Different kids copywork with different fonts??

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  • February 11, 2012 at 5:20 am
    joyfulfarmgirl
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    Ok I know I am probably dwelling too much on this, but we have 7 kids and so I try to simplify life as much as possible… 🙂  Does anyone have their kids who are in cursive using different fonts or styles?  I would think it would be easier that way than having two doing D’Nealian and say 3 doing Getty Dubay Italic.  But maybe it is not such a big deal?

     

    Thanks for any input!

    Kimberly

    February 11, 2012 at 8:43 pm
    4myboys
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    Easier in what way? I don’t think I understand what you are getting at?

     

     

    February 11, 2012 at 9:44 pm
    joyfulfarmgirl
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    If I am looking at their copywork and there are 4 or so different writing styles/fonts, than I would have to know then to know if they are doing them correctly and compare them to the alpha chart. If they are all doing the same one, I’ll know how the letters are formed well enough by myself hopefully I can look at it and know without checking if it is correct.

    kwim?

    Thanks!

    Kimberly

    February 11, 2012 at 10:08 pm
    4myboys
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    So do you mean you would prefer to have them all using the same?  Because that makes a lot of sense to me.  In your original post however, it sounded like you want to have all of them using something different.  Are they currently doing two or three different and you want to stream line by switching some to what the other kids are doing?  That might be a little frustrating for the kids.  Handwriting is a habit.  If you are asking them to break an old habit and form a new one, that can be a tough thing to manage. 

    February 11, 2012 at 10:16 pm
    joyfulfarmgirl
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    Oops! I see why my first post was a tad confusing!  Yes I thought it would be easier if they all used the same one and I didn’t want to be the mean mom and make them all use the same one if it wasn’t really that much of a big deal if they used different ones.  So what I meant to say is do others with multiple kids have their kids using different ones or do they try to keep them on the same one for simplicity’s sake?

     Clear as mud? 🙂

    Thanks!

    Kimberly

     

    February 11, 2012 at 10:26 pm
    suzukimom
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    If they have already learned to write well enough that they can transcribe (that is, copy a passage direct from a book) – then I wouldn’t bother to try to change them, and just give any other copywork passages in a standard computer font (Ariel or Times-New Roman…)

    But if they are still learning to form the letters, then maybe it isn’t too late to get them all doing the same basic type of writing (whichever you prefer, or is closest to what most your kids are doing, etc)

     

    February 12, 2012 at 5:46 am
    joyfulfarmgirl
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    Thanks Suzikmom!

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