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Cheerful Cursive
SKU
018482
ISBN
9780929223186
Grade 2-4
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Charlotte Mason
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Description
A fun imaginary character based way to learning cursive
Mrs. Letz Farmer and her daughter Laura have teamed up again to help children learn cursive - and maintain a cheerful attitude while doing it. Somewhat similar to their first book in format, this book adopts the same encouraging instruction. It begins with lowercase letters for ease, introducing different strokes that can be used to make different letters. Several appropriately named characters represent these strokes and appear on related pages to offer tips.
Writing bible verses for cursive practice and character development
Bible verses appear on some pages, used for practice in reading cursive and identifying letters. Random words lining the bottom of the page are used for writing practice. The book then moves into lowercase letter combinations and finally words. When students are comfortable with their lowercase letters, it's time to move on to the capitals. As the letters are introduced, students begin practicing by writing printed Bible verses in cursive, and then a cursive verse back into manuscript. Here again on these pages, there are random words included for additional writing practice for the featured letter. Any difficult letter combination connections are featured with practice lines so students become comfortable with them.
Reinforcement of writing and grammar skills for homeschoolersGrammar skills and alphabetizing are also incorporated into the lessons, which is a nice extra touch. - Melissa
Category Description for Traditional Style Handwriting Programs - Multi-Grade
These materials span grade levels and include both instruction and practice.
Details
| Product Format: | Softcover Book |
|---|---|
| Grades: | 2-4 |
| Brand: | Mastery Publications |
| ISBN: | 9780929223186 |
| Length in Inches: | 11 |
| Width in Inches: | 9 |
| Height in Inches: | 0.5 |
| Weight in Pounds: | 0.95 |
| Publication Date: | 1/4/2013 |
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Reviews
22 Ratings
1-10 of 22 Reviews
Rated 4 out of 5
Feb 22, 2025
Overall great
I love this book. The ONLY thing I don't like is that the pages in the book start falling out. I wish they would make it a little more durable. Other than that it's an excellent cursive teaching book. I have 6 kids doing it and almost all of them love it! My second grader is soooo excited that she can read cursive things now!
Rated 5 out of 5
Mar 6, 2023
Absolutely love Cheerful Cursive! In all 24 years of educating my children at home this is my favorite resource for teaching cursive.
Rated 5 out of 5
Sep 13, 2022
The best cursive program!
This along with Happy handwriting have been the most loved part of each of my children's homeschool day. Ordering again for child number 5!
Rated 5 out of 5
Feb 12, 2019
Cheerful Cursive
I've been searching for a cursvie book with letters I learned as a child. I have found that many don't teach kids how to write each letter with a "tail" in front of the letter as well as in the back of the letter. If your looking for that, this is your book! My son enjoys practicing cursive now because this book helps keep the flow of the letters. I highly recommend C.C.
Rated 5 out of 5
Feb 6, 2019
Happy
My son wasnt too happy too have to do learn cursive but as he started he wasnt so mad cause its was not as he was used to in traditional school
Rated 5 out of 5
Jan 25, 2019
We love Cheeful Cursive!
From the pages to the binding, everything about this curriculum was so well planned. Easy and comfortable to do for our left handed son. The verses and quotes chosen for their copy work are so wise and rich- they led to many beautiful family conversations.
Rated 5 out of 5
Sep 25, 2018
My daughter had a hard time with cursive. She hated it! Then I decided to buy Cheerful Cursive for a change, hoping it would be better than the last workbook. My daughter loves it and asks to work on her cursive! Unbelievable! I like the systematic approach of learning curves/motions and then the letters come from that. It makes sense, and it makes it easier to put letters together into words. I really like this workbook and highly recommend it!
Rated 5 out of 5
Aug 20, 2018
Very Satisfied
This is the best!
Rated 5 out of 5
Jun 28, 2018
My daughter loves it
I'm using this with my 10yo, 4th grade daughter. She learned D'nealian first, and this is perfect! She's able to do this independently, and her cursive is really progressing nicely! I enjoy how the lessons are a bit varied, but predictable, and how they incorporate so many skills into a penmanship program! Great value for the price!
Rated 4 out of 5
Feb 25, 2018
Slow and Steady
This is a nice easy introduction to cursive and easy for my son to do on his own. I've found another book I tried to use very difficult for independent work. This is slow and gradual and even has sentences written in cursive for the student to circle the letter they are learning. Love that you can practice reading it in words as you are learning the letter. Highly recommend.
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Why did you choose this?
How are the capital Q's formed? Are they formed similar to manuscript or