AimeeM Posted January 8, 2015 Share Posted January 8, 2015 I do NOT like "doing it on my own" and just pulling sheets from various places on the web. I cannot find a sight I like to make my OWN sheets either. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris in VA Posted January 9, 2015 Share Posted January 9, 2015 We used A Reason for Handwriting very briefly. It was ok. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sbgrace Posted January 10, 2015 Share Posted January 10, 2015 Getty Dubay Italic. I wish I would have used it all along. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jackie Posted January 10, 2015 Share Posted January 10, 2015 I like the StartWrite software. I can choose the font, size, the amount of tracing or copying, and personalize the sheets as I wish. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chelli Posted January 10, 2015 Share Posted January 10, 2015 Getty Dubay Italic was our favorite as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AimeeM Posted January 10, 2015 Author Share Posted January 10, 2015 Is there a specific Getty Dubay Italic book? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sbgrace Posted January 10, 2015 Share Posted January 10, 2015 Is there a specific Getty Dubay Italic book? http://www.handwritingsuccess.com/italic-handwriting-series.phpThe books are by grade level. I didn't start until 5th grade, so we began with book E. But you would start little kids with the early books. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HS Mom in NC Posted January 10, 2015 Share Posted January 10, 2015 Getty Dubay for us. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chelli Posted January 10, 2015 Share Posted January 10, 2015 We do book A (K) and book B (1st) of the italic series listed above. I spend the first half of 2nd grade just doing copywork for handwriting practice, then the second half of 2nd grade, I switch them over to New American Cursive Book 1 by Memoria Press. So far this has worked for both of my girls, but we'll see if my son can transition to cursive this early. If not, we will keep doing copywork for handwriting practice until he's ready. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kathryn Posted January 10, 2015 Share Posted January 10, 2015 We do book A (K) and book B (1st) of the italic series listed above. I spend the first half of 2nd grade just doing copywork for handwriting practice, then the second half of 2nd grade, I switch them over to New American Cursive Book 1 by Memoria Press. So far this has worked for both of my girls, but we'll see if my son can transition to cursive this early. If not, we will keep doing copywork for handwriting practice until he's ready. Do you know where I can see a sample of what all the upper and lower case letters look like for Memoria Press' New American Cursive? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mmasc Posted January 11, 2015 Share Posted January 11, 2015 Do you know where I can see a sample of what all the upper and lower case letters look like for Memoria Press' New American Cursive? Christianbook.com has a sample page from book 1 that shows all of the letters. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kathryn Posted January 11, 2015 Share Posted January 11, 2015 Christianbook.com has a sample page from book 1 that shows all of the letters. Thank you! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chelli Posted January 11, 2015 Share Posted January 11, 2015 Do you know where I can see a sample of what all the upper and lower case letters look like for Memoria Press' New American Cursive? I hate the way most of the uppercase letters look in traditional cursive so I purposefully chose New American Cursive because it gets rid of most of those wonky capitals. They still didn't get rid of the capital G so I teach my kids a different way to write that one than NAC teaches. I'm just letting you know because if you are a cursive purist, you won't like NAC. I have to say though that teaching kids to write in cursive using NAC has been pretty painless. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peaceful Isle Posted January 13, 2015 Share Posted January 13, 2015 BJU Press Handwriting is my fav. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Runningmom80 Posted January 14, 2015 Share Posted January 14, 2015 I hate the way most of the uppercase letters look in traditional cursive so I purposefully chose New American Cursive because it gets rid of most of those wonky capitals. They still didn't get rid of the capital G so I teach my kids a different way to write that one than NAC teaches. I'm just letting you know because if you are a cursive purist, you won't like NAC. I have to say though that teaching kids to write in cursive using NAC has been pretty painless. Thanks for mentioning NAC, I hadn't heard about it, so I just looked it up, it looks great, like how people really write. No one does that crazy Q! Or the Z? ugh, I hated those! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mommymilkies Posted January 14, 2015 Share Posted January 14, 2015 Pentime. I also am so sick of HWOT. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
go_go_gadget Posted January 14, 2015 Share Posted January 14, 2015 Getty-Dubay is elegant, easy to learn initially and makes the transition to cursive easy and intuitive. I'm thoroughly pleased with it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
strange_girl Posted January 15, 2015 Share Posted January 15, 2015 Question RE: handwriting styles: I love the look of the Italic style, but we use (and love) CLE Language Arts, which uses a traditional manuscript in its examples, etc. Could you use Italic and a more traditional LA without being confused? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smarson Posted January 17, 2015 Share Posted January 17, 2015 We're using the Logic of English and absolutely love it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CherryBlossomMJ Posted January 17, 2015 Share Posted January 17, 2015 I recommend HLTL. Handwriting Lessons through Literature. It's a new part of Barefoot Ragamuffins Curricula. You can then pick any of her five font options. And if you go the PDF route you can change to cursive from manuscript whenever you're ready or visaversa. I will also admit to liking the Getty Dubay A-B books but this is also in HLTL. And I am also currently using NAC 1 but with both the completion of GD and NAC. We still need more and enjoy HLTL. You can sample NAC on www.memoriapress.com and I believe there is also a NAC website. I'm on my phone otherwise I'd give direct links. Oh and we love reinforcement with the Rhythm of Handwriting bits from LOE Foundations but that's not so much copywork as it is just learning the strokes broken down. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3curlytops Posted January 28, 2015 Share Posted January 28, 2015 We use Zaner Bloser's handwriting book. She just started it, so I'm not sure how great it will go. So far, she's enjoying it. We are doing manuscript right now. I know a lot of people start with cursive, and I didn't. Now she's asking to write "fancy" so I'm debating trying both. You can make your own sheets on ZB's website for free. http://www.zaner-bloser.com/media/zb/zaner-bloser/FontsOnline_Sampler/FontsOnline_Sampler/index.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KBadd Posted January 28, 2015 Share Posted January 28, 2015 We have used Zaner-Bloser for K and 1st and like it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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