The Children's Handwriting Book of Alphabets and Numbers provides extensive focus on alphabet tracing and number tracing for the preschool and kindergarten beginning writer. The children's handwriting book has a full-page format which focuses on one alphabet or number at a time, which allows additional alphabet tracing and number tracing practice for the beginning writer. This children's handwriting workbook has a minimum of 30 opportunities to trace each alphabet before free-writing practice pages are presented. Once a student has adequately mastered tracing each alphabet they may then move on to the next section or skip around to other alphabets as comfortable. Using this Children's Handwriting Workbook for daily penmanship practice will help increase your student's ability to: -Print uppercase and lowercase letters of the alphabet and recognize the difference between the two. -Write from left to right and top to bottom of page. -Recognize spacing between printed alphabet letters and eventually words. -Understand the concept of writing letters and numbers. -Write words and brief sentences that are legible. -Write his/her own first and last name and other important words. Some neurologists advocate writing to learn. One states, "The practice of writing can enhance the brain's intake, processing, retaining, and retrieving of information. Through writing, students can increase their comfort with and success in understanding complex material, unfamiliar concepts, and subject-specific vocabulary." Preschool and Kindergarten is the perfect time to prepare for alphabet tracing, number tracing and handwriting practice since preschool, kindergarten and 1st grade students do not have to prepare for assessments. Focus can instead be placed on their literacy development. Reading to children and talking to them directly can be huge. Parents can start conversations-helping to build verbal vocabulary, write a grocery list together-helping to practice handwriting skills, and select books together at the library-allowing students to enjoy the usefulness of the printed word. Another way to raise their awareness of language in their environment is to point to street signs, billboards, traffic signs, and menus in restaurants-saying the whole word and/or pointing to each individual alphabet while saying calling out each letter. This children's handwriting workbook for preschool, kindergarten, and 1st grade is a perfect companion to online and computerized alphabet software to teach kids alphabet recognition. It can be used on short and long car rides. Getting students used to using paper workbooks will give them a distinct advantage over students who have only used wipe clean alphabet books and computerized alphabet software-this alphabet tracing book is similar to the writing, social studies, and language arts workbooks students will use in their classrooms.