Barchowsky Fluent Handwriting

Handwriting is about more than the shapes of letters and numbers—much more! Often we instruct with the exemplars in workbooks only.

Barchowsky Fluent Handwriting, or BFH, addresses all essentials of legibility and age-appropriate speed.

Handwriting is complex. Maybe it is as, or more complex than reading. In addition to visual recognition and understanding, graphomotor skill is required for writing. A message, even a beginner’s single letter is formulated in the mind, and transmitted through fine motor muscles to paper. Older writing must include syntax, spelling, punctuation, etc.

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Peterson Directed Handwriting

Movement-Based Strategy for Teaching and Learning - Our lessons are not Trace & Copy. The strategy is called a "directed lesson."

Letters are taught much like you would teach a line dance or aerobic exercise routine. The strategy is easy to use. The teacher handbook provides a daily lesson outline that focuses on process instruction - where to start, which way to go AND how to move.

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WRITE-RIGHT BOARD – Giving Penmanship a New Slant

By Linda K. Foster

The importance of clear, legible handwriting should not be underestimated. Poor handwriting costs schools thousands of dollars each year in lower test scores and lower overall grades. Students with illegible handwriting often suffer from lower self-esteem and are less likely to be academically successful. Learning to write can be uncomfortable and frustrating, but it does not need to be. The Write-Right Board is a fun and easy tool that takes the pain, struggle, and frustration out of learning to write and is a proven method for teachers and parents to teach proper handwriting from the very beginning of the learning process.

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