Handwriting without Tears | Great Changes Resource Center

Handwriting is challenging.

Handwriting is complex and often frustrating for children and parents.

You know your child is smart, so why can’t they write?

Why don’t they listen when you tell them how to hold the pencil?

They act like they don’t care and are falling farther behind in school.

Handwriting has many aspects.

Many factors must come together for your child’s success – their posture, height of the work surface, foot support, visual skills, focus and attention to task, working memory of how letters and numbers are formed, adequate fine motor skills, and motivation…

What is Handwriting Without Tears?

Handwriting Without Tears is a fine motor and writing program that is very developmental, with materials and instruction ranging from preschool fine motor exploration to cursive writing.

Multisensory learning engages visual, auditory, and kinesthetic learners.

Jan Olsen, an occupational therapist, developed Handwriting Without Tears.

Let’s talk about benefits.

Handwriting Without Tears is simple for children, families, and teachers. The premise is ‘learning handwriting with joy.’ This translates to the use of tools that might be unexpected and result in encouraging the child to want to do the work.

Student workbooks and supplemental materials support the child’s learning and make it fun to learn handwriting.