Mission Statement

A choice is made in every classroom. Should I teach a proven process or just hope pupils will invent one of their own? Handwriting should be a useful learning tool for children in upper grades. Instead it has become a roadblock to efficient use of teaching and learning time. Pupils are expected to work with handwriting but teachers report that time for instruction of handwriting skills has been virtually eliminated from the curriculum schedule. Our mission is to spread awareness that fluency should be an important goal of your handwriting instruction, that there are easy ways to measure and track it, and there is a simple technique for instruction that will improve it.

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• Research has shown powerful links between internalized handwriting movement patterns and the reading process.
• Research has shown simple ways to know when a movement pattern has been internalized.
• Research has shown that fluent reading and composition involve multiple areas of the brain working in cooperation.
• Research has shown that challenging physical learning activities stimulate growth of pathways for cooperation between the parts of the brain.
• Research has shown that fluent movement has measurable characteristics and as a result, can be taught and learned.
• Research has shown that the strategy employed during handwriting lessons is critical if fluency is to be an objective.
• Research has shown that a certain level of handwriting fluency may be necessary before entry level students can begin to read.

You can measure handwriting fluency today.
Click here to download a guide to tracking fluency.

There is new information on motor learning for handwriting that every elementary teacher, school administrator and parent should know. We are committed to helping those who recognize that handwriting skills are holding students back and anxious to share the information with you. For that reason we maintain a meeting room through Adobe Connect that supports live cooperation via the internet. The Connect Meeting interface allows collaboration with voice over the internet, video, white boards for illustration, application sharing, keyboard chat and much more. A computer headset works best, but speakers and keyboard chat also work well. You do not need to download specaial software to join this meeting.

The meeting room is usually open to visitors during any weekday. You will also find a Meet-Live link on our welcome page. Whether you have a quick question or a big problem, we are ready to help. Cooperation offers great potential to find better ways to improve student skills. We want to develop an ongoing relationship.

Click here to direct your browser to the meeting room.
Simply enter as guest and type a greeting in the chat pod. The meeting is open to as many as 90 individual guests.

You can request a private meeting be scheduled at a time that is convenient for you or your group. Simply send an email request to Rand Nelson using the mail-to link below. A meeting can be arranged in a few minutes or scheduled in advance. You will receive an email invitation with the meeting-room link to let you join the closed meeting.