Writing/Classroom Tools

This section offers a varied but selected grouping of items for developing and improving the classroom skills of handwriting and cutting. There are positional aides, special and unique pens, pencils, pencil grips, crayons, markers, writing papers, instructional materials and fun activity-based items!

Fine Motor Development Kit

By Mary Benbow, OTR & Zaner-Bloser
Mary Benbow has extensively published and lectured on the hand and development of fine motor skills and writing. She now has written a teachers guide. It includes a functional overview of the hand; what to look for and why it’s important and 25 different activities to do to help develop weak areas. And best of all, all the materials needed for the activities are included - all in one convenient kit!

Easy to understand, simple to do activities that really can make a difference in hand development and handwriting! Great for a learning “center” in the classroom or as a handwriting treatment program. It’s also ideal for parents to use as a hand development home program.

Item	Price	Part No.	Add Qty. to Cart
• Fine Motor Development Kit -Teachers Book Only	$17.95	W5562	Quantity
• Fine Motor Development Kit -Teachers Book & Materials	$135.95	W5561	Quantity

Rub-N-Color
$19.95
W7880

Amazing new paper technology lets you color and/or create your own colorful works of art by simply rubbing the paper with the edge of any implement. No residue is produced as you rub. Comes with a plastic stylus for outlining, a brushlike tool for producing a stenciled effect, and a craft stick for filling in large areas. A fingernail or coin will also work well. Set comes with a large assortment of specially treated paper including, 2 coloring books, loads of book-marks and blank pages, with and without borders. Definitely enough materials to split between 2 or 3 people. Also includes some stencils and a textured rubbing sheet to help create wondrous effects. Successful, motivating way to work on hand skills, pencil control, hand and finger strength and stability and upper extremity endurance.

Quantity

Handwriting Without Tears - PRESCHOOL Print materials
This newer addition to the HWTears curriculum is for 4 year olds and other students at a preschool level. It uses coloring, drawing, singing and counting to build handwriting and school readiness.

Item	Price	Part No.	Add Qty. to Cart
• Get Set For School™ Sing Along CD	$16.50	W1573	Quantity
• Get Set for School Pre-K Workbook™	$9.95	W1570	Quantity
• PFOT: HWTears Preschool Set	$75.95	W6070	Quantity
• Pre-K Teachers Guide	$9.95	W1570TG	Quantity
• Roll-A-Dough Letters™	$21.95	W1577	Quantity
• Stamp and See Screen™	$17.50	W1575	Quantity

Handwriting Without Tears - Print Workbooks and Guides
Developed by Jan Olson, OTR this program is the culmination of years of research and experience into the acquisition of handwriting and how best and most simply to teach this complex skill to children of all ages and abilities. Using a multi-sensory approach with tactile, kinesthetic, auditory, positional and spatial cues as well as manipulatives and special 2-line paper to simplify letter placement on the line, HWT is an easy to use and highly successful program.

Item	Price	Part No.	Add Qty. to Cart
• Letters and Numbers for Me Workbook (Grade K)	$9.95	W1598	Quantity
• Letters and Numbers For Me - Teachers Guide	$9.95	W1598TG	Quantity
• My Printing Book (Grade 1)	$9.95	W1597	Quantity
• My Printing Book – Grade 1 Teachers Guide	$9.95	W1597TG	Quantity
• Printing Power Workbook (Grade 2)	$9.95	W1596	Quantity
• Printing Power – Grade 2 Teachers Guide	$9.95	W1596TG	Quantity
• NEW Can Do Print – Grade 5	$9.50	W2780	Quantity

Handwriting without Tears - Print Learning Materials
These are the hands-on materials needed for the HWTears printing program.

Item	Price	Part No.	Add Qty. to Cart
• Capital Letter Wood Pieces Set	$37.95	W1590	Quantity
• Economy Capital Letter Wood Pieces Set	$29.95	W1222	Quantity
• Capital Letter Cards For Wood Pieces	$12.95	W1595	Quantity
• Mat for Wood Pieces	$5.50	W1574	Quantity
• Roll-A-Dough Letters™	$21.95	W1577	Quantity
• Stamp and See Screen™	$17.50	W1575	Quantity

Handwriting Without Tears - CURSIVE materials
Developed by Jan Olson, OTR this program is the culmination of years of research and experience into the acquisition of handwriting and how best and most simply to teach this complex skill to children of all ages and abilities. Using a multi-sensory approach with tactile, kinesthetic, auditory, positional and spatial cues as well as manipulatives and special 2-line paper to simplify letter placement on the line, HWT is an easy to use and highly successful program.

Item	Price	Part No.	Add Qty. to Cart
• Cursive Teacher’s Guide	$9.50	W1591	Quantity
• Cursive Handwriting Workbook (Grade 3 )	$9.95	W1593	Quantity
• Cursive Success Workbook (Grade 3+)	$9.95	W1592	Quantity
• HWTears - Can do Cursive Workbook	$9.95	W2190	Quantity
• PFOT Cursive Handwriting Set	$40.95	W1580	Quantity

Handwriting Without Tears Value Sets
PFOT offers 4 different sets of Handwriting without tears products, grouped together by need and offered at a discounted price.

