This handwriting workbook is good for younger students just learning cursive, or for an older child who has never learned. Learn grip and paper placement, then get busy training your hand to make the swooping and looping shapes. Author Diana Hanbury King goes about this very simply at first, then groups lower case letters by commonalities. There is plenty of practice space, but no dotted-half-line like other handwriting courses. There is a slight slant to the left for left handed students. The letters are traditional and not overly fussy. The capital Q looks like a 2. There is tracing and copying, and even writing with your eyes closed! Numbers are included. First you'll write words, then 3 words, then capital letters, capitalized words and eventually, short sentences. In the back, practice writing names, days of the week, months, dates, abbreviations, greetings and closings for friendly and business letters, holidays, book titles, and finally, some vocabulary words related to the 4 core subject areas. A page or 2 a day for practice will help develop your child's cursive. The book has a stapled binding and lies nice and flat. 89 pgs, pb, non-reproducible. ~ Sara
Emphasizing the writing process and motor memory, this systematic and multisensory method for teaching cursive has proven effective for students of various ages and abilities, from elementary through high school and above. Designed especially for the left-handed writer, the new edition contains new and expanded exercises and a student-friendly design.
The Writing Skills Teacher's Handbook offers explicit instruction for those with learning differences as well as techniques and exercise for proficient writers.
Skills Addressed:
* Correct paper position, posture, and pencil grip for left-handed students
* Prewriting exercises
* Lowercase letters
* Joining lowercase letters
* Numerals
* Uppercase letters
* Joining uppercase letters
* Joining uppercase to lowercase letters
* Writing practice and applications
These handwriting workbooks are good for younger students just learning cursive, or for an older child who has never learned. Both versions follow the same format: learn grip and paper placement, then get busy training your hand to make the swooping and looping shapes. Author Diana Hanbury King goes about this very simply at first, then groups lower case letters by commonalities. There is plenty of practice space, but no dotted-half-line like other handwriting courses. Each version has a slight slant - right handed to the right and left handed to the left. The letters are traditional and not overly fussy. The capital Q looks like a 2. There is tracing and copying, and even writing with your eyes closed! Numbers are included. First you'll write words, then 3 words, then capital letters, capitalized words and eventually, short sentences. In the back, practice writing names, days of the week, months, dates, abbreviations, greetings and closings for friendly and business letters, holidays, book titles, and finally, some vocabulary words related to the 4 core subject areas. A page or 2 a day for practice will help develop your child's cursive. The books have a stapled binding while lies nice and flat 89 pgs, pb, non-reproducible. ~ Sara
Seemed easy enough for my lefty.
My daughter is a lefty, and she needs cursive practice that is lefty friendly. We've used a couple different cursive practice skills from other publishers that were fine, but she requested a left…
Out of 4 children, I have one child who is left handed and he is struggling in writing cursive. This book might be the one that will help build his confidence. Thankyou!!
My Left handed daughter is having a hard time with handwriting. This is the first time I found a writing course specifically geared to Left handed writers.