I then just hover to make sure they are writing the letter correctly and in the correct order.
Keep in mind I’ve done this with five children, including one with special needs and one with learning disabilities. We have a lot of optional items that we use with this program (See the Hands-On Materials section down below) but you really only need the book and a pencil to do this. You may want to but I just haven’t found it to be necessary.
But after that I have never read or used a teacher’s manual with this curriculum. When we first began our Handwriting Without Tears journey I read a lot of the kindergarten manual.