As I stated last week, when teaching or remediating handwriting skills, I use Handwriting Without Tears (HWT). I have been using the program for 15 years to help students increase letter/number memory, formation, proper orientation, placement on the line, spacing between letters/words, and motor control. It uses a multi-sensory approach and it teaches/remediates skills in a developmental order. So with this program, it starts with all capital letters followed by lowercase letters. Capital letters are generally easier to form compared to its counterpart, lowercase letters. In addition, the program teaches the letters in groups in which they have common starting points. Last week we used the wet-dry-try technique using a chalkboard and chalk. Today, I want to share with you a resource created by a fellow OT who made videos of teaching the capital letters with paper and pencil. The videos are listed in developmental order of how they should be taught.
Letters (Writing with Pencil and Paper)
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