KeriJ Posted March 8, 2011 Share Posted March 8, 2011 Who's a fan and why? It looks good to me. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
angela in ohio Posted March 8, 2011 Share Posted March 8, 2011 My older daughters both used this for many years. It was excellent, and the price is right. :D My ds needed some extra help, so he did HWT for printing and is now doing Classical Cursive. I will have him continue with Pentime after that, though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coffeegal Posted March 8, 2011 Share Posted March 8, 2011 I am. :hurray: It runs from 1st grade through 8th grade. Cursive begins in 2nd grade. Grades 3 and up work on cursive handwriting, but include a touch of manuscript practice. In the 8th grade, the manuscript practice turns into an intro course in calligraphy. My 8th grader has discovered he enjoys calligraphy. :001_smile: The cursive is the traditional style that my dh and I prefer, and the children's handwriting has improved since we began using Pentime. I've always thought that ending penmanship practice in the 3rd grade was too early. So when I ran across the program in Rainbow Resource while looking for a penmanship program for my upcoming 1st grader, I went ahead and ordered a book for each child, especially as dh had been complaining about their cursive. I've been thrilled with the result. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michelle My Bell Posted March 8, 2011 Share Posted March 8, 2011 We have used it for years. LOVE IT! The cost is soooo low, but the quality is soooo high. I love the way it has themes that teach about states or nature etc... I also love that it isn't loaded with obnoxious cartoons all over the place but rather realistic drawings. Well I guess the younger levels have cartoons, but they are tasteful. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hunter Posted May 15, 2012 Share Posted May 15, 2012 Is this Pentime font, the same as the Amish Pentime workbooks available at Rainbow Resource? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Katiebug_1976 Posted May 15, 2012 Share Posted May 15, 2012 We use it and really like it! It's cheap, easy to use and my kids have done really well with it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mamaraby Posted May 15, 2012 Share Posted May 15, 2012 I used it this year with ds, but ultimately I thought we needed more instruction when it came to Cursive. I still think we'll go back to it later. For me the cost, layout, and the look of the font were huge pluses. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lorisuewho Posted May 15, 2012 Share Posted May 15, 2012 Is this Pentime font, the same as the Amish Pentime workbooks available at Rainbow Resource? I bought that font set to use with the Pentime books. Looks the same to me. We aren't using the entire Pentime series, but we are using book 1. I like it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JadeOrchidSong Posted May 15, 2012 Share Posted May 15, 2012 We love it here. My boys did HWT. They prefer Pentime Cursive. They do it every morning!!!:001_wub: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hunter Posted May 15, 2012 Share Posted May 15, 2012 I adore Spalding handwriting, but my students don't. They want an open and go curriculum, rather than to be instructed by me. They want extensive models of the font, with WRITTEN instructions by a professional, and they want to decide for themselves what is good enough. Hey...this is all easier on me. I'm gladly handing this over to them, if they want to do it the hard way :-0 Now I just need to decide between Pentime and Cursive First. My software has both fonts on it. I've started using McGuffey's and there are free docs for all the books. It is so simple to make copywork of the vocabularies and controlled word lessons. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lorisuewho Posted May 15, 2012 Share Posted May 15, 2012 I adore Spalding handwriting, but my students don't. They want an open and go curriculum, rather than to be instructed by me. They want extensive models of the font, with WRITTEN instructions by a professional, and they want to decide for themselves what is good enough. Hey...this is all easier on me. I'm gladly handing this over to them, if they want to do it the hard way :-0 Now I just need to decide between Pentime and Cursive First. My software has both fonts on it. I've started using McGuffey's and there are free docs for all the books. It is so simple to make copywork of the vocabularies and controlled word lessons. I agree about Spalding. The instructions are awesome. However, the Pentime letters are very traditional and simple. I haven't seen cursive first. I cannot wait for my McGuffey curriculum to get here. Then I'll decide if I want to invest in the CD. Can you copy and paste passages from the CD into Word so you can use the educational fontware? Is it truly that easy? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hunter Posted May 16, 2012 Share Posted May 16, 2012 I agree about Spalding. The instructions are awesome. However, the Pentime letters are very traditional and simple. I haven't seen cursive first. I cannot wait for my McGuffey curriculum to get here. Then I'll decide if I want to invest in the CD. Can you copy and paste passages from the CD into Word so you can use the educational fontware? Is it truly that easy? I'm finding the Gutenburg Docs to be the best to copy and paste into Pages (Macs version of Word). Try for yourself. They are free :-) The CD is better for printing and is the only way I could get the word list. Hardcopy books are nice and I eventually want to get them all, but the CD lets me see the complete curriculum, and lets me print out single pages, and gives me all the supplements. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hunter Posted May 16, 2012 Share Posted May 16, 2012 Oh, and Cursive First is similar to Spalding, but not quite there. It's more like Pentime than Spalding is when it comes to the "v" and "y" especially, and the "b", "v" and "w" don't come back around to 12 o' clock. The capital "L" is more like Pentime than Spalding. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Momling Posted May 16, 2012 Share Posted May 16, 2012 We use it and are happy. Well... I'm happy. My girls handwriting is looking really good. The trite moralistic sayings at the bottom of the page (4th grade) are a constant source of amusement for my older daughter. She also enjoys changing the texts as she writes. I have yet to find a handwriting program for goofy 10 yr olds. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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