{"title":"Home page","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"squiggle-grooved-handwriting-set","title":"Grooved Handwriting Set for Kids","description":"\u003cp\u003eMost handwriting workbooks print a letter, print a dotted copy underneath, and hope. The trouble is that a child forming letters the wrong way will happily trace a dotted line the wrong way too — starting at the bottom, going clockwise where it should be anticlockwise. It looks fine on the page, and the habit sets anyway.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA groove doesn't allow it. The channel is cut into the page, the pen sits down inside it, and the hand learns the \u003cem\u003emovement\u003c\/em\u003e rather than the picture.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhat's in the box\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003e6 grooved practice books\u003c\/strong\u003e — Alphabet, Vocabulary, Number, Addition \u0026amp; Subtraction, Creative Drawing 1 and Creative Drawing 2\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003e1 writing pen\u003c\/strong\u003e — slim barrel, sized for a small hand\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003e1 grip trainer\u003c\/strong\u003e — slides onto the pen and places the fingers for you\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003e10 disappearing-ink refills\u003c\/strong\u003e — enough to last well beyond the first set of books\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eThe grip does half the work\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGrooves fix the direction a letter is formed in. They can't fix how the pen is being held — and a four-year-old gripping a pen in a fist will fight the groove the whole way.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThat's what the grip trainer is for. It slides onto the pen and has moulded hollows for the thumb, index and middle finger, so the correct three-finger hold happens without you standing over them correcting it. Slide it on, put the fingers in, start tracing.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTake it off once the hold is habit. Most children stop needing it long before they stop needing the books.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhy one set lasts\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe included refills use disappearing ink. Writing clears from the page on its own, so the same page is ready to use again — a set survives months of practice instead of being filled in one wet afternoon.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt also removes the thing that makes children give up: the page that's already been ruined once.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOnly the included refills fade.\u003c\/strong\u003e An ordinary pen or pencil will mark the page permanently, so keep the refills with the books — that's why there are ten of them.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eAges 3 and up\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSuits a child who is starting to hold a pencil with intent — usually around three — through to first sums and free drawing. Six books means it grows with them rather than being finished in a fortnight.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhat we're not going to tell you\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThat this will make your child's handwriting beautiful. It won't. Neat handwriting comes from years of ordinary use, and anyone selling you a shortcut is selling you something.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhat this set fixes is narrower and more useful: \u003cstrong\u003ehow the pen is held, and which direction each letter is formed in.\u003c\/strong\u003e Both are genuinely hard to correct once they're set, and easy to get right at three or four. Everything after that is practice.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTen minutes at a kitchen table. It's a small claim, and it's the only one that has ever worked.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eShipping and returns\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFree shipping on every order\u003c\/strong\u003e, no minimum. We ship to over 190 countries.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFree delivery takes 12–21 business days.\u003c\/strong\u003e Express is $4.95 and takes 8–15. Most orders arrive sooner.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e7 days to return it\u003c\/strong\u003e, opened sets included — you can't tell whether the grooves suit your child without them writing in one.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Squiggle","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54037088960812,"sku":"SQ-GHS-6","price":49.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0977\/6981\/6364\/files\/00-six-book-set-new-cover-badge.png?v=1789387372"}],"url":"https:\/\/squigglewriting.com\/collections\/frontpage.oembed","provider":"Squiggle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}