through upper elementary, we encourage you to instruct your children in the skills of handwriting through one of three prize-winning programs: the developmentally-oriented Handwriting Without Tears; the Scripture-oriented, traditional A Reason for Handwriting; or the attractive Getty-Dubay Italic Handwriting program....

3 Handwriting

Cursive

Beginning in Kindergarten and continuing through upper elementary, we encourage you to instruct your children in the skills of handwriting through one of three prize-winning programs: the developmentally-oriented Handwriting Without Tears; the Scripture-oriented, traditional A Reason for Handwriting; or the attractive Getty-Dubay Italic Handwriting program....

4 Handwriting

Cursive

Beginning in Kindergarten and continuing through upper elementary, we encourage you to instruct your children in the skills of handwriting through one of three prize-winning programs: the developmentally-oriented Handwriting Without Tears; the Scripture-oriented, traditional A Reason for Handwriting; or the attractive Getty-Dubay Italic Handwriting program....

5 Handwriting

Cursive

Beginning in Kindergarten and continuing through upper elementary, we encourage you to instruct your children in the skills of handwriting through one of three prize-winning programs: the developmentally-oriented Handwriting Without Tears; the Scripture-oriented, traditional A Reason for Handwriting; or the attractive Getty-Dubay Italic Handwriting program....

6 Handwriting

Most students in 6th grade or higher no longer need special handwriting practice. However, if your child needs additional instruction in handwriting, please select from our suggested resources.

Getty-Dubay Italic

Getty-Dubay Handwriting Schedules Overview The Getty-Dubay Italic Handwriting program, put out by Portland State University, has won a lot of accolades. We first considered adding it to our line because so many customers requested it. The decision was clinched, however, when one of our sons, whose handwriting was atrocious, and who would not-or cou...

Handwriting without Tears

Overview According to its developer, a registered occupational therapist, Handwriting Without Tears is the only developmentally-based handwriting program on the market today. That means it pays attention, in a way that no other program we know does, to the developmental needs of people-of whatever age-who are trying to learn how to write. Scroll down ...

Reason for Handwriting

A Reason for Handwriting is a complete handwriting curriculum with daily practice focused on verses from Scripture, as presented in the Living Bible paraphrase. By providing students with fancy border sheets on which to do their work (border sheets suitable for display) the authors of A Reason for Handwriting seek to motivate students subconsciously to...

Handwriting Schedules

Your schedule will automatically download to your computer when you click it. Please check your desktop or downloads folder. K Handwriting A Reason for Handwriting Schedule for Workbook K Getty-Dubay Handwriting Schedule for Basic Italic A Handwriting Without Tears - Grade K 1 Handwriting A Reason for Handwriting Schedule for Manuscrip...

How should you choose?

We have heard no real complaints about A Reason for Handwriting. Many people have told us they had good success with Getty-Dubay Italic Handwriting. So why did we add Handwriting Without Tears?

Primarily because we have never before heard the kind of positive passion about a program that we have heard from users of Handwriting Without Tears.

Our thought: if you've been using one of the other two programs successfully, you should stick with it. Otherwise — if you have been using another program but not had success, or if you haven't started yet — we think you might want to seriously consider using Handwriting Without Tears.

Take advantage of our optional handwriting schedules if you want a little more structure in your handwriting assignments.