How I Use Handwriting Without Tears in Our Homeschool – with a video!

When I first started homeschooling my oldest child in Kindergarten, I didn’t give much thought to formal handwriting.  Sure, I got a handwriting book for practice, but I didn’t realize it was something that had to be taught.

Keep in mind that I was a Registered Nurse prior to homeschooling my children – not a school teacher!  So my own learning curve in being a homeschool mama has been significant, to say the least.

When my son was in 1st grade, I knew that we had a problem: my son couldn’t write words because he was too busy trying to figure out how to write the letter each time.

So I invested a little bit of money and a lot of time in figuring out how to help him.

In this week’s video, I share that whole story PLUS show you how I use Handwriting Without Tears with my two youngest girls.

How I Use Handwriting Without Tears in Our Homeschool

In this video, I show you exactly how I use HWT with my youngest girls, ages 6 1/2 and 5.  Since they are close in age and stage when it comes to handwriting, I can combine them.

Combining them in this subject has tremendous benefits, not to mention that it’s a time saver!

You’ll see the Handwriting Without Tears manipulatives that I recommend, and those we can live without.

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Handwriting Without Tears Resources

I mention several HWT resources that we use each day.  You can find those listed below!

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♥ Handwriting Without Tears – My First School Book (for Preschool)

♥ Handwriting Without Tears – Letters and Numbers for Me (for Kindergarten)

♥ Handwriting Without Tears Slate (I found mine for $5 at our local homeschool store!)

♥ We use the Handwriting Without Tears Chalk Bits with the slates

♥ I forgot to mention it in the video, but my 5 year old also uses the Flip Crayons when she works in her workbook.  I can buy them for $2/pack at our local homeschool store.

Have you use Handwriting Without Tears with great success?  Any tips to share?

Lauren Hill

Lauren Hill is a Christian mom to 5, ages 19 to 7. She homeschools her children in the classical education tradition and is currently in her 15th year of homeschool. She creates engaging worksheets and hands-on printable activities for Preschool and Elementary age children to supplement their daily studies.

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