Name: Thrive! NCHE Homeschool Conference
Start: 2025-05-22T00:00:00-05:00
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February 12, 2013 at 2:15 pm
caycecronk
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We are currently using Handwriting without tears and doing copywork as well! My son is doing first grade work. We will probally start doing a small amount of cursive writing next year and was wandering what you all could recommend. The Handwriting without tears does have a cursive writing program but I have been warned that the style they use is ugly and not easy to learn, etc. Would it be hard for my son to still use the handwriting without tears instruction for print and use a different cursive instruction or would it be confusing for him? We currently love the HWOT resources for print and has made my sons handwriting so much easier!
February 12, 2013 at 2:41 pm
Rachel White
Participant
My dd transitioned from HWT to Classically Cursive and then to the D’Nealian style in Presidential Penmanship.
February 12, 2013 at 2:47 pm
Richele Baburina
Participant
My son transitioned nicely using SCM’s Print to Cursive Proverbs. You can look at the samples and choose which style might work best for your child.
Richele
February 12, 2013 at 3:37 pm
Gem
Participant
Check out Queen Homeschooling Supplies Pictures in Cursive – my daughter enjoyed these.
https://www.queenshomeschooling.com/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=60_66&zenid=cba2ffebe69b7e86a07b992a5b60d6e3

February 12, 2013 at 3:56 pm
HollyS
Participant
We’ve used an assortment of handwriting programs, free online worksheets, etc. and my DC do just fine going between writing styles.
February 13, 2013 at 12:20 am
caycecronk
Member
That was my biggest concern was him having to learn to different writing styles! Any of you guys use the HWOT style of cursive? Do you like it? To me it just doesn’t look and feel the same as when I learned it. Maybe im just picky! Thanks for the resources….will look into those!
February 13, 2013 at 12:22 am
caycecronk
Member
Holly,
If you have time….could you share a few of those free resources that you know about!
February 13, 2013 at 1:59 pm
primrose mother
Member
I agree that the HWOT cursive would not be how I would want my children to write. I don’t think that switching programs would present a problem, as cursive programs start with their own warm-ups and getting-ready strokes that are separate from print, unless you are using a D’Nelian or similar program. The books that I have seen that are focused on print to cursive, just mean that print is in the first half of the book and cursive in the second. Again, unless it is D’Nelian or similar.
I personally LOVE Abeka’s cursive. It is the most beautiful cursive of all the programs I have seen. (Haven’t looked at SCM, but I’m sure it is good, too.) The books have good warm-ups and ease the student into each step. I also love what they have the studen writing – keeping a science animal notebook in the third grade level, and beautiful quotes from history and Bible in the fourth grade level. My two older children who used the second through fifth grade levels have the most beautfiul writing, and many people comment on it. (My current fourth grader was not ready for all of it, so we are using the top part of each page of third this year and will use the bottom part next year before even going on to fourth, so we use them as tools, not forced grade levels.)
I hope you find what works well for your son 🙂
February 13, 2013 at 2:10 pm
Heather
Participant
My oldest used Cheerful Cursive to learn cursive and it worked well for her. I’m planning on using it with my others as well.

http://www.rainbowresource.com/product/sku/018482/1991e4e6378058dd5e5874e5
February 14, 2013 at 4:46 am
caycecronk
Member
Thanks for the resources! I love handwriting without tears and was so disappointed when I saw ther cursive style!