Current research shows that up to half of children in classrooms have visual problems – most often with eye tracking. This affects reading and writing, especially during the early stages of learning handwriting.

To solve this problem, therapists were highlighting the bottom line of regular lined paper – where the letter goes. Therapro decided to provide a solution, and created Highlighter Paper.

Since children are sometimes confused about where to begin, the Highlighter Paper is indented – with a little star next to where they should start writing.

Some types are wider, for those just beginning handwriting, and some have thinner spaces (for the more advanced). There is even room for a picture in some styles – with space underneath to write about the picture:

Which size should my child use?

Highlighter Paper comes in yellow and blue. There are 4 different sizes of paper. The lines on each get progressively thinner as the child develops handwriting skills:

• Kindergarten Story Paper is landscape with space for a story and 2 lines for writing
• Kindergarten Writing Paper is landscape with 5 lines per page
• WideLine Writing Paper is landscape with 7 lines
• NarrowLines Writing Paper is portrait with 13 lines per page.

For the first half of first grade, we recommend a wider lined paper. For the second half of first grade, the hand skills should have progressed enough to use a narrower lined paper. As handwriting skills develop, children will have better control and don’t need the wider spaced papers – they can gradually move up to narrowed lined paper.

We also offer Reading Guide Strips, which allow you to easily track print through a transparent tinted window.