Letter Leaders Blog

Learning to form letters correctly and later learning how to handwrite fluently so that it can be used as an effective form of communication is an important skill children should be learning and mastering in elementary school. However, learning how to handwrite is...

Sight words are commonly used words that appear with great frequency in our language. Memorizing these words by “sight” allows children to improve both their reading comprehension and their handwriting skills. Common sight words include, a, the, can, but, my, in, and...

A lot goes into learning how to handwrite. While four-year-olds shouldn’t be expected to know how to make their letters or write well, they should be working on prewriting skills so that they are ready to learn how to handwrite when the time comes. Play & Creative...

When the Common Core State Standards were introduced in 2010, students were not required to be proficient in handwriting or cursive writing. Because of this, many schools across the country removed handwriting instruction from their curriculum altogether. Prior to...

Dysgraphia is a disorder of written expression and fine motor skills. Children with dysgraphia may present with slow, labored, sloppy handwriting. They may also struggle with spelling, capitalization, spacing of words and letters, and uniformity with letter size....

Kindergarten is a great time to help your child to practice handwriting. Children learn best when they have a lot of time to practice a new skill. Whether their school is teaching them how to handwrite and make their letters correctly or not, doesn’t matter. They can...

Pencil grip refers to the way a person holds their pencil and other writing utensils. When learning to handwrite and draw, pencil grip plays an important role in helping children write neatly, effortlessly, and without fatiguing too quickly. There is more and more...

Do you have a child in your classroom or at home who struggles with handwriting? Do you wonder why, even with all of the handwriting practice, writing still seems hard for them? Handwriting is a motor skill, and like all motor skills, it requires practice to get good...

Like with all skills, handwriting improves with practice. When preschool and kindergarten-aged students practice writing letters and words for a few minutes every day, their skills improve tremendously. Using the Letter Leaders handwriting workbook series is a great...

Letter Leaders is an evidence-based, learn-to-handwrite program designed to teach children, as early as preschool age, the proper way to form letters. The program begins by teaching children foundational prewriting skills that many of us take for granted. Once...