The Good and the Beautiful Handwriting: What It's All About

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The Good and the Beautiful’s award-winning handwriting curriculum was named the most popular among homeschool families every year since 2022! 

When you open one of our handwriting books, you immediately notice The Good and the Beautiful difference. Each page contains meaningful activities and gentle illustrations that focus on family, nature, God, and beauty. 

Here are a few things to help you determine whether our workbooks are a good match for your family. Watch the video below or keep reading to learn more! 

Our Handwriting Workbooks Are Unique

Parents love our handwriting lessons because they are meaningful! Kids love them because they are fun! 

Most pages include an art or drawing activity to add an element of fun to motivate your child to improve fine motor skills. While your child learns letter formation, he or she also completes character-building copywork like poetry, grammar rules, or Bible verses.

As you write, your fingers control the pencil. Having this much control from the fingers makes it easier to write neatly. You have precise control close to the tip of the pencil. Also notice that as you write, there is very little movement in the wrist or the arm.

  • Each handwriting workbook levels Pre-Writing to Level 7 contains 100 pages and can be finished in a typical school year by completing three to four pages a week. 

For Littles: First Handwriting Books

Our two-part Doodles & Pre-Writing for Littles workbooks are ideal for children ages 2½ to 5 years old. 

Children focus on pre-writing strokes they will later use in print letter formation. These engaging workbooks also give children the opportunity to practice correct pencil grip. The fun exercises strengthen and develop the muscles in little hands, preparing early learners for more extensive writing in higher levels. 

Optional discussion points give parents a chance to gently introduce basic math, geography, music, language arts, and science concepts. Children around the world love these little books!

Doodles & Pre-Writing

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  • Handwriting Workbook: Doodles and Pre-Writing for Littles Part 1

    Handwriting Workbook: Doodles and Pre-Writing for Littles Part 1

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    Doodles & Pre-writing for Littles is designed for children between the ages of 2 1/2 and 5 years old who are ready to develop the dexterity and coordination of small muscles as well as the mental focus needed to write. This level focuses on the strokes and forms used to create letters and common shapes and is designed to help small children develop the fine motor skills necessary for writing. The course is divided into three sections:
    • Continuous motions of curves, loops, waves, and spirals. Shapes: circle, oval, ellipse, quatrefoil, and curved triangle.
    • Changing directions with straight lines, angles, and zigzags. Shapes: triangle, square, rhombus, parallelogram, trapezoid, pentagon, and hexagon.
    • Combining different forms and shapes from sections one and two to create letters or more complex shapes, such as hearts and stars, and finding shapes in nature.
    This workbook includes 100 sheets, which is 3–4 sheets per week for a normal school year. Each sheet provides an opportunity for the child to color, improving both coloring and motor skills. The doodles, forms, and shapes the child practices are all connected to nature or other common objects in a child’s world.
    • Wire Binding
    • Black and White with One Color
    • 8.5”x5.5″
    *NOTE: We are currently releasing new covers for all our Handwriting books as the stock of previous covers sells out. The content of the books is the same. Interior illustrations have been slightly modified for consistency. The transition to new covers will happen over the next few months. You will receive the cover that is pictured at the time of your purchase.
  • Handwriting Workbook: Doodles and Pre-Writing for Littles Part 2

    Handwriting Workbook: Doodles and Pre-Writing for Littles Part 2

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    Doodles & Pre-writing for Littles: Part 2 is designed for children between the ages of 2 1/2 and 5 years old who are ready to develop the dexterity and coordination of small muscles as well as the mental focus needed to write. This level focuses on the strokes and forms used to create letters and common shapes and is designed to help small children develop the fine motor skills necessary for writing. The course is divided into four sections:
    • Shapes & Strokes: provides a comprehensive review of the shapes and strokes learned in Doodles & Pre-writing for Littles: Part 1.
    • Letters: Familiarize children with letters and the kinds of strokes used for letters.
    • Trace & Try: allows children to trace shapes and strokes, then draw the same shape or stroke freehand.
    • Bonus Section—Find the Image: provides images hidden within a picture that children find and circle or color.
    This workbook includes 115 sheets, which is 4–5 sheets per week for a normal school year. Each sheet provides an opportunity for the child to color, improving both coloring and motor skills. The doodles, forms, and shapes the child practices are all connected to nature or other common objects in a child’s world.
    • Wire Binding
    • Black and White with One Color
    • 8.5”x5.5″

Develop Good Handwriting Habits

Beginning with Handwriting Level K and continuing through Levels 1 and 2, The Good and the Beautiful Handwriting focuses on print letter formation. These workbooks are ideal for kindergarten through second grade, when children spend much of their time developing good writing habits. 

Our style is closest to the Zaner-Bloser, which teaches a straight-up-and-down manuscript letter formation instead of a slanted formation. These handwriting lessons also include coloring and drawing activities to solidify the fine motor skills necessary for proper handwriting.

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Levels K–2

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  • Handwriting Workbook: Level K

    Handwriting Workbook: Level K

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    Handwriting Level K is for children in kindergarten and focuses on the correct print formation of letters and numbers. This course introduces 2–3 new letters at a time, going in alphabetical order, and introduces short words and sentences near the end. Text size is reduced halfway through the course as the child gains the fine motor skills for smaller print.  The Good and the Beautiful handwriting courses incorporate drawing activities to make handwriting more enjoyable and increase fine motor skills. This workbook includes 100 sheets, which is 3–4 sheets per week for an average school year. 
    • Wire Binding
    • Black and White with One Color
    • 8.5”x5.5″
  • Handwriting Workbook: Level 1

    Handwriting Workbook: Level 1

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    Handwriting Level 1 is for children in first grade and focuses on the correct print formation of letters and numbers. This course introduces 2–3 new letters at a time, going in the order of the most used letters, and introduces short words and sentences near the end. Text size is reduced halfway through the course as the child gains the motor skills for smaller print. 

