amselby81 Posted July 21, 2013 Share Posted July 21, 2013 Do you use these books as your only penmanship practice, or do you do penmanship practice, then the Draw Write Now books as a fun supplement? It looks like there's copywork in these books too, which I think I plan to use FLL and WWE this year, so I'm wondering if it would be overkill to use a penmanship curriculum, plus FLL and WWE, PLUS the Draw Write Now books? Thank you for your input! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mumto2 Posted July 21, 2013 Share Posted July 21, 2013 I bought the whole set when they were little and used them extensively. Truly probably the most used and versatile home ed product ever at our house but I never really used it for penmanship by itself. We used it with history, geography, and science. We generally did the copywork although sometimes they wrote their own to go with the pictures. Each child must have drawn each picture at least once. Most of them 3 or 4 times minimum. Some of the animals graced the front of thank you cards for years. Draw Write Now worked particularly well with the Galloping the Globe curriculum just in case you are considering that in the future. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holly Posted July 21, 2013 Share Posted July 21, 2013 Quite a few moms just use them for the drawing lessons. They personally aren't my favorite copywork source...we prefer to use poetry, Bible verses, literary passages, etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Down_the_Rabbit_Hole Posted July 21, 2013 Share Posted July 21, 2013 I bought the whole set when they were little and used them extensively. Truly probably the most used and versatile home ed product ever at our house but I never really used it for penmanship by itself. We used it with history, geography, and science. We generally did the copywork although sometimes they wrote their own to go with the pictures. Each child must have drawn each picture at least once. Most of them 3 or 4 times minimum. Some of the animals graced the front of thank you cards for years. Draw Write Now worked particularly well with the Galloping the Globe curriculum just in case you are considering that in the future. This. I have the set and it is used on a regular basis for many different subjects and drawing projects but it was never used as a handwriting curriculum. I agree 100% with the bolded. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LaCEmom Posted July 21, 2013 Share Posted July 21, 2013 We just use it as a fun supplement. My kids really do enjoy it, but it's not enough for a handwriting curriculum imo. I haven't used WWE so I can't comment on whether that combo would be overkill. Pentime is a cheap and straightforward penmanship curriculum if you're looking for one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SilverMoon Posted July 21, 2013 Share Posted July 21, 2013 We used it for the copywork for a time. No, the sentences aren't on par with high quality children's literature, but for the season my DS was hooked on the drawing lessons it worked beautifully. I've never used WWE though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bear23 Posted July 21, 2013 Share Posted July 21, 2013 I used it as part of our busy work during the day. If I could find pages that went with what they were studying I'd put a little tab on them. I use FLL/WWE and I don't find adding these books as too much. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coralloyd Posted July 21, 2013 Share Posted July 21, 2013 I use them as penmanship/copywork for first grade. I think the sentences are perfect length and difficulty for that age. It is a good transition to other copywork. I started with my middle daughter because she loves to draw and not to write. The picture to go with her sentences was the perfect motivation. My son is now using them too and enjoys them also. They love having their finished book with all the things they have drawn. I don't use penmanship curriculum till we hit cursive. In the beginning I just sit near by and make sure they are forming their letters correctly. I do think it might be overkill with FLL and WWE. We don't use those since we don't start grammar till 2nd and narration is done orally based on the things we read. So I would not do all three. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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