Rhythm & Writing Review

I want to share with you a super fun handwriting program for kids that I have been using with F, Rhythm & Writing with The Get Write Crew  from Rhythm & Writing.  This program uses music and lyrics to help kids remember the correct letter formations!  We were sent a physical book with dry erase overlay along with a lyric video subscription.

F with his book

The Get Write Crew includes Big Country bear who plays the guitar, Hip-Hop frog the lyricist, Jazzy Faith bunny who sings vocals and plays keyboards, and Mo' Rock monkey who plays the drums.  This program uses catchy phrases to help kids remember how to properly write their letters.

More about Big Country and Jazzy Faith

More about Hip-Hop and Mo' Rock

One of the first things to do with this program is to take the pre-assessment.  It is located in the workbook itself but you can also complete a simple form online and they will email you a link to print a copy of the pre-assessment.  The pre-assessment is designed so that you can determine which letters your child is having difficulty with and then you can either focus on the episodes that include the letters of difficulty or work through the entire program.

 Here is F's pre-assessment page

I was impressed with F's pre-assessment.  You can see that his capital N needs a little work.  I chose to let F pick which letters and videos he wanted to work on, making it really fun for him.  So he is working through the workbook and we are using the website (Instructional Videos) as a supplement.  F is using a transparency sheet in his workbook with a dry-erase marker so he can redo the pages over and over as he wishes.  It is recommended to paper clip a transparency onto the workbook sheets to practice until the student is ready to write in the book.  You can repeat each episode or lesson until the student has mastery or is close to mastery.  F loves the lyric videos and doesn't get tired of practicing his handwriting.

 F watching some of the fun videos (E and G joined in the fun)

 Listening to the videos

 Listening to the videos

The catchy tunes include visual letter formation instruction as well.

Parents and teachers will need to read the stories in the workbook to students who can't read.  The videos can be watched by the students and require less parent-involvement but I enjoyed keeping an ear out and listening to what F was learning.  You can show your student the videos and then move to the stories in the workbook or vice versa - there is a lot of flexibility!

Watching the video on K

The story about K from the workbook.

 Working through the workbook page for K

Almost done

 F with his completed K workbook page.

Watching the video for the letter c.

 F working on c's.

Story from workbook about L, t, and i.

 F working on L's.

Watching the Video for g

You can see his happy face in this photo!

Working through the g page in his workbook.

After all the episodes are completed, your student can complete the post-assessment at the end of the workbook to see all of their progress!  We haven't finished the program yet but I am looking forward to comparing F's post-assessment with his pre-assessment.

Example of the letter review

Right before the post-assessment there is also a great letter review for all the uppercase letters followed by all the lowercase letters.  This is a great way to check for skill level and mastery.

The goal of this program is to really teach kids how to properly form letters at a young age.  Improper letter formation can cause children to write slower, their hands tire easily, and they have trouble learning cursive.  The lyric videos with catchy phrases and repetition for children help them remember how to form letters correctly while having fun.

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I look forward to finishing this program with F and seeing all the improvement he makes!