myfatherslily Posted March 11, 2012 Share Posted March 11, 2012 My lefty DD, almost 8, is interested in learning cursive. She has good fine motor skills and writes well. HWT is my default, but I don't love the style :) I love HWT printing and the general layout of the books! I am leaning toward this because she can do it on her own. She's motivated enough to learn that I could probably just hand it to her and never mention it again. MAJOR PLUS. Phonics Road starts teaching cursive later in the year. Though I've decided to back off on PR and use something else, I might try to get her started using that. The author is left-handed, so I have confidence in that! Her style is simple, like HWT, but not as... ugly. Mrs. Beers has perfect handwriting. Those are both very good options, but give me more! I want to know ALL my options. What did you use? :bigear: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mandylubug Posted March 11, 2012 Share Posted March 11, 2012 :bigear: i have a six year old lefty... we are still working on printing nicely but will be working on cursive eventually :) She learned how to write d'nealian for print and I think Italic cursive will be what she will do best with but we shall see when we get there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aly9712 Posted March 11, 2012 Share Posted March 11, 2012 My lefty used hwot. It's not the prettiest program by far, but it's neat and legible. I think the always returning to the bottom line part for each letter helps. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wapiti Posted March 11, 2012 Share Posted March 11, 2012 http://www.amazon.com/Cursive-Writing-Skills-Left-Handed-Students/dp/083882563X/ref=sr_1_7?ie=UTF8&qid=1331481065&sr=8-7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hunter Posted March 11, 2012 Share Posted March 11, 2012 I'm using the instructions in Writing Road to Reading with a struggling adult learner who is a lefty. The font has less slant than many other fonts, so is good for a lefty. We looked at HWOT for her about a year ago and after buying StartWrite just for the font, decided not to use it. We actually found the straight connectors awkward to write, never mind ugly. Cursive First is almost identical to the WRTR font and comes with worksheets and other "helps" but we stopped using it, and I am just in her face, teaching from the simple instructions in WRTR. Teaching the WRTR font is a lot of work for me, right NOW, but she is learning so quickly and correctly that I think there won't be years of worksheets needed. And when she does practice, it won't be with worksheets. WRTR uses precise scripts and teaches combinations of just a few strokes. Similar letters are taught together so the student can practice a stroke and see how it is used in multiple ways. I used WRTR with myself first and in maybe 3 hours my handwriting showed remarkable improvement. After a week of about one hour a day of instruction, my student went from illegible writing to better than average, when doing a single letter at a time. She isn't ready yet to use the font when writing in general. We are going to start with 3 letter spelling words tomorrow and teach the parts of speech and spelling rules at the same time, while introducing these otherwise too easy spelling words. I don't think worksheets would be less work in the LONG RUN, but we shall see :-0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edeemarie Posted March 11, 2012 Share Posted March 11, 2012 I am using Cheeful Cursive for my lefty ds8. He really enjoys it (it is his 3rd favorite subject after math and spelling), and his cursive looks SO much better than his printing! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
In the Rain Posted March 11, 2012 Share Posted March 11, 2012 I bought a random cursive workbook at the teacher store. I looked through them all until I found a book that had sample words and letters above the blanks, instead of to the left (under her hand). It also had pictures in the front to show a lefty how to angle the book. After that book, she started with Cursive Connections. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hedgehog Posted March 11, 2012 Share Posted March 11, 2012 http://www.amazon.com/Cursive-Writing-Skills-Left-Handed-Students/dp/083882563X/ref=sr_1_7?ie=UTF8&qid=1331481065&sr=8-7 This. The book has perforated pages, so that you can photocopy them for as much practice as your dc needs. Unlike DHK's handwriting series (for right-handers), there is only one book for lefties. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lbakos Posted March 11, 2012 Share Posted March 11, 2012 It also had pictures in the front to show a lefty how to angle the book. HWT has this too. My left handed ds (5.5) just finished HWT K book and we're happy with this program. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aloha2U Posted March 11, 2012 Share Posted March 11, 2012 Cursive First, with our own twist of style. ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoPlaceLikeHome Posted March 11, 2012 Share Posted March 11, 2012 I am a lefty and was taught a traditional type cursive similar to PenTime. I am quite proficient in cursive and prefer it to print hands down:D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smdgl Posted March 11, 2012 Share Posted March 11, 2012 Used Handwriting without Tears. It was just OK. We worked and worked and worked. She is in 8th grade now, and her handwriting is OK if she's going slow and trying. But, it's not too great if she's writing quickly. But, with all that said, it's better than I had hoped when we started out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Classically Minded Posted March 11, 2012 Share Posted March 11, 2012 My dd8 is a lefty and does New American Cursive and loves it! She is already in the 2nd book and we also bought the StartWrite software so that I can make my own copywork. I love the modern, clean look of NAC and she self-taught herself the program thanks to Mr. Meerkat! :D http://www.newamericancursive.com/index.htm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ClassicalTwins Posted March 11, 2012 Share Posted March 11, 2012 I'm using cursive first with my one right & one lefty twin, and the lefty writes much better! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
myfatherslily Posted March 13, 2012 Author Share Posted March 13, 2012 First, thank you all for your replies! Second, my apologies for asking a question, then forgetting to reply!! I've looked through all of the suggested books now. New American Cursive may be exactly what I'm looking for. Thanks!! :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScoutTN Posted March 13, 2012 Share Posted March 13, 2012 :bigear: bump Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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