Cursive question on Hymns in Prose for Children

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  • November 18, 2011 at 2:31 am
    mrskatie
    Participant

    I am very interested in the Hymns in Prose for Children that you just introduced, but was wondering what the difference is in the cursive styles offered.

    What is the difference between Zaner Bloser Cursive and D’Nealian Cursive?

    November 18, 2011 at 2:37 am
    Doug Smith
    Keymaster

    I’ll let Sonya describe it, but if you download the free sample book there are pages in each of the four styles so you can compare.

    November 18, 2011 at 2:39 am
    mrskatie
    Participant

    I tried to do that but these tired eyes couldn’t tell a difference Smile

    November 18, 2011 at 3:19 am
    Sonya Shafer
    Moderator

    The main difference appears to be the degree of the slant. Since D’Nealian print teaches the children to write their letters with a slight slant, then the D’Nealian cursive just connects those already-slightly-slanted letters. 

    I think either one is readable and looks good.

    Somebody with more experience with D’Nealian want to chime in? 

    November 18, 2011 at 1:30 pm
    missceegee
    Participant

    The D’Nealian also has all lowercase letters begin on the baseline. Compare letters like a, c, g to see what I mean. I teach cursive first, skipping print, so that is the most important thing for me. Having all lowercase start in the same place simplifies the learning process a bit.

    November 19, 2011 at 7:57 pm
    mrskatie
    Participant

    Thanks Sonya and Missceegee! That information is very helpful.

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