Write Rules makes teaching handwriting simple
Write Rules is the ultimate handwriting solution! It is a complete two year programme (scheme of work) which teaches children how to form and write their letters correctly in a fun and engaging way. The package contains all of the resources teachers need to run the lessons, including body coordination and fine motor activities, songs to help learn letter formations, videos to reinforce patterns and worksheets. All you need to provide are the children, pencils, paper, playdough and enthusiasm. Pricing starts from £30 for the annual subscription.
Key Takeaways: Write Rules – a programme and scheme of work to support the writing framework
1. Write Rules is a complete handwriting programme and scheme of work which meets the writing framework guidance launched in July 2025 by the Department of Education in England. The programme is a great handwriting resource for all other English speaking countries too.
2. It provides school will all of the resources they need to be compliant with the writing framework guidance in reception, including teacher training, advice for fine and gross motor skill development and a sequenced progress of letter families approach. There's also songs and practice videos to help teach your children !
3. Best of all, Write Rules makes handwriting easy to teach to reception, pre-school, kindergarten and year 1 children. (It's included in the GriffinOT membership, so your staff not only get advice on handwriting, but also fine motor skills and sensory needs as well).
Write Rules makes teaching handwriting simple
Write Rules is the ultimate handwriting solution! It is a complete two year programme (scheme of work) which teaches children how to form and write their letters correctly in a fun and engaging way. The package contains all of the resources teachers need to run the lessons, including body coordination and fine motor activities, songs to help learn letter formations, videos to reinforce patterns and worksheets. All you need to provide are the children, pencils, paper, playdough and enthusiasm. Pricing starts from £30 for the annual subscription.
Key Takeaways: Write Rules – a programme and scheme of work to support the writing framework
1. Write Rules is a complete handwriting programme and scheme of work which meets the writing framework guidance launched in July 2025 by the Department of Education in England. The programme is a great handwriting resource for all other English speaking countries too.
2. It provides school will all of the resources they need to be compliant with the writing framework guidance in reception, including teacher training, advice for fine and gross motor skill development and a sequenced progress of letter families approach. There's also songs and practice videos to help teach your children !
3. Best of all, Write Rules makes handwriting easy to teach to reception, pre-school, kindergarten and year 1 children. (It's included in the GriffinOT membership, so your staff not only get advice on handwriting, but also fine motor skills and sensory needs as well).
Meeting the writing framework guidelines
This is how the Write Rules handwriting programme helps you to meet the Department of Education writing framework guidelines in England for reception students:
- Write Rules provides specific training on teaching handwriting for your teachers and teaching assistants. Including understanding postural control, fine motor skill development, pencil grasp development and the fundamentals of writing.
- It uses songs – Crocodile Snap – to helps children to know how to hold their pencil correctly.
- The handwriting scheme of work includes weekly lessons to explicitly teach handwriting. Each week includes fine and gross motor warm ups, along with letter songs, games and skill practice.
- It teaches children their letter formations through songs and easy to remember rules. We start with the easy letters first – Kim knows this is different to the guidance, but also knows that the letters l i and t are much easier to write than a and d – she wants children to be confident from the start. She also teachers diagonal letters last as these are the trickiest for our young learners.
- Write Rules provides Handwriting instruction that focuses on letter formation, size, orientation, spacing and consistency.
- The Write Rules scheme of work is specifically designed for reception and year one students – it’s a perfect match for the writing framework.
- For further information, Kim has completed the writing framework audits for reception, handwriting and handwriting progression to show you how Write Rules can help your school.
The Write Rules handwriting programme (scheme of work) includes:
Example Write Rules Videos
Write Rules Songs
Dough Dance – Fine Motor Skills
Move with Jessie – Gross Motor Skills
Write Rules Stories
You can join the free trial here and test the programme today! There is no obligation to buy, the trial is completely free and includes the first 4 weeks of each stage. (It does not include access to the fine motor programme or training).
“My goal is to teach children how to avoid these errors at the beginning. I want to help all children to understand the correct letter formations and patterns from the moment they pick up their pencil. If they can get it right from the start, then they won’t need to unlearn incorrect patterns with the help of an occupational therapist. At the end of the day, I would like to see far less referrals for poor handwriting.” Kim Griffin
Write Rules Pricing – Annual Subscription
It is highly recommended that Write Rules is used as a whole school approach. It is available for purchase for individual teachers or for whole schools. The pricing includes 12 months’ access to all content. This includes the teacher training videos, songs, stories and games. The subscription will need to be renewed annually to provide continued access to video content.
You can join the free trial to test the first five weeks of each stage (10 lessons). The paid subscriptions include 60 lessons, which designed to be taught over two years. It also includes access to all the content in our fine motor skills programme, and specific pencil grasp and scissor skills programmes.
Write Rules is included within the GriffinOT membership. Membership is open to individuals and schools. The membership is an annual subscription. When paying by credit card, the subscription will automatically renew on the anniversary of your first payment. We can issue invoices to schools, however please note due to the additional administration required, the minimum order for invoices is £200.
Single Purchase
- 12 months’ access
- Access to all training
- Certificates included
- Sensory Aware Training
- Fine Motor Skills Training
- Write Rules Handwriting
- Fine Motor Skills Programme
Annual Subscription
- Annual subscription
- Renews annually
- Complete OT support
- Certificates included
- Sensory Aware Training
- Fine Motor Skills Training
- Write Rules Handwriting
- Fine Motor Skills Programme
- Monthly support sessions
School Price
- Annual subscription
- 15 staff
- Complete OT support
- Certificates included
- Sensory Aware Training
- Fine Motor Skills Training
- Write Rules Handwriting
- Fine Motor Skills Programme
- Monthly support sessions
- Additional staff £10pp
What’s Included with the Subscription?
