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Cursive questions
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Ds9 has said he wants to learn cursive in fourth grade. I may intro before end of third if I can find what I’m looking for. Anyway, has anyone done Donna Young’s worksheets exclusively, with no other instruction? I’ve also seen somewhere a list that tells when to introduce letters based on slants, loops, that sort of thing. I thought it was at donnayoung, but I can’t find it there. Any idea what I’m talking about?
BTW, if I have to buy a program, I’m leaning toward New American Cursive, since it has fewer loops and such. Anyone use this? I know it’s designed to be used with first and second grade; would it be too babyish for a fourth grader?
We have used the New American Cursive books, starting when my children were 8 and 10. We used Workbook 2 with Famous Quotations and Scripture. It has been a good fit for the kids. The line spacing is not big, but a comfortable size compared to their other writing paper. My ds likes that it is all in one book and he can see his progress. Previously I printed pages for them to copy, which was ok but he likes this better. He will never be a huge fan of cursive writing, but at least he can now read his Grandma’s curly writing 🙂
I don’t think it is babyish at all. I love that it is simple with clear instructions. The children set their timers for 10 min and work through the book at their own pace.
Blessings, Michelle
My issue with NAC is that each lowercase letter does not begin on the baseline. I teach cursive from the beginning at age 5 and this is important to me. I have successfully used Cursive First (an inexpensive, reproducible program) and Pencil Pete (an inexpensive software program). IMO, having words to go with the strokes, is helpful.
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