As a homeschool mom educator I am always looking for great books to help my children practice writing skills and neatness. Here are 3 things I thought were great about this book:

1. The colors and illustrations are wonderful. The color pallet is easy to look at and not to bright. The characters are friendly and the way the illustrations accent certain parts of the page almost encourage you to keep working through the book.

2. There is a pen control section before you get to the letter practice. I think this is great to help your very young child grow in confidence.

3. Sight words are also featured at the end of the book when the child has finished all the letters. I think this is very helpful as your child progresses.

One thing I wish was different and why I didn't give a 5 star review is that I would have liked to see a page with the lowercase and the uppercase letters featured together. The book has them each on their own page and I would have liked another page to practice the letters together. Otherwise this book is really quite lovely and recommend it!

Thanks to NetGalley for the free Kindle book. My review is voluntarily given, and my opinions are my own.

Having previously worked in early childhood, I have used many different tools for handwriting practice (for those children who are just learning, have them draw in sand. It's fun and helps with their motor control).

This is a great handwriting practice book. I would recommend this one more towards kindergarten or first grade, rather than 4-K, as it has handwriting activities with sight words.

There's no problem at all with the younger kids using it for handwriting practice, though.

Definitely would recommend, and if I was still working in early education, I would tell the director about the book

I thought that the cover of this book was cute with its smiling cat inviting kids in. Throughout there are brightly colored illustrations that should help to keep kids engaged.

The book opens with an introduction for adults. This offers an explanation of what is in the title and tips for how to help young writers. Some activities to try are suggested.

Activities in the book itself include tracing letters, words and numbers, along with matching games, coloring, filling in the missing letter, and more. In addition to working on writing skills, there are some reading practice activities as well.

A completion certificate is included for kids who would like this.

To me, this looks like a very good workbook. I think that it would be important to work at the child's pace or in shorter sessions so that they stay enthused.

Many thanks to NetGalley and Cider Mill Press for this title. All opinions are my own.