    The Good and the Beautiful handwriting courses include images, artwork, poetry, Bible verses, and quotes that support high character, faith, nature, and creativity. Drawing activities are incorporated throughout the course to make handwriting more enjoyable and increase fine motor skills. This workbook includes 100 sheets, which is 3–4 sheets per week for an average school year.

    • Wire Binding
    • Black and White with One Color
    • 8.5”x11″

  • Handwriting Workbook: Level 2

    Handwriting Workbook: Level 2

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    Handwriting Level 2 is for children in second grade. This course is for children with some handwriting experience who are still working on the correct print formation of letters and numbers. Words, sentences, Bible verses, and poems are introduced. Children review the spelling of numbers and learn to spell the names of colors. The text size in the course gets smaller as children gain experience with handwriting.  The Good and the Beautiful handwriting courses include images, artwork, poetry, Bible verses, and quotes that support high character, faith, nature, and creativity. Drawing activities are incorporated throughout the course to make handwriting more enjoyable and increase fine motor skills. This workbook includes 100 sheets, which is 3–4 sheets per week for an average school year.
    • Wire Binding
    • Black and White with One Color
    • 8.5”x11″

Expand Handwriting Techniques

Our Handwriting Level 3 workbook introduces cursive writing while continuing to refine print formation. The Good and the Beautiful teaches cursive using a unique colored dot system developed by Jenny Phillips. This allows students to complete handwriting lessons independently if desired, even while learning brand-new concepts. 

Levels 4 through 7 focus on cursive writing while integrating poetry, grammar, geography, art, architecture, and nature appreciation. Copywork encourages kindness, honesty, hard work, gratitude, and integrity, while drawing activities provide each student with the opportunity to develop his or her own artistic style.

Levels 3–7

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    Handwriting Workbook: Level 3

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    Handwriting Level 3 is for children in third grade. This course teaches cursive with a unique colored dot system developed by Jenny Phillips. The child follows the colored dots in the order of the rainbow, which makes it easy for children to correctly learn cursive with little to no help from parents. About 85% of the course focuses on teaching cursive and 15% of the course on cementing correct print formation. If children have no experience with cursive writing but are ready for it, they should start with this course. 
    • 100 sheets
    • Full color with colored dot system
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    The Good and the Beautiful handwriting courses include images, artwork, poetry, Bible verses, and quotes that support high character, faith, nature, and creativity. Drawing activities are incorporated throughout the course to make handwriting more enjoyable and increase fine motor skills. This workbook includes 100 sheets, which is 3–4 sheets per week for an average school year.
  • Handwriting Workbook: Level 4

    Handwriting Workbook: Level 4

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    Handwriting Level 4 is for children in fourth grade. This course focuses primarily on cementing correct cursive letter formation and on teaching how to write cursive words and sentences using a unique colored dot system developed by Jenny Phillips. This technique makes it easy for children to correctly learn cursive with little to no help from parents. Level 4 also reviews print letter formation. If children have no experience with cursive writing, they should start with the Level 3 Handwriting course. The Good and the Beautiful handwriting courses include images, artwork, poetry, Bible verses, and quotes that support high character, faith, nature, and creativity. Drawing activities are incorporated throughout the course to make handwriting more enjoyable and increase fine motor skills. This workbook includes 100 sheets, which is 3–4 sheets per week for an average school year.
    • Wire Binding
    • Full Color with Colored Dot System
    • 8.5”x11″
  • Handwriting Workbook: Level 5

    Handwriting Workbook: Level 5

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    Handwriting Level 5 is for children in fifth grade. This course focuses on cursive but also has pages to help refine print handwriting. The text size for cursive writing gets smaller as the course progresses. This course also helps children memorize grammar rules and definitions.  The Good and the Beautiful handwriting courses include images, artwork, poetry, Bible verses, and quotes that support high character, faith, nature, and creativity. Drawing activities are incorporated throughout the course to make handwriting more enjoyable. This workbook includes 100 sheets, which is 3–4 sheets per week for an average school year.
    • Wire Binding
    • Black and White with One Color
    • 8.5”x11″
  • Handwriting Workbook: Level 6

    Handwriting Workbook: Level 6

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    Handwriting Level 6 is for children in sixth grade. Children will be learning more than just cursive handwriting as they copy inspiring adages, Bible verses, skillfully written poetry, states and capitals, grammar rules, and presidents of the United States in order of presidency (the first six). The text size for cursive writing gets smaller as the course progresses. Children will begin with copying cursive text and then move on to writing original sentences in cursive and converting manuscript print to cursive. This will help children to memorize the formation of cursive letters. This workbook includes 100 sheets, which is 3–4 sheets per week for an average school year.
    • Wire Binding
    • Black and White with One Color
    • 8.5”x11″
  • Handwriting Workbook Level 7

    Handwriting Workbook Level 7

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    Handwriting Level 7 is for children in seventh grade. Children will be learning more than just cursive handwriting as they copy inspiring adages, Bible verses, skillfully written poetry, the names of Canadian provinces and territories, foreign languages, states, capitals, and presidents of the United States. Children will begin with copying cursive text and then move on to writing original sentences in cursive and converting manuscript print to cursive. This will help children to memorize the formation of cursive letters. This workbook includes 100 sheets, which is 3–4 sheets per week for an average school year.

    • Wire Binding
    • Black and White with One Color
    • 8.5”x11″
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