My son is 5. Every night was the same. I'd put the worksheet in front of him. He'd try one letter. It wouldn't look right. He'd scribble over it and say "I can't." Some nights he cried. Most nights I cried after he went to bed. I ordered Magic Groove honestly expecting nothing. The first time he traced a letter in the groove and it came out right, he just stared at it. He didn't say anything for a second. Then he looked up at me and said, "Mommy, I'm doing it." I will never forget that moment for as long as I live. We're on week four now. He asks to practice before breakfast. He's not the same child.

I cannot count how much money I've spent on workbooks, tracing sheets, apps, special pencils. Nothing worked. His teacher kept sending notes home about his writing. I started Googling learning disabilities at midnight because I was convinced something was wrong with my child. There wasn't. He just needed his hand to feel what a correct letter was supposed to feel like instead of guessing every time. Two weeks with these books and his teacher pulled me aside at pickup. Not to tell me something was wrong. To ask me what we changed at home. I almost fell apart right there in the parking lot.

She's 6 and she's smart. Her vocabulary is bigger than most adults I know. But writing was the one thing that made her feel stupid. She told me that. "I feel stupid, Mommy." A 6 year old shouldn't know that word in that context. I found Magic Groove, ordered it, and didn't tell her it was for writing practice. I just left it on the table and said "want to try something fun?" She sat down and didn't get up for 20 minutes. No tears. No ripping the page. No "I can't." Three weeks later she left a note on my pillow before bed. I still have it in my wallet.