momsuz123 Posted August 9, 2011 Share Posted August 9, 2011 My dd1 has not so nice penmanship. Dd2 much better, but is not big on writing (or doing much of anything). Any handwriting curriculum you really liked for these ages? I was looking at handwriting without tears. Thanks, Suzanne Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kristinannie Posted August 9, 2011 Share Posted August 9, 2011 We love Zaner Bloser here. It is so intuitive to write this way and my son loves it. He literally cried daily when we used the ball and stick method. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
raceNzanesmom Posted August 9, 2011 Share Posted August 9, 2011 Huge Handwriting Without Tears fan here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mommy2BeautifulGirls Posted August 9, 2011 Share Posted August 9, 2011 It's cursive, but I just wrote in my blog today about the first book of New American Cursive. In the blog post, I also link to an article about the benefits of teaching cursive to this age. Here are both links: My review of New American Cursive Article about teaching cursive to younger children Good luck finding something that is a good fit for you. Handwriting is one of those tricky ones to make decisions about, in my opinion. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heidi Posted August 9, 2011 Share Posted August 9, 2011 HWT is easy. Gets the job done. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boscopup Posted August 9, 2011 Share Posted August 9, 2011 I used HWT for first grade (print). I'm using GDI for cursive in second grade (not using the workbooks though - just making my own via Startwrite). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Julie Kirkwood Posted August 9, 2011 Share Posted August 9, 2011 HWT is easy. Gets the job done. I agree. It worked well for us. But my son's handwriting was barely legible and he needed more practice than the workbooks provided. You can make worksheets on their website for extra practice, so that is what we did. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robsiew Posted August 10, 2011 Share Posted August 10, 2011 another vote for HWT. It's worked well here! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chepyl Posted August 10, 2011 Share Posted August 10, 2011 I used a couple of workbooks from Walmart and Target. Now I have handwriting sheets that correspond to our history and memory work. He just copies in his neatest printing. I was very excited to find this page in another post today! I will be using this from now on! You can make all of your own sheets (as much practice as you need) for the cost of printing. If your child gets A quickly but needs more practice on Z and S, you can create extra sheets. You can even make sheets full of letters they mix up, like b and d! I love it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Berta Posted August 10, 2011 Share Posted August 10, 2011 My daughter has been using Horizons Penmanship. She is in the 2nd grade workbook now. It's workbook based and she loves it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samba Posted August 10, 2011 Share Posted August 10, 2011 Zaner-Bloser...I used it as a teacher and now as a homeschooler. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hsmomof2boys Posted August 10, 2011 Share Posted August 10, 2011 We used A Reason for Handwriting and really liked it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kandty Posted August 10, 2011 Share Posted August 10, 2011 HWT is my fav for this age!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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