Hunter Posted August 29, 2015 Share Posted August 29, 2015 Is there a website or book with really good D'Nealian letter formation instructions? An eBook would be much better than hardcopy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HomeAgain Posted August 29, 2015 Share Posted August 29, 2015 Scott Foresman & Co make D'nealian books, and there is a company called SchoolRite that makes stencil pages that fit over the standard child's sheet. (1in lines, I think) We've used both with a lot of success. There are a lot of free pdf tutorials available and at least one pdf comparing d'nealian strokes to Z-B. Donnayoung.org makes a set of worksheets that go along with the 100 EZ lesson book, too, and provide plenty of practice. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blondchen Posted August 29, 2015 Share Posted August 29, 2015 Check out Delightful Handwriting by Simply Charlotte Mason. It is available in both print and pdf, and the teacher manual includes instructions for D'Nealian and ZB (I used ZB). The student books are one or the other. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hunter Posted August 30, 2015 Author Share Posted August 30, 2015 Thank you ladies. I have the Delighful Handwriting manuscript TM, but the D'nealian letter formation scrips are inferior to those for ZB. Being used to ZB, Don Potter, Spalding, and some of the vintage hands, I was hoping for equivalent instructions for D'nealian. Spelling Plus uses D'Nealian and has handwriting practice pages, but no individual letter formation scripts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HomeAgain Posted August 30, 2015 Share Posted August 30, 2015 Here is one that shows the formation of each letter - http://www.lake.k12.fl.us/cms/lib05/FL01000799/Centricity/Domain/1137/DNealian_alphabet.pdf Because it's a one-stroke formation, there's not a whole lot beyond that. This one shows the difference between ZB and D'N with the stroke count, and how D'N transforms into cursive -http://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/ED227474.pdf I use the OLD Scott Foresman books for teaching. I think I paid $4 on Amazon for each one and they're non-consumable after the first practice book. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hunter Posted August 30, 2015 Author Share Posted August 30, 2015 Here is one that shows the formation of each letter - http://www.lake.k12.fl.us/cms/lib05/FL01000799/Centricity/Domain/1137/DNealian_alphabet.pdf Because it's a one-stroke formation, there's not a whole lot beyond that. This one shows the difference between ZB and D'N with the stroke count, and how D'N transforms into cursive -http://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/ED227474.pdf I use the OLD Scott Foresman books for teaching. I think I paid $4 on Amazon for each one and they're non-consumable after the first practice book. Thank you! I'm going to assume that what I am looking for doesn't exist or isn't easily available. If I use Spelling Plus, I'm just doing to use something else for the handwriting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J&JMom Posted August 30, 2015 Share Posted August 30, 2015 Donna Young has lots of handwriting materials - videos and worksheets. http://www.donnayoung.org/penmanship/index.htm 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nansk Posted August 31, 2015 Share Posted August 31, 2015 PMed you. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cintinative Posted September 4, 2015 Share Posted September 4, 2015 I have a super old teacher manual for the Scott Foresman (sp?) D'Nealian (maybe from the 1990s). I don't think it has a whole lot more than the letter guide someone else referenced with the arrows to be honest but if there is something specific you are hoping to find I can check it for you. Just PM me. I am using the Scott Foresman D'Nealian workbooks for my kids (I had one in school for a year and they did D'Nealian so I just went with it). if there is something I can copy for you to show let me know. ETA: my workbooks are the 1999 ed not 2008 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hunter Posted September 4, 2015 Author Share Posted September 4, 2015 Thanks, but I don't think explicit letter scripts were ever developed for D'nealian. