Our Handwriting program consists of Let's Write Right with its companion book, Rimes and More Rhymes.   We also have a 100% FREE handwriting curriculum Starting at Square One,  FREE to AVKO Members as an E-book. The over 300 page hard copy book will be available for sale in May or possibly before.

• A research-based approach designed specifically to teach reading and spelling skills through the backdoor of penmanship (manuscript or cursive handwriting) exercises:
    
• Emphasis is on legibility - Wide latitude is given for individuality provided the letters cannot be mistaken for another.   Legibility is essential.  Orthography (correct spelling and letter formation) is stressed, and opportunities for calligraphy are available for the advanced students.  Students diagnosed with dysgraphia should find this method a great help to prevent illegible handwriting.
    
• Students learn spelling/reading sequentially as the alphabet is taught - not after. With just the letters abc and d, we have: a cab, a dad, and bad.   Next we introduce the letters r, s, and t out of order.  Why?  Because they are so useful.  Now we can have a car, a card, and a cart as well as a tar, star, tart, tarts, start and starts etc. The rest of the alphabet follows in alphabetical order.   By using rst early, q naturally is followed by u.
    
• Just by learning to make the connecting strokes, students learn to write cursive. With just the letters a, b, c, and d, we have: a cab, a dad, a dab, and bad.   Teachers using D'Nealian and/or Getty-Dubay Italic handwriting textbooks can use this text for lesson plans and adapt accordingly, but stressing legibility.
    
• Teachers can help their students learn to read cursive as they are learning to write manuscript. The handwriting text does not have bunny rabbits and balloons that tend to be demeaning to older students. Yet, there is room for students to illustrate their own text. This can be fun for both the younger and the older students.  
    
• Students practice writing manuscript and cursive letters in context of phonically consistent patterns rather than in isolation within unrelated words.  As they practice their handwriting they are learning to spell without having to memorize words or spelling rules.  This, in turn, prevents illegible handwriting.