Interested in the teaching and improvement of handwriting? A new resource for yourself and your students is the S.I.H. SCHOOLS PACK of handwriting-improvement resources and materials - now made available worldwide as part of the S.I.H. (Society for Italic Handwriting) GOOD HANDWRITING INITIATIVE. The S.I.H. SCHOOLS PACK includes the following: - a set of 40 handwriting worksheets created by British handwriting-researcher/teacher CHRISTOPHER JARMAN, a member of the Handwriting Interest Group based at the University of Reading. These worksheets are designed to take the student all the way from beginner's scribbles, through separate-letter writing, to a simple and fluent cursive. - a handwriting guidebook by Nancy Winters, a British handwriting-teacher who is also a calligrapher (This book can be bought separately from the rest of the Pack if desired - also, it can be ordered with just the 40 worksheets but without the rest of the Pack: see ORDERS AND PRICING below for more information) - a sample "Tri-Go" pencil-grip designed to help writers achieve an efficient and comfortable grasp on their writing-tools - a sample "Berol Hand Huggers" pen - this pen has a special triangular shape: to encourage a proper pen-hold ... and to keep the pen from rolling off the desk! - another sample Berol pen called the "Handwriting Pen" which is designed to generally facilitate the task of good handwriting - a plywood cut-out letter for school use (and ordering information for complete alphabet-sets of such letters) - an information sheet about other handwriting-resources - a CD-ROM which contains handwriting-software demo programs and other educational-software demo programs, as well as a handwriting-font. (NOTE: not all of the software works on all computers) - a floppy-disk which contains a demo version of a handwriting-practice computer program called "Claude and Maude" (NOTE: this program does not work on all computers) - literature/ordering-info re the Teodorescu Perceptuo-Motor Program for building sensory and motor skills to aid with handwriting - literature/catalogs/ordering-info re various other educational products in handwriting and other areas, including info on educational-software products from various manufacturers ORDERS AND PRICING: =ORDERS= can be placed in two ways: the preferred way is by an e-mail (giving credit-card information), but you can also send a check. E-mailed orders should be sent to Mr. Gordon Wratten at [log in to unmask] Checks should be sent to SIH, 205 Dyas Avenue, Great Barr, Birmingham B42 1HN - the check should be made out to The Society for Italic Handwriting. =PRICING= is as follows (note that your credit-card will automatically be charged in UK currency - if you pay by check, you must make the check out in UK currency): Schools Pack complete with Nancy Winter book - 22 UK pounds (equivalent to about 37 USA dollars - readers outside the UK or USA, ask for price-quotes on this or other items) Set of 40 worksheets plus Nancy Winter book - 14 UK pounds (equivalent to about 23 USA dollars) Nancy Winter book by itself - 7 UK pounds (equivalent to about 12 USA dollars) All of the above prices include shipping and handling. I have seen these materials and they are fantastic - some of the best stuff I've ever seen for handwriting instruction/development; my ONLY problem with the Schools Pack so far is keeping other people from stealing it! ;-) Yours for better letters, Kate Gladstone - 518/482-6763 325 S. Manning, Albany, NY 12208-1731 http://www.global2000.net/handwritingrepair