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Teaching Resources

Feedback received from a SPELD teacher….

“Nikki, this resource is awesome!

As a right hander I was pretty ignorant of the challenges faced by left handers.

The instructions

and tips included

in the front

of your book

are truly

eye-opening!”

(SPELD teacher)

If you’ve got left-handed children in your class….you will find the resources you need right here to help you teach them how to write in a fast, flowing and comfortable LEFT-handed style of writing.

“Write-on Wipe-off” Workbook for teaching Handwriting Skills to LEFT-HANDED Children”

(By the way, if you refer to this Workbook as the WOWO book for short, we’ll know exactly what you mean! The full title is rather a mouthful!)

If this is the first time you are hearing about this great teaching resource for left-handed children, please go to our Handwriting Workbook page for full details and then come back and read the notes below. If you are already using this resource with your class, please keep reading!!

Did you know that you can get replacement sets of the 6 Worksheets separately if you have already purchased the Step-by-Step part of this learning programme??

Thank you for your feedback and background Info...

Our thanks to all the teachers and parents who sent us feedback….your feedback has helped us improve the format of our “WOWO” Workbook!

Your feedback confirmed my own experiences…..that it is more practical both in the classroom and at home, when the 6 Worksheets are a separate loose set (not spiral bound at the top into a book as they were in the original format.) This way, you, the teacher can simply give the left-handed child the Worksheet you want them to practice - without having to give them the entire book!! A much better idea!!!!

Since it is so much better we have discontinued the original format and now this ‘new improved’ teaching resource is available as follows:

· The Step-by-Step Learning Programme is separate from the Worksheets. These pages are bound together on the left hand side like a book.

· The 6 Worksheets are laminated separately (not back to back as they were in the original format) and they are loose.

Each “Set” of 6 Worksheets comes in a plastic A4 zip lock bag. Easy to get them out and easy to keep them all together!

Now here is some good news………

· A school, kindergarten, play centre or parent would need to purchase one copy of the theory part of the Workbook - that is the first part containing the Step-by-Step Learning Programme, the special tips and guidelines for teaching left-handed children the skill of Handwriting.

· Then any amount of the loose Worksheet sets can be ordered, now and ongoing.

· And we’ll include a quality overhead projector pen for writing on the worksheets and a handy wipe cloth to wipe the worksheets clean with every set of Worksheets ordered!

So if, for example, you have 2 young left-handers in your class this year (and your school did not purchase the original format of this teaching resource last year or the year before) ……..your order could be as follows:

Not only is this format more practical in the classroom situation - but there is also a saving ….!! Compare the $49.00 total above with the cost of 2 WOWO Workbooks ($32.00 x 2 = $64.00).

The benefits....

· An overall saving of $15.00 on the example above and the amount saved increases as you order more sets! (e.g. the amount saved if you were to order 5 sets would be $60.00 !)

· Ongoing, you can just get more Worksheet sets as you need them (without having to get the step-by-step book as well). Even though we’ve made the loose worksheets pretty hardy, there will come a time with lots of use when they are simply worn out and you need to replace them. They won’t last forever unfortunately!

· The overhead pen and handy wipe cloth won’t last forever either so we’ll include a new one in each Worksheet set.

· The biggest bonus of all is that having the worksheets loose is more practical, easier to monitor and altogether a better idea in the classroom situation!

A note to the schools, kindergartens and play centres that purchased the original format of this resource last year or the year before….

You do not need to purchase the Step-by-Step Programme again unless you would like another copy to give to a new teacher.

Postage Guidelines

We’d love to tell you that postage is free but unfortunately last year’s postal increases zapped that idea right out of the water!

· 1 Workbook and 1 or 2 Worksheet sets: P&P = $2.00

· 1 Workbook and 3 or more Worksheet sets: P&P = $4.00

· Postage is FREE for orders of $120 in value or more if the entire order is posted to the same address. (NZ wide only!)

· NZ Registered Schools can provide us with a Purchase Order and we will send your order to you together with our invoice, ahead of payment.

· We offer a discount if any of our left-handed items, e.g. ergonomic pencil grips, lefty rulers, left-handed scissors etc. are ordered in bulk. Please email us your total order and we’ll provide a quote.

To see more teaching resources in the form of books and videos.

The “Left-Hand Writing Skills” series of 3 books is also available in two different formats for schools:

1. The “School’s Edition”

The combination of all 3 Left-Hand Writing Skills Books with black and white worksheets.

Easy to photocopy in black and white for the classroom situation.

Please allow 2 weeks for delivery.

Code: IMP49 Price: $125.00 (NZD)

2. The “CD Edition”

The combination of all 3 Left-Hand Writing Skills Books in colour on a CD Rom disk.

The worksheets can be printed out in colour and photocopied in colour.

Please allow 2 weeks for delivery.

Code: IMP50

Price: $145.00 (NZD)

Don’t forget to bookmark our website and please do keep a check on our ’Links’ page - we update it frequently and there are many useful links there for us teachers!!

Above - The new format.

On the left, the Step-by-Step Learning Programme bound on the left hand side like a book (Code:WO1L @$15.00 per book)

Just right of this: 1 ‘set’ of the 6 loose Worksheets in a zip lock bag (Code WO2L @$17.00 per set)

Far right: The 6 loose Worksheets out of the zip lock bag.

1 x The Step-by-Step Learning Programme

Bound at the side like a book

(Code: WO1L @ $15.00)

$15.00

2 x “Sets” of the 6 loose Worksheets

(Code: WO2L @ $17.00 per set)

$34.00

TOTAL (inclusive of GST, exclusive of P&P)

$49.00

An informative article about handwriting for you to download and read. . .

“Help with handwriting”

written by

Nikki Soames

This was published

in the

NZ SPELD Record.

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