nena3927 Posted June 8, 2015 Share Posted June 8, 2015 My ds is wanting to learn cursive this year in 2nd grade. We use HOD and they recommend Cheerful Cursive, but I really do not care for the type of cursive they teach. It doesn't seem as "pretty" I guess as some I've seen. What are some suggestions for cursive programs that you've used with success? I would prefer something that is step by step and that will have them write one or two letters together before starting longer words. All programs may do this, but this will be my first time teaching cursive so I really don't how most programs teach. Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlene Posted June 8, 2015 Share Posted June 8, 2015 I used New American Cursive with my second grader and we liked it a lot. It was easy to use, and I think it looks pretty nice. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted June 8, 2015 Share Posted June 8, 2015 Last year we used the Rhythm of Handwriting with my second grader. She has beautiful cursive now. We had a big issues previously with Getty Dubay, so this was encouraging! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3rugrats Posted June 9, 2015 Share Posted June 9, 2015 You may not like the look, many don't, but Handwriting without tears does a great job of teaching step by step cursive with no frills. I didn't like the look at first, but after using it w/ my DD (age 7) b/c she really wanted to learn cursive, I like it a lot. It is so easy for her to pick up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OneStepAtATime Posted June 9, 2015 Share Posted June 9, 2015 New American Cursive workbooks with the Start Write software so you can type up your own trace and copy work. My kids liked tracing/copying things they had interest in. http://www.memoriapress.com/curriculum/penmanship/new-american-cursive 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Momling Posted June 9, 2015 Share Posted June 9, 2015 We used Pentime. The grade 2 book is their transition to cursive, so the focus at the beginning is printing. Pentime 3 is all cursive. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ewe Mama Posted June 9, 2015 Share Posted June 9, 2015 Pentime. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
againstthegrain Posted June 10, 2015 Share Posted June 10, 2015 Pentime or D'nealian workbooks. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdventuresinHomeschooling Posted June 10, 2015 Share Posted June 10, 2015 We love the Pentime books. My boys love them, and I really like the more traditional style. There were several programs I looked at, but I was very picky about the style and having a true cursive capital Q, etc. Pentime was the closest to perfection for me, and it is inexpensive with a lot of quality copywork. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enigmatic Entity Posted June 10, 2015 Share Posted June 10, 2015 Rhythm of Handwriting (Logic of English) cursive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SilverMoon Posted June 10, 2015 Share Posted June 10, 2015 If I were to buy one it would be Classically Cursive from VP. New American Cursive from MP would be second. As it is my rising second grader will get my personal cursive that was just written across the top of her tablet paper on the fly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs Twain Posted June 10, 2015 Share Posted June 10, 2015 You may not like the look, many don't, but Handwriting without tears does a great job of teaching step by step cursive with no frills. I didn't like the look at first, but after using it w/ my DD (age 7) b/c she really wanted to learn cursive, I like it a lot. It is so easy for her to pick up. My second grader used HWOT "Cursive Success" with good cursive success! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SeaConquest Posted June 10, 2015 Share Posted June 10, 2015 I love the look of Getty Dubay, but I have heard mixed reviews about implementation. We decided to start New American Cursive in the fall. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susie in MS Posted June 10, 2015 Share Posted June 10, 2015 Another vote for Pentime. I couldn't be happier with the quality and the price. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ByGrace3 Posted June 10, 2015 Share Posted June 10, 2015 My older dd used Zaner Bloser, my rising 3rd grader will use New American Cursive from Memoria Press. I really like the look of NAC and the copy books MP has for practice... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EKT Posted June 10, 2015 Share Posted June 10, 2015 This past year, we used a super simple book I found on Amazon called Teaching Cursive! This Method Works by Linda Corson. It has been great! It's nothing fancy - just a little spiral-bound book with simple lessons inside. (You need to supply your own three-lined handwriting paper to actually do the lessons.) But the author groups the letters together in a way that makes perfect sense and the lessons are easy, short, and simple. It has worked like a charm and my daughter now writes with beautiful cursive. Highly recommend! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nena3927 Posted June 10, 2015 Author Share Posted June 10, 2015 Wow! Thank you everyone for all your suggestions! Most of these I've never heard of, so I've got alot of research to do. Thanks again! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ms.Ivy Posted June 10, 2015 Share Posted June 10, 2015 I like the way Peterson Directed breaks cursive down into four basic strokes. I read their free review copies they have here and then taught my kids on my own, since money was too tight to buy the program when I started a few years ago. But I got enough of an idea of how to teach cursive from looking at Peterson Directed's samples that I was able to do it with no problem. I like it because it is very similar to how my mom and Grandmother wrote cursive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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