Item	Price	Part No.	Add Qty. to Cart
• PFOT: HWTears Preschool Set	$75.95	W6070	Quantity
• PFOT: Intro to HWTears Print Set	$61.95	W1582	Quantity
• PFOT Printing for Grades 1 and 2 Set	$40.95	W1581	Quantity
• PFOT Cursive Handwriting Set	$40.95	W1580	Quantity

Handwriting Without Tears (HWTears)- Double Line Paper
This special 2-line paper was developed to simplify letter placement on the line, as part of the handwriting without tears program. HWTears is an easy to use and highly successful program. Packs are in 100 or 500 sheets. 3 widths to choose from- wide(K-1st grades),regular (2nd-3rd grade) or narrow (4th- higher).

Item	Price	Part No.	Add Qty. to Cart
• HWTears- Wide Double Lined Paper (100 sheets)	$6.50	W1588	Quantity
• HWTears- Wide Double Lined Paper (500 sheets)	$20.50	W1587	Quantity
• HWTears- Regular Double Line Paper (100 sheets)	$6.50	W1586	Quantity
• HWTears- Regular Double Line Paper (500 sheets)	$20.50	W1585	Quantity
• HWTears- Narrow Double Line Paper (100 sheets)	$6.50	W1584	Quantity
• HWTears- Narrow Double Line Paper (500 sheets)	$20.50	W1583	Quantity

Flip Crayons by HWTears

These unique new crayons make coloring fun and a fine motor challenge. Improve fine motor coordination as kids use in-hand manipulation skills to switch from one end of the crayon to the other. Short Length also helps promote a proper grasp. Comes in 10 colors split between 5 crayons. Set includes 10 crayons- 2 of each combination.

Item	Price	Part No.	Add Qty. to Cart
• Flip Crayons - Single user (10 pack)	$2.50	W2990	Quantity
• Flip Crayons - Classroom pack (206 crayons)	$25.95	W2681	Quantity

Loop Scissors
Lightweight, self-opening scissor with a continuous molded plastic flexible loop. Actual handle is wider than most and longer cutting blades allow for easier feeding of paper. Operate by gently squeezing, using fingers and thumb or fingers and palm. Release pressure and blades re-open automatically. Great first scissor or when strength is limited.

Item	Price	Part No.	Add Qty. to Cart
• Loop Scissors – Left Handed	$9.95	C7341L	Quantity
• Loop Scissors – Right Handed	$9.95	C7341R	Quantity
• Loop Scissors Stand	$5.95	C7342	Quantity

Self Opening Long Handle Scissors
This scissor combines the added control of the long molded plastic finger opening with the greater ease of a self-opening mechanism. Isolated thumb hole faciliates isolated thumb movements. The result is greater success for even your most difficult cutters.

Item	Price	Part No.	Add Qty. to Cart
• Self Opening Long Handle Scissors - Right Handed	$11.50	C7389R	Quantity
• Self Opening Long Handle Scissors - Left Handed	$11.50	C7389L	Quantity

Soft Grip Scissor
Quality kids Fiskars scissor with two-tone soft touch finger and thumb loops. Comfortable, all purpose scissors with different contours and cutting edges for right and left hand users. Pointed tip, assorted colors.

Item	Price	Part No.	Add Qty. to Cart
• Soft Grip Scissor- Right Hand	$4.95	C5420	Quantity
• Soft Grip Scissor- Left hand	$4.95	C5421	Quantity

Kumon - First Cutting
$6.95
W5362
The exercises in this workbook will provide students with the opportunity to practice using scissors accurately and to improve fine motor control. You get 40 colorful, visually interesting scissor tasks printed on special paper stock, just right for cutting. Activities progress in difficulty of shape being cut and in thickness of lines. Students start by cutting straight lines, and move on to angled, curved lines, circles and finally irregular shapes. The line thickness start at .5 mil and ends at .3 mil. A great way to introduce young children to scissors as a basic tool!

Quantity

Developing Scissor Skills Activity Book
$37.50
C7399
What a time saver, a whole collection of scissor activities for training, in one place. Over 60 pages of reproducible cutting exercises can be found in the 90 page spiral bound book. Written by two pediatric occupational therapists, the book reviews the impact of sitting posture, shoulder stability, arm and wrist control, fine motor skills, visual perceptual skills and bilateral integration on the development of scissor skills. Also reviewed is proper holding, the steps toward scissor skill development, working with the left-handed child and pre-scissor skill activities. After all this, you get pages of activity sheets for cutting straight lines, lines with one and then more than one directional change. Curved lines and circles come next. After the exercise sheets there are simple project outlines to reinforce the skills practiced on the exercise sheets.

Quantity

Kangaroo’s Early Cutting Activities
$6.95
C6960
This 47 page book provides students the`opportunity to practice fine motor, and early perceptual/spatial skills as they color, cut, glue and fold the reproducable worksheets. Activities include jigsaw puzzles, symmetrical pictures and picture construction. Bold, uncluttered visually appealing graphics motivate students to work independently, increase concentration and develop the ability to work in an orderly fashion. Grounding in these areas ensures smooth progression to the next level of development. The activities are specifically designed to allow students to experience success, developing confidence and a positive self image toward themselves as a learner.

Quantity

First Step Books
The Kumon First Step books are designed to help young children from 2 years and older learn important basic skills while having fun. The focus is on developing; fine motor skills, concentration and focus, spatial awareness and a knowledge of shapes. The 40 page 5x8” books are full color with bold engaging graphics and special paper. 2 books available: Let's Fold or Let's Cut More Paper.

Item	Price	Part No.	Add Qty. to Cart
• Let’s Fold	$5.95	C5372	Quantity
• Let’s Cut Paper	$5.95	C5373	Quantity