Medieval Mom Posted June 24, 2009 Share Posted June 24, 2009 Could anyone who has Pentime 4 tell me the line width? (We love Pentime 3. I'd like to use Pentime 4 for handwriting and make my own worksheets for other subjects using the Pentime font from Educational Fontware.) Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amie Posted June 24, 2009 Share Posted June 24, 2009 Sorry, I can't answer your question, but I was wondering if I could ask you a question. :o I see you have a 5yo--are you teaching cursive first with Pentime 3? I was just looking into doing this. I would like to teach cursive first, and I love the font of R&S Penmanship and Pentime (also that it's on Educational Fontware), and I was wondering if it would be possible to teach cursive first with one of these (since you must begin in the 2nd or 3rd grade level). Are you doing this, and is it working well for you? And hopefully this will "bump" your thread so that someone can actually answer your question.:) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Medieval Mom Posted June 24, 2009 Author Share Posted June 24, 2009 Thanks for the question! Actually, I did teach my ds5 (turning 6 tomorrow!) cursive first. I used these worksheet online: http://www.kidzone.ws/cursive/index.htm. Then I bought Educational Fontware and made my own copywork using the Cursive First font. My son really appreciated having the starting dot. I just ordered the Pentime 3, which my son has begun only today! He likes the look of it, though, and so do I. It has a 1/2" line width, which I think is as large as I would go. It does include some longer copywork passages which may or may not be too long for him at this point-- We'll see! I think you could use it as an intro into cursive if you took things slowly and added in some extra practice here and there. Pentime 3 starts out with cursive strokes and reteaches all the letters. I hope this helps! My son is very proud of his cursive handwriting, and loves to show it off. He is also very aware now of signs around town that use cursive. ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amie Posted June 24, 2009 Share Posted June 24, 2009 No, thank you for the answers!;) I really appreciate you sharing your experience. It is great to hear that such a young little boy can learn to write cursive (and a happy birthday to him!). And that is interesting about the line width. I've wondered about that before, since the later grades usually have smaller widths (but I've heard those that teach cursive first actually like the smaller widths). We are still in the "pre-writing" stage here, but I just made some little cursive flashcards for my son, and after seeing them only a couple of times I think he has that down. I'm hoping to attempt cursive first...we'll see how it goes! Thanks for the encouraging info...and I'm going now to check out that link. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amie Posted June 24, 2009 Share Posted June 24, 2009 Thank you so much for that link! How great! I can't wait to explore it more tomorrow! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Medieval Mom Posted June 24, 2009 Author Share Posted June 24, 2009 You're welcome! Have fun!:) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Medieval Mom Posted June 25, 2009 Author Share Posted June 25, 2009 Anyone?:bigear: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoyfulMama Posted June 25, 2009 Share Posted June 25, 2009 Found it! I bought it and stuck it away for January. 3/8" Copywork is usually a minimum of 6-7 lines, and goes through the states. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Medieval Mom Posted June 25, 2009 Author Share Posted June 25, 2009 Thank you, thank you, thank you!!!! :hurray: I truly appreciate your help! You're fantastic :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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