A Reason for Handwriting series is a great way for children to practice their handwriting It works wonderfully for various learning styles using tactile (writing practice and art) audio (listening to the lessons which are very interesting) and visual (art) The books are easy to use I also like how God is incorporated into the lessons and scripture in the various books My older kids really enjoyed the creative outlet while learning These products are very worth the cost For anyone wanting to teach manuscript style writing I do not think there is a better workbook out there The only negative (in my opionion) is that it teaches manuscript and I decided to go with Getty-Dubay (italic) Even so I am going to use it with my other children and have them practice italic writing on their sheets Although I am teaching my children a different style of handwriting I prefer the well done lessons in A Reason for HandwritingThe Level K Student workbook provides not only instruction in how to write the letters of the alphabet and the sounds they make (phonics) but also incorporates little lessons to reinforce the letter sounds and adds an "art project" to go along with each letter Ex The "G" page has a Giraffe on it The student traces the word "Giraffe" colors the giraffe and draws a tall tree with delicious leaves for the giraffe to nibble The book also suggests that you can cut out leaves from green paper or find real leaves and glue them to your tree It breaks the lessons up with one for the capital G and one for the loer case g - "g's" lesson is on geese and they color a goose according to the kind of goose they want to make; then draw a nest with eggs in the nest to match the kind of goose they colored This is a great reinforcing supplement to any early learning phonics program I used it with the Get Ready Get Set Go for the Code series After the initial review of how the lessons work guidance on critiquing work and review of additional creative handwriting practice ideas (1 hour max) it takes 60 seconds to review the how-to's of writing a particular letter and about another two to ten minutes (depending on how interactive the child is) to read the lesson for the page they are about to work on I loved the little lessons that come with each letter to teach them something new and different as well as the various ways they suggest to color/decorate the pages [Source: Rainbow Resource, January 7, 2004]