A Comprehensive Handwriting Curriculum
The research informs us that students learn letters and sounds faster when they learn to write the letters, and teachers incorporate writing exercises into the phonics lesson.
Our unique Visual Mnemonics help our youngest students learn to form each letter with multi-sensory prompts. The magic is that we accomplish this without verbal instructions! Our Visual Mnemonics make verbal instruction unnecessary. No more arbitrary memorizations like “big line,” “little curve,” “dive down,” and “helicopter going up.” With CAPIT, students learn and memorize the order of strokes by visualizing real-world objects.
The Process
Step 1: The student sees a Laptop with two arrows that indicate how we write the letter L. Conceptually, it makes sense to first “draw” the Laptop’s screen and then draw the keyboard. Visual Mnemonics allow us to communicate visually with the student without verbal instructions.
Step 2: The student traces the Laptop’s screen from top-to-bottom.
Students with underdeveloped fine motor skills may skip the handwriting interface.
Step 3: The student traces the Laptop’s keyboard from left to right.
We use Visual Mnemonics to teach KP-KG students how to write all the lowercase and uppercase letters.
Downloadable Handwriting Practice Sheets
CAPIT comes with complementary Handwriting booklets so students can practice putting pencil to paper as they trace and write each letter.
