Auditory Learning for Excellence
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Handwriting Without Tears
"Children who write comfortably perform better in
school"
Jan Olsen, Occupational Therapist, author and developer of Handwriting Without
Tears®
The Captain Penman Ship® Pre-K Program
Beginning Writers (Ages 4 1/2 - 6 years)
Helps build the foundation for successful learning
and writing.
It provides hands-on learning and coaching to help
develop:
- Letter recognition
- Sound and letter association
- Sequencing to prevent letter and number
reversals - Visual skills for size and shape awareness
- Orientation for position awareness
- Fine Motor Skills
- Listening skills and Imitation
- Sensory Exploration
Foundations for beginning handwriting skills are
taught using music, sensory motor activities, child-
friendly illustration and Handwriting Without Tears
lesson workbooks.
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The Captain Penman Ship® Printing Program
(Grades K-5)
The Printing program works on building capitals,
numbers and lowercase letters in developmentally-
based learning stages.
Stage 1 - Imitation
The teacher shows how to write the letter from Start
to End point
The child imitates the steps to make the letter
Stage 2 - Copying
There is an example of a letter to be copied.
The child copies by looking at the letter
Stage 3 - Independent Writing
The child writes the letter independently - from
memory.
The Handwriting without Tears Printing program
provides hands on learning and coaching for
- top to bottom orientation
- stopping on a line
- correct letter formation
- big lines, little lines, big curve and little curve
- left to right sequencing
- proper posture
- placement of helper hand
- effective pencil grip
- sensible and developmentally based
workbooks
- Large step-by-step instructions with fun
illustrations - support for other language arts activities
- Double lines for correct letter placement
and easier transition to notebook paper
The Kindergarten program focuses on learning
capitals, numbers and lowercase letters using
sensory manipulative games and activities such as
Slate ChalkBoard, Mat-Man®, Letters wood pieces,
Wet-Dry-Try®
The First Grade program focuses primarily on
printing the lower case correctly and using them in
words and sentences. Review exercises of Capital
Letters are initially completed as they are the
foundation for lowercase printing.
The Second Grade program is for second graders
and older beginners with focus on smaller size
printing in sentences and paragraphs. This program
can benefit other students through a review of
smaller case printing. Smaller case printing is
important for an easy transition to cursive
handwriting.
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The Captain Penman Ship® Cursive Program
(Grades 3-5)
The Third Grade program introduces simple and
effective techniques for connecting letters. The
result is a clean, clear vertical style that is easy for
the student to write and easy to read. Cursive
handwriting's emphasis is to develop correct habits
for letter formation and connecting letters. Correct
habits develops ease in writing fluency.
The Fourth Grade program continues to addresses
letter formation and connection. This time, the
emphasis is on developing ease in writing fluency
in smaller size. Writing fluency in smaller sizes
promotes speed in handwriting skill.
The Fifth Grade and beyond program is designed
for fast, fluent and NEAT cursive writing. It is also
for older students who need to master cursive.
Review and Mastery" activities help develop speed
and fluency to promote an automatic and natural
handwriting skill while maintaining legibility.
Individual sessions available
info@thealexcenter.com