Letters and Numbers for Me-Contracted Edition [Paperback]

Jan Olsen (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback: 72 pages
• Publisher: Handwriting Without Tears (December 1, 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1891627104
• ISBN-13: 978-1891627101
• Product Dimensions: 10.6 x 8.1 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (13 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,077,091 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Customer Reviews

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23 of 23 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great for homeschoolers, especially lefties, December 3, 2007

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Sue Stuever Battel (Michigan, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Letters and Numbers for Me-Contracted Edition (Paperback)

I started using "Handwriting Without Tears: Letters and Numbers for Me" when my left-handed daughter was 4 years old. I appreciated the little memory aids to help us work on correct letter formation together. (To make a lower case t, start at the top, slide down, bump against the line, then cross it.) She tends to reverse letters, perhaps because she is a lefty, so the "Where Do You Start Your Letters?" song and use of the starting corner help her remember how to write them correctly.

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent introduction to writing!, April 26, 2007

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yanica (texas) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Letters and Numbers for Me-Contracted Edition (Paperback)

Both of my children have loved the Handwriting Without Tears books, and done very well thanks to Jan Olsen's logical, incremental skills-based approach to writing. The cursive books are also excellent.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Builds strong foundation skills for writing., November 27, 2010

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Andrea Toman - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Letters and Numbers for Me (Paperback)

This workbook covers letter formation, starting with capital letters and then moving to lowercase. It focuses on proper technique, including where to start forming letters, letter orientation, and stroke order. I have used this program and the pre-k program with my sons. My 5 year old loves doing this. It has helped immensely with correcting reversals and cementing stroke order.

I agree that this book provides excellent instruction with little room for practice. Thankfully, the hwtears website has a worksheet generator that makes it easy to create copywork worksheets that match the style used in these books. The only thing that would be more helpful would be more of the "magic c" review pages and the grey box (for capital letters) review pages.

This book is easy to teach, even without using the Kindergarten Teacher's Guide. The TG does have some helpful suggestions for additional activities directed at body awareness and posture, which are both important for handwriting. However, I rarely referenced the TG and preferred to teach straight out of the workbook.