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cintinative Posted September 4, 2015 Share Posted September 4, 2015 This is not instruction for teachers but you can print worksheets for each letter from here and it does have the arrows indicating the direction. http://www.teach-nology.com/worksheets/language_arts/handwriting/ 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hunter Posted September 4, 2015 Author Share Posted September 4, 2015 Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cintinative Posted September 4, 2015 Share Posted September 4, 2015 Thanks, but I don't think explicit letter scripts were ever developed for D'nealian. Hunter, I am not sure if this is what you mean but my teacher manual has this type of information: e.g., under "Capital Manuscript Letter Descriptions" A Start at the top line; slant down left to the bottom line. Start again at the same point; slant down right to the bottom line. Make a crossbar on the middle line. [Top start: slant down left. Same start; slant down right. Middle bar across.) If this is what you need, there are three pages of this in my manual and I can scan and email. LMK! ETA: also two more pages of cursive letter descriptions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cintinative Posted September 4, 2015 Share Posted September 4, 2015 Just found it online!!! http://www.valentineschool.org/apps/pages/index.jsp?uREC_ID=173675&type=d&pREC_ID=397041 file needed: https://d2ct263enury6r.cloudfront.net/t7vbk5JijidOy3RJA7mjwSjvYNahNMXnPJ5yzusw0ear1p9c.pdf Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hunter Posted September 4, 2015 Author Share Posted September 4, 2015 Are the lower case letters made up of named strokes, rather than instructions to "go around"? D'nealian is not joined ball and stick. The letters are not vertical and round. They are a combination of strokes, that produce points. "Go around" is not a correct description at all, even though I am seeing it given. The bottom right of the cursive lowercase "a" is the same stroke as the left side of cursive lowercase "i". Stroke instructions will point this out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hunter Posted September 4, 2015 Author Share Posted September 4, 2015 Just found it online!!! http://www.valentineschool.org/apps/pages/index.jsp?uREC_ID=173675&type=d&pREC_ID=397041 file needed: https://d2ct263enury6r.cloudfront.net/t7vbk5JijidOy3RJA7mjwSjvYNahNMXnPJ5yzusw0ear1p9c.pdf Thanks! The files won't open on my phone. I'll have to wait till I can drag my Chromebook to a hotspot. Thanks! Maybe I'll take a walk to Whole Foods before they close tonight. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HomeAgain Posted September 4, 2015 Share Posted September 4, 2015 D'nealian is unjoined cursive. Except for a few lower case letters (b, r, s, z), the strokes used provide the foundation for forming cursive letters with the addition of 'swoops' and 'ski jumps'. If you're looking for named strokes, you should look at cursive instruction instead. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hunter Posted September 4, 2015 Author Share Posted September 4, 2015 D'nealian is unjoined cursive. Except for a few lower case letters (b, r, s, z), the strokes used provide the foundation for forming cursive letters with the addition of 'swoops' and 'ski jumps'. If you're looking for named strokes, you should look at cursive instruction instead. Huh? D'nealian comes in both manuscript and cursive, right? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hunter Posted September 5, 2015 Author Share Posted September 5, 2015 Just found it online!!! http://www.valentineschool.org/apps/pages/index.jsp?uREC_ID=173675&type=d&pREC_ID=397041 file needed: https://d2ct263enury6r.cloudfront.net/t7vbk5JijidOy3RJA7mjwSjvYNahNMXnPJ5yzusw0ear1p9c.pdf Thanks. I'm at the park, sitting on a tree root, using the free wifi, and have finally been able to download the instructions. This is why public school children have such nasty handwriting. There is nothing wrong with the font, but the instructions are inferior to some other hands. If I really wanted to, I guess I could tweak the Don Potter or ZB instructions, but I don't think I can be bothered. Thank you again for the link! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cintinative Posted September 6, 2015 Share Posted September 6, 2015 Huh? D'nealian comes in both manuscript and cursive, right? Yes, the manuscript is kind of mesh between the ball and stick manuscript and cursive. But D'Nealian does have its own cursive as well. I was told when we did D'Nealian in K (in b&m school) that it was supposed to "ease the transition" to cursive. They dropped cursive from their curriculum the following year. LOL. I was left to deal with a kid who had learned ball and stick and then had been taught D'Nealian. I wish I could tell you it has helped the transition to cursive. In some ways it has. In some ways it is just as hard to learn cursive as it is for every other kid who did one of the other manuscripts. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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