Handwriting Heroes Catalog
All materials are digital and can be accessed directly from the Online Learning Platform.
The Teacher Platform or Guided Lesson Platform follows a structured progression, with each island and stepping stone representing a specific letter group or letter. Lessons combine modeling, skywriting, interactive whiteboard practice, self-assessment, and songs that reinforce letter sounds, posture, grip, and paper positioning.
Lowercase letter formations
Cheerful animations illustrate the shared stroke through finger-snapping music and movement.
Get Ready to Write
Position your paper, pencil, helping hand and sit up tall. These videos are differentiated for left- and right-handed writers.
Online Writing
Write the letter on the writing lines. The pen changes color each time you start a new stroke.
Self-Assessments
Check that your letters are correctly formed and properly placed on the writing line.
Sing with Shannon
Learn the beginning sounds of the feature words and the sounds they make, sign the letter, and write it in the air.
Name that Letter
Identify the correct letter based on the clues provided before the animation ends.
Treasure Island: Find it
Click on the matching pair.
Treasure Island: Say it
Say each letter sound.
Treasure Island: Trace it
Use the keys to type the word.
Treasure Island: Copy it
Write the word on your paper.
Treasure Island: Type it
Use the keys to type the word.
Lowercase letter clusters
Cheerful animations illustrate the shared stroke through finger-snapping music and movement.
Lowercase letter formations
Our playful heroes teach students how to form their letters through captivating stories, hilarious animations, and catchy songs. Each letter has a clever story that describes the stroke sequence.
Uppercase letters formations
Action words along with letter animations highlight the similarities and differences between the upper and lowercase letters. Students finger-trace the letters in the air.
Singing with Shannon
Learn the beginning sounds of the feature words and the sounds they make, sign the letter, and write it in the air.
Number Formations
Words that rhyme make it easy to learn numbers zero to nine!
Starting Points
Did you know that most letters start on the middle line? This video reviews the starting points for the letters for each group of letters. It highlights which letters are tall, and which are small.
The Writing Lines
This video describes the “sky-clouds-grass-dirt” writing line concept and the direction that one writes (i.e., from left to right, and top to bottom).
Sky, grass, and dirt letters
This video explains where the letters start and end relative to the writing lines. It explores concepts of tall, small, and falling letters.
The Alphabet Song
Learn your ABCs by singing it, saying it, signing it, doing a monster voice, singing it super-fast, and saying it backwards!
b and d can't trick me
Learn to differentiate between the letters b and d by referencing their formations and action words.
Get Ready to Write
Upbeat videos provide students with cues to correctly position their bodies and writing tools. It’s a great way to start a writing activity or as a “re-set” to adjust poor posture or awkward pencil grips.
