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RSSI've lately been looking for a curriculum for handwriting—well, really just a book with daily handwriting practice. I know I could make up my own, or download practice sheets from the internet, but I don't have the time or patience to organize practice pages for three students. (Let's see, three students times 180 school days @ 5+ cents per printout equals way more than I want to deal with!)
So I researched online, went to our local homeschool stores, and searched through handwriting curriculum. Some of the curriculum I didn't like simply because of the way they required the letters to be formed. Others had daily assignments that were too simplistic, and some were too much work per day.
Then I happened upon A Reason for Handwriting, and it seemed to fit my needs perfectly. It consists of 4 (or 5, depending on how you look at it) semi-short daily lessons per week, four being perfect for us since our Wednesdays are very abbreviated due to homeschool club activities. I also really liked the version of cursive it used, and the fact that Bible verses were their text for the most part was an added bonus. It seemed to be exactly what I was looking for. Plus the price was right—if I had printed out enough practice sheets on my own to cover a year for each child, I would have spent more on ink and paper than I ended up paying for the books!
So last week I picked up three books for the kids (just the student books since I don't see the point for the teacher's manual). Book A (manuscript) is for Joely; Book D & E (both cursive) is for Jerah and Jaden. The kids are so far very comfortable with it, and it is quickly becoming Joely's favorite thing to do, as you can see in the photos I took of her today.
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Very good point. I completely agree. Young people are told they are too old to be children and too young to take on any responsibilty. The government school system doesn't teach them how to be ready to enter the real world. Memorizing facts to test well and make the educatores look good is not enough!
PS- Mozart is one of the meerkats on Meerkat Manor. A great show that gives us a peek into Meerkat society and their daily struggles. The kids and I enjoy watching it.
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I thought I posted the above comment on your adolescence myth post. Oops!
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Interesting. I was just looking at this curriculum/workbooks today… making plans for next year! I think I'm going to have to call our local Bible bookstore and see if they have them instock. Otherwise, I might just go ahead and spring for a couple books. They are very reasonably priced.
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I am 64 years old. Years ago I was taught penmanship by the wonderful old teacher that used swirls and curls as excercise for cursive writing. Can you please provide the name of that exercise. Because of her teachings I and everyone from this one room school have beautiful penmanship.
Thank you.
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Joy Reply:
July 24th, 2011 at 9:20 pm
I'd suggest looking around here. There are a number of examples of older penmanship styles. Possibly Spencerian or Palmer? http://www.iampeth.com/lessons.php
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