bluechicken Posted April 18, 2012 Share Posted April 18, 2012 I have been teaching my daughter handwriting using HWT and I really like it. However, I do not like their cursive. I would like to switch to something else for cursive. Does anyone know of a good program to do traditional cursive that resembles HWT? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hunter Posted April 18, 2012 Share Posted April 18, 2012 (edited) Writing Road to Reading 6th edition. It is similar to HWT, but the connectors are more relaxed. The 6th edition instructions are "classic". The 5th edition was merely awesome. Sample Edited April 18, 2012 by Hunter Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caelia Posted April 18, 2012 Share Posted April 18, 2012 I had the same issue. We loved HWOT for manuscript, but I didn't love the "style" of their cursive. We are using Universal Publishing Handwriting for cursive and have been very happy with it. You can see sample pages here... http://www.upub.net/Original-Handwriting-Book-D-Prodview.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluechicken Posted April 19, 2012 Author Share Posted April 19, 2012 Awesome. Checking these out. Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hunter Posted April 19, 2012 Share Posted April 19, 2012 Are you wanting to continue teaching clock letters? So many curricula don't have round clock letters, even when they call them clock letters. Also some curricula are pretty slanted. I'm seeing more and more curricula with great explanations and lots of worksheets, but so far the only curriculum that retains totally round clock letters, but relaxes the connectors, that I know of, is WRTR. My LD students struggle with non-round clock letters, and the left handed can't handle any slant. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluechicken Posted April 19, 2012 Author Share Posted April 19, 2012 Are you wanting to continue teaching clock letters? So many curricula don't have round clock letters, even when they call them clock letters. Also some curricula are pretty slanted. I'm seeing more and more curricula with great explanations and lots of worksheets, but so far the only curriculum that retains totally round clock letters, but relaxes the connectors, that I know of, is WRTR. My LD students struggle with non-round clock letters, and the left handed can't handle any slant. Well, I am embarrassed to admit that I am not sure what clock letters are. We are using Handwriting without Tears and there isn't a slant with their manuscript. I learned the traditional slanted cursive and I like the way it looks. Maybe not? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hunter Posted April 19, 2012 Share Posted April 19, 2012 Well, I am embarrassed to admit that I am not sure what clock letters are. We are using Handwriting without Tears and there isn't a slant with their manuscript. I learned the traditional slanted cursive and I like the way it looks. Maybe not? Sorry, I thought HWT used the term clock letters as well as using round letters. Hmmm...so if you WANT slanted writing there are more options. I tend to usually tutor LD students, so wouldn't even consider using anything other than WRTR. But if your kid is "normal" and right handed there are other options. Just know that how something looks in a book, doesn't always translate out to how it will look when the child is writing, especially when they are rushing. I almost used HWT, but realized that the straight connectors were hard to write, so the student immediately starts cheating from the model in that area, and then it is just all downhill from there. As for the less than round letters, in many curricula, they look good in the models, but I find students struggle to make anything consistent. In my opinion the goal is consistency, and the fastest way to consistency is a precise model that is comfortable to draw. My love of WRTR handwriting, is that it is easy to be consistent with it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hunter Posted April 19, 2012 Share Posted April 19, 2012 Clock letters http://www.tylerisd.com/Schools/woods/1st/Spalding%20Spelling%20list/spalding_handwriting.htm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nansk Posted April 19, 2012 Share Posted April 19, 2012 Scholastic and Evan-Moor have handwriting books. Evan-Moor has Traditional Cursive (more slanted like ZB cursive) and Modern Cursive (less slanted like ZB Simplified). Scholastic's cursive book is available as a $1 download during their Dollar Days promotion. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hunter Posted April 19, 2012 Share Posted April 19, 2012 Looky what I found! 5th edition cursive handwriting pages. The 6th are so much better, but these are free to look at. http://americanacademyk8.org/aastaffhome/users/kbaker/downloads/spaldingcursivepractice.pdf Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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