Lantern&Ladder

For schools and kinderopvang

Sample pages you can print today, bulk orders by email, and an honest answer about whether these books fit what you are doing.

Sample pages, free, no sign-up

Each of these is a PDF of real pages from that book. Print one for a group before you ask anybody for a budget.

What a page looks like

A page of star shapes, one solid model with a start dot, then dotted copies that get fainter, then empty boxes to draw in.
Ready! Lines & Letters, ages 3 to 5.
A number page showing a numeral to trace and a group of objects to count.
Set! Letters & Numbers, ages 4 to 6.
A write-your-own page with a word bank at the top and empty handwriting rules below.
Write! Words & Silly Sentences, ages 5 to 6.

Try them before you ask about price

Every book has a free printable pack: a handful of real pages from it, as a PDF, with no sign-up. Print one for a group and see how it goes before anyone raises a purchase order.

The packs are on each book’s page, and all of them are listed on the series page.

What these books do, and what they do not

They do teach letter formation in a fixed order, with a start dot and numbered stroke arrows on every model, and rows that reduce support across the page. Book 1 is pre-writing strokes and capitals, Book 2 is lowercase and numbers to 20, Book 3 is words and sentences.

They do not teach phonics, reading or Dutch spelling. They are a handwriting scheme, not a literacy scheme, and they are currently English only. Dutch editions are in progress and the mailing list is where that will be announced.

Ages are a guide, not a rule. The bands on the covers are 3 to 5, 4 to 6 and 5 to 6. In a mixed group the useful question is whether a child can hold a pencil and copy a straight line, not how old they are.

Bulk orders

There is no trade portal and no minimum order, because we are two people. Email what you need and you get a real answer, usually the same week.

Tell us:

  • Which titles and which editions, and how many of each
  • Where they are going, and by when
  • Whether you need an invoice with a VAT number and a purchase order reference

For anything over about thirty copies it is usually cheaper for you if we quote directly rather than you ordering through Amazon, so ask.

Classroom printable sets

If what you actually want is the pages rather than the books, there is a printable set per title with a licence to copy within one school or one location. That is not on Etsy; email and ask.

Getting in touch

Write to scholen@lanternladder.com. That address goes to a person, not a queue. If the question is about the teaching method rather than an order, milo@lanternladder.com is better.

We answer in English or Dutch.