Write Rules is designed to be used with children aged 4-6 to teach them printing. It is designed to be used during the first two years of school. It’s a whole package for supporting children with their fine motor skills and handwriting at school. Once you join you have 12 months’ access to all of GriffinOT’s fine motor, handwriting and sensory resources including:
Frequently Asked Questions
How does Write Rules support us with the writing framework?
Write Rules is a complete scheme of work to help your school meet all of the reception, handwriting and progression targets in the writing framework. Kim has completed the audit tables here to show you how.
When will I receive access after payment?
Individual purchases will receive their access coupon within 15 minutes of payment, this will arrive by email. Please mark GriffinOT as safe to ensure you receive renewal reminders as well.
Schools will receive their access coupons within two working days of payment via credit card. Invoice orders will receive access within two working days of receipt of a PO number or notification of payment. Further details for schools are available on the membership page.
What do I have access to in the Write Rules free trial?
The free trial gives access to the following
- The Write Rules lesson plan booklet (pdf)
- All teaching content (stories, worksheets, games, songs) for Write Rules Weeks 1-5 of Stage 1
- All teaching content (stories, worksheets, games, songs) for Write Rules Weeks 1-5 of Stage 2
- An example education video
- Four example fine motor activity programme videos
What happens after I finish the free trial?
We recommend you purchase a subscription. You will have continued access to the free content, but not to further weeks of the programme.
Who is the Write Rules package designed for?
The GriffinOT membership is perfect for primary schools. Write Rules is designed for reception and year one students. The training is perfect for teachers and TAs. Staff can use the resources to create programmes for their children. The sensory resources will support you to create a sensory inclusive school. The package will meet all of your universal and targeted occupational therapy needs. Whilst the sensory content is relevant for secondary schools, the fine motor and handwriting sections of the package are less relevant for older children.
When does the subscription renew?
If you have paid by credit card, your annual subscription will renew annually on the anniversary of purchase. You will receive a reminder email a month and a week before the renewal payment is taken. You can cancel your subscription by using the link in the renewal email or by replying to the renewal email and letting us know you don’t want to renew. Once your renewal payment is received you will receive a new coupon to extend your access.
If you choose to cancel your subscription, but renew at a later date, you will need to renew at the current pricing. This may be more than your original subscription amount.
What content do teachers have access to?
The teacher accounts include access to all of the content required to run Write Rules with their class. This includes all fine motor and gross motor movement videos, Write Rules songs, Write Rules stories, worksheets and games. The teacher accounts provide access to 60 weeks’ of prepared lesson plans. The subscription also includes the GriffinOT fine motor training, our fine motor skills programme and our Sensory Aware training.
What is the refund policy?
I am so confident that the training will help you that provided you have completed less than 50% of the training, I offer a money back guarantee within the first 2 months of purchase. I know the training will increase your knowledge, skills and confidence when supporting children’s sensory and motor skills needs. If it doesn’t just send me an email to letting me know why it didn’t and I’ll refund your purchase.
I have more questions about the membership
Please visit the membership page to read more about the specific details of the membership.
Join the Free Trial
If you would like to be one of the first schools to start using Write Rules, you can join the free trial here. The trial includes a preview of 8 weeks of the Write Rules resources.
Joining the free trial does not commit you to purchase, you don’t even need to register your card details.
The free trial does not include access to the training or the fine motor skills programme which comes with the paid package.
Individual teacher subscriptions are available, but it is highly recommended that Write Rules is used as a whole school approach. This also meets the recommendations outlined in the writing framework. Kim has completed the writing framework audits showing you how Write Rules can help your school.
Write Rules Core Principles
Why we do it this way?
After many years supporting children with poor handwriting skills, Kim identified three common characteristics in children who struggle with their writing. The first was they often started their letters in the incorrect position. This can reduce writing fluency and add to letter orientation confusion.
Secondly, they frequently segmented their letters. Segmentation means that draw letters in parts, rather than in one continuous motion. For example, they might draw they body of an ‘r’ then go back and add the little bit on the top left. This also reduces writing fluency and speed. It can sometimes make writing difficult to read.
Finally, children often had very poor sizing and placement of letters on the line. So, their ‘j’ might sit up on the line rather than go underneath it. Or, their ‘s’ and their ‘h’ might be the same size and often they would omit spaces between words. These errors make writing more difficult to read in the long term.
Kim has created the Write Rules programme to help teachers teach handwriting correctly at the start.
Write Rules makes teaching handwriting in reception easy
Join Write Rules today
Single Purchase
- 12 months’ access
- Access to all training
- Certificates included
- Sensory Aware Training
- Fine Motor Skills Training
- Write Rules Handwriting
- Fine Motor Skills Programme
Annual Subscription
- Annual subscription
- Renews annually
- Complete OT support
- Certificates included
- Sensory Aware Training
- Fine Motor Skills Training
- Write Rules Handwriting
- Fine Motor Skills Programme
- Monthly support sessions
School Price
- Annual subscription
- 15 staff
- Complete OT support
- Certificates included
- Sensory Aware Training
- Fine Motor Skills Training
- Write Rules Handwriting
- Fine Motor Skills Programme
- Monthly support sessions
- Additional staff £10pp
Date last updated by Kim: 29th July 2025
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