Multipurpose Handwriting Program

Time to Write® is really more than a handwriting program. Legible handwriting might even be considered a by-product, a secondary objective. Its primary objective is to teach perceptual skills and to enhance the development of these skills. Therefore, it is a program appropriate for very young students equipping them with pre-writing skills as well as a program for students ready to begin and complete formal writing activities.

Time to Write® uses a multi sensory approach to teach handwriting and perceptual skills. It has been written with both the global and the sequential learner in mind. It lends itself to many learning station activities which have been designed to develop and enhance both gross and fine motor skills.

Unique Clock Face Reference Point

Unlike many writing programs, it does not use a dot on a page as a starting point for letter formation. In fact, Time to Write® is unique in its use of a clock face as the field of reference for the starting point of all its letters, symbols, and geometric shapes. Familiarity with such a concrete reference point enables a student to always know where to begin, whether the writing activity is on the chalkboard or on lined or unlined paper.

Time to Write® combines a color code (to stimulate visual memory and to ensure proper sequencing of strokes) and a concise, precise set of auditory directions to equip students with definite tools which they can use to facilitate the learning of writing and perceptual skills.

Perceptual Deficiencies Interferes with Learning

Educators have known for quite some time that children who have perceptual deficiencies find academic learning very difficult. They have problems with reversals, directionality, position-in-space, size constancy and letter formation, to mention just a few. These problems most often show up in handwriting.

Alleviate Failure and Frustration

Although early identification and remediation are important objectives and can be helpful, a preventive program built into the core curriculum will both benefit every child and help to alleviate a great deal of the failure and frustration that special needs children experience. There are many ways to accomplish this. Time to Write® is but one.