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I've decided to use HWT for both my preschooler and kindergartener. I'll get the activity books for each but do i need the teachers manual for both as well? And is it benificial to get the extras like the wooden letter pieces and the mat and the alphabet desk strips? My older daughter can write alright. My younger daughter is just starting and she can already write her name.
Also,has anyone used something else with good results?
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I've had good results with HWT. I didn't buy any of the extras but I did pick up a small chalkboard at our local Dollar Store which was very useful. It's very small, about 5 x 7. It worked really well as a guide for learning to write the letters.
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i have used hwt and really like it. it's also the program used by OT at our local children's hospital. i have the wooden letters and my preschoolers enjoy them. i also have the chalk board (use/like it) but not the mat. we use the alphabet desk strips all the time. i have all the teacher's manuals, but have only used the preschool one (there are few directions in the preschool workbook). my oldest is starting cursive and i did buy the manual but don't know if it's necessary yet (it hasn't arrived). i think the program is popular enough that i can always sell it if i don't find it useful.
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I love HWT. I originally bought it for my ds (6th grade)
but after reading through the catalog, purchased materials for my ds who was 4yo at the time. He is very hands on and active. Having the wooden manipulatives made a huge difference for him! I also used the preschool workbook, Teachers Manual (necessary IMHO), capital letter cards, the chalkboard and the desk strips. I also got the mat but you really don't need it. In the manual it refers to the song tape. You can definitely do without that but there were times that I wished I had it. By the way, HWT made a HUGE difference for my ds (6th grader) too!
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I like HWT for my younger ones to learn to print. I do not use the teacher's manuals in general, but I did use the first one in order to make my own letter pieces out of cardstock (in place of the wooden ones they sell).
But I do not like their cursive at all. After the third HWT book, we switch to Seton handwriting books sometime in 1st or 2nd grade. I like the look of the traditional cursive taught by these workbooks.
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irene, is it the look of their letters that you don't like? or the program? i'm about to start cursive with my oldest.
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mary wrote:
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Hi Mary,
It's just that I don't care for the look of the letters with HWT cursive. I love the program and know of moms who have chosen to go with their cursive program because learning traditional looking cursive would be very difficult for a particular child. It's all a matter of opinion, so if you are not attached to traditional looking cursive, HWT may be just the thing for your family.
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Thank you ladies! This helps me out on what exactly i should get. I think i'll get the wooden letter, the preschool teachers manual along with the prek and k workbooks and the alphabet strips. I already have small chalkboards. Thank you again!
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teachingmom wrote:
mary wrote:
| irene, is it the look of their letters that you don't like? or the program? i'm about to start cursive with my oldest. |
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Hi Mary,
It's just that I don't care for the look of the letters with HWT cursive. I love the program and know of moms who have chosen to go with their cursive program because learning traditional looking cursive would be very difficult for a particular child. It's all a matter of opinion, so if you are not attached to traditional looking cursive, HWT may be just the thing for your family. |
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gotcha! i think i will stick with it - i'm more interested in legible than beautiful. 
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Mary, that's the decision I had to make for my ds. My dd LOVES writing and I know she will appreciate and work at the prettier styles of cursive. But my ds (6th grade) has had such problems with it since he left school (in 2nd) grade, that I HAD to find something that worked. I could barely read his printing let alone his cursive. But HWT really has made a difference for him.
Becky
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