Teaching Cursive…

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  • July 26, 2011 at 6:12 pm
    MamaSnow
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    OK, I am trying to decide what to use for teaching dd cursive handwriting….this is a child who already knows how to print pretty well, and will probably be 7 when I start to teach her cursive. (I am planning for a couple of years all at once b/c we are moving overseas and I need to plan ahead for shipping purposes).   She learned to print with some Abeka stuff I had (before I knew any better….ha ha) and while I don’t really like Abeka at all, I did like in their handwriting stuff that for teaching the formation of each letter they had a little ‘story’ to help remember how the letter was formed.  (Things like “This is the letter e.  To make an e, we make a round cookie and then come in and close the gate.”)   So, I am looking for something for cursive that would use a similar type method – the little ‘stories’ to help her remember how to do each letter.  I’d also prefer something low cost and even if possible something that would be a re-usable, PDF download over a consumable workbook. (Although not opposed to a workbook if the price is not too high..I could always put it into page protectors and use dry erase markers to make it reusable.)  Any suggestions?  I’ve read back over some of the previous threads on cursive and still haven’t really found what I’m looking for.  I know some people really like HWT and Peterson Directed but I didn’t care for the style of either of these…would prefer something a little more standard.

    Thanks for any thoughts!

    Jen

    July 26, 2011 at 7:50 pm
    suzukimom
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    Well, if you liked the printing program from Abeka…. is their cursive program similar?  There is nothing wrong with using something if it works for you

    July 26, 2011 at 10:58 pm
    LindseyD
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    I have been pondering this exact same topic for a few months now and finally decided last week on what I’m going to use. It’s called A Reason for Handwriting. There are several books available. They are work books with perforated edges. It’s tracing and copywork together. The lessons are divided up by week, four lessons per week. I bought the Transition book. The first half of the book is manuscript practice with copywork (uses Bible verses for copywork); the second half is an introduction to cursive. I’m actually really excited about this resource!

    I looked at HWT and a few other curricula, but when I got my hands on this one, it just seemed to be exactly what I was wanting. The style is very similar to D’Nealian cursive, with a few letters being slightly different. I think the letters are very pretty. I also like the Scriptural influence in the book. And the price was great! There’s probably more than a year’s worth of copywork and letter practice in this one book, and it was less than $16.

    It doesn’t use little stories to help with letter formation like you mentioned, so maybe what you’ve got will work best for you. This is just a suggestion that I’ve never seen mentioned on this forum before. One other curriculum that I’ve seen highly recommended on here is Cheerful Cursive.

    Hope that helps,

    Lindsey

    July 27, 2011 at 12:24 am
    MamaSnow
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    The problem with Abeka is that their handwriting program is bundled together with their whole language arts program…and I don’t really want to pay for the whole shebang when I really only want to use the handwriting part of it….Abeka stuff is NOT cheap.  Otherwise I would just do that.  Hence why I am looking for something that would be a stand alone product.   I will check out these other suggestions…but still open to hearing about others. =)

    Thanks,

    Jen

    July 27, 2011 at 12:31 am
    missceegee
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    I recommend Pencil Pete, a simple software program. DS7 used this beginning at age 6 and has lovely penmanship. I also recommend Cursive First, a reproducible paper program with wording to help remember how to form the letters. DD10 used this at age 6 and also has lovely penmanship.

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