Books published by publisher Cambridge-Hitachi

Penpals for Handwriting is a complete handwriting scheme for 3-11 year olds. The Penpals for Handwriting Intervention Book 3 is designed to identify and support children who need additional help and practice with increasing the speed and fluency of their writing. Children will revisit key learning from each term, offering additional opportunities for consolidation, assessment and revision. The book includes a series of baseline assessments with clear guidance and signposting for teachers on how to progress.

For Kindergarten to First Grade, Forming Manuscript Letters helps children learn to confidently print letters. It uses the successful Cambridge method of Handwriting which teaches letters in four 'families'. Guidance helps parents ensure children adopt the correct pencil hold and posture. The Cambridge Handwriting at Home series is for parents to help their child develop confident cursive handwriting. Colorful designs and engaging characters make learning fun. A free interactive app (compatible with Android and iOS) demonstrates letter formation. Wipe-clean pages mean your child can practice again and again. Ideal for use after school, during the vacation, or as a refresher.

Penpals for Handwriting is a complete handwriting scheme for 3-11 year olds. The Year 2 Teacher's Book provides best-practice guidance on introducing the four types of letter join and supports the use of the Year 2 Penpals for Handwriting Interactive activities. At this stage, children start using some of the diagonal and horizontal joins. They are taught and then practise joins within digraphs and trigraphs. They begin to join through a word in stages and also learn about the break letters. They practise spacing between words. There is an emphasis on correct sizing of lowercase letters, capital letters and digits.

Penpals for Handwriting is a complete handwriting scheme for 3-11 year olds. The Penpals for Handwriting Intervention Book 1 is designed to identify and support children who need additional help and practice with forming letters and starting to join. Children will revisit key learning from each term, offering additional opportunities for consolidation, assessment and revision. The book includes a series of baseline assessments with clear guidance and signposting for teachers on how to progress.

Penpals for Handwriting is a complete handwriting scheme for 3-11 year olds. Create class materials with the Penpals font! The fonts used in Penpals are based on the groundbreaking research of handwriting specialist and designer Rosemary Sassoon. They are available for teachers to use to create worksheets and classroom displays, and for children to use in their own word-processing. The fonts will work in Microsoft® Word®, Microsoft® PowerPoint® and most other programs that support OpenType fonts. Sassoon Penpals Joiner will join as you type, using the joins recommended in Penpals for Handwriting (Word 2010/2011 and above)

Penpals for Handwriting is a complete handwriting scheme for 3-11 year olds. The Penpals for Handwriting Intervention Book 2 is designed to identify and support children who need additional help and practice with legibility and securing joins. Children will revisit key learning from each term, offering additional opportunities for consolidation, assessment and revision. The book includes a series of baseline assessments with clear guidance and signposting for teachers on how to progress.

Penpals for Handwriting is a complete handwriting scheme for 3-11 year olds that offers clear progression through five developmental stages: physical preparation for handwriting; securing correct letter formation; beginning to join along, securing the joins and practicing speed, fluency and developing a personal style. Penpals is focused on whole-class teaching using digital resources to enable modelling and interactive learning, along with Practice Books and Workbooks to support independent work. The Foundation content is in line with the EYFS Framework and the Year 1-6 content supports frequent, discrete and direct teaching of handwriting for 5-11 year olds, as required by National Curriculum 2014. Penpals supports all UK curricula and CIE Primary English curriculum.

The Year 3/Primary 4 Teacher's Book features suggestions for using the Penpals for Handwriting Year 3 CD-ROM. The Teacher's Book also features full planning for whole-class session a scope and sequence chart, annotated facsimilies of Big Book and Practice Book pages, photocopy masters for additional practice or homework and writing mats for left- and right-handers. The Year 3 Teacher's Book provides valuable revision of more complex joins, reinforcing links with spelling and supporting the move towards fluency.

Getting Ready for Handwriting helps Pre-K and Kindergarten children develop the fine and gross motor skills needed for handwriting. Children learn a range of straight and curved patterns to prepare them for writing. The Cambridge Handwriting at Home series is for parents of Pre-K to Third Grade children to help their child develop confident cursive handwriting. Colorful designs and engaging characters make learning fun. A free interactive app (compatible with Android and iOS) demonstrates pattern and letter formation. Wipe-clean pages mean your child can practice again and again. Ideal for use after school, during the vacation, or as a refresher.

The Year 4/Primary 5 Teacher's Book features suggestions for using the Penpals for Handwriting Year 4 CD-ROM. The Teacher's Book also features full planning for whole-class session a scope and sequence chart, annotated facsimilies of Big Book and Practice Book pages, photocopy masters for additional practice or homework and writing mats for left- and right-handers. The Penpals for Handwriting Year 4 Teacher's Book reinforces joins within a word, introduces sloped writing and investigates size, proportion and space, emphasising the need for speed and fluency.

Preparing your child to write with confidence and style. The Penpals at Home books provide ideas and practical support to encourage your child's enjoyment of, and skill in, handwriting. Getting Ready for Writing offers practice patterns and ideas for activities which will help your child develop the motor skills required for clear and consistent handwriting to be school-ready. Penpals for Handwriting is the UK's leading handwriting resource, used in schools all over the country.