mo2 Posted May 3, 2011 Share Posted May 3, 2011 Is there a way to teach Italic penmanship without buying the Getty Dubay workbooks for ALL my kids EVERY year? Can I get by with just the TM? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walkermamaof4 Posted May 3, 2011 Share Posted May 3, 2011 i have a note to self in my evernote to look into Penny Gardner's ebook bc/ it is a download and you can print it again and again. Maybe it would serve your needs as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chelli Posted May 3, 2011 Share Posted May 3, 2011 I just got Penny Gardner's ebook to teach dd Italics. It only cost $10 and now I have it to use with my other two coming after her. Here's the link: http://www.pennygardner.com/italicsbk.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boscopup Posted May 3, 2011 Share Posted May 3, 2011 Startwrite has the font and lets you do whatever copywork you want, with a variety of options. You can get it for $29.95 if you order over the phone using the HSBC code. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlsdMama Posted May 3, 2011 Share Posted May 3, 2011 Startwrite has the font and lets you do whatever copywork you want, with a variety of options. You can get it for $29.95 if you order over the phone using the HSBC code. Thank you! I've been wanting to order this. :) BTW, there is another option but it's also workbooks - Character Italics. I know, I know, ANOTHER workbook. But I'm really lovin' it! ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mamachanse Posted May 3, 2011 Share Posted May 3, 2011 I just got Penny Gardner's ebook to teach dd Italics. It only cost $10 and now I have it to use with my other two coming after her. Here's the link: http://www.pennygardner.com/italicsbk.html Thanks for sharing! This is awesome! :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nansk Posted May 3, 2011 Share Posted May 3, 2011 I second Penny Gardner's book. Apart from that, I've posted links to other free Italics resources. HTH Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twigs Posted May 3, 2011 Share Posted May 3, 2011 I used G-D Write Now to teach myself (I'm an adult) italics. It might be helpful. http://www.handwritingsuccess.com/write-now.php Best wishes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Already Gone Posted May 3, 2011 Share Posted May 3, 2011 I used the first book for my son--I think the pictures and format helped interest him--but since then I've been making my own. I write in a GD style anyway and have pretty neat handwriting, so I just take a few minutes before our lesson and make him up a copywork sheet. I think for me this takes less time and effort than printing on the computer does, and it also enables me to tailor the sheets to what he needs to be working on, what he's interested in at the moment, etc. I wouldn't swear that I'll keep doing this all through his copywork career, but we're both pretty happy with it for the time being. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mo2 Posted May 3, 2011 Author Share Posted May 3, 2011 Is there any way to order Penny Gardner's book other than Paypal? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mo2 Posted May 3, 2011 Author Share Posted May 3, 2011 I second Penny Gardner's book. Apart from that, I've posted links to other free Italics resources. HTH Thanks for the links. Might be enough I could get by with just those and then Startwrite for making copywork sheets. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mathnmusic Posted May 11, 2011 Share Posted May 11, 2011 The italicized cursive is very pretty, I saw it also when we visited a Classical Christian school in Oregon, all the kindergarteners were being taught that instead of regular "ugly" cursive...however I don't know that Penny Gardner's writing is the one I like, she has a strange 2 stroke method of writing letter "e" that seems strange and easy to misform for a child, IMHO. I'm going to call that Oregon school to find out what method they used... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chelli Posted May 11, 2011 Share Posted May 11, 2011 I agree about the letter "e" so I am just going to teach the one stroke letter "e" that Getty-Dubay teaches. You can see the way Getty-Dubay teaches their letters through the sample pages at Christian Book Distributors. I think the rest of the letters are the same, though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boscopup Posted May 11, 2011 Share Posted May 11, 2011 I agree about the letter "e" so I am just going to teach the one stroke letter "e" that Getty-Dubay teaches. You can see the way Getty-Dubay teaches their letters through the sample pages at Christian Book Distributors. I think the rest of the letters are the same, though. Yeah, GDI teaches the one-stroke 'e', but also shows the 2-stroke version if you want to use it. Seems like it'd be easy enough to adjust that one letter if the rest are the same. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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