By: Holly Britton

National Handwriting Day is celebrated January 23^rd in honor of John Hancock, whose large, elaborate signature at the bottom center of the U.S. Constitution testifies to the importance placed on penmanship many years ago. The beautiful swooping letters presented a perfect finish...

Over recent three months, I had the privilege of writing as a guest blogger for homeschool.com. The three-part series, titled "What If My Kid Hates Writing?" covers three broad-but-important areas to address when trying to help your reluctant writer. It offers possible reasons and suggestions to...

By Holly Britton

My dad knew it was important that I got the basics down pat when it came to car maintenance. He didn’t want me breaking down ever, but if I did, he wanted me to have the skills to take care of the problem. So, I learned to watch the gas gauge, fix a flat tire, and change...

By: Holly Britton

When I began learning the cello as an adult, I started with variations of Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star. The cello instructor wisely pointed out, “You are not learning Twinkle, Twinkle; you are learning how to play the cello.” His point was that the song was second to...

By: Holly Britton

Over the last two decades - affecting at least two generations of school kids - explicit instruction of handwriting (both cursive and manuscript) has been pushed aside in the name of progress. Technologies like the personal laptops and cell phones replaced the typewriter...

By: Holly Britton

When I started educating my kids, I wanted very much for them to have an opportunity to make music. I didn’t have grandiose aspirations of them going to some famous conservatory, but I did want to give them a solid foundation in case they wanted to.

I noticed that the kids...

By: Holly Britton

In a casual conversation with someone who happened to be an occupational therapist, I described my reasoning for designing the Squiggle Squad resources for handwriting instruction. She looked at me wide-eyed and said, “You know, so many of the kids that teachers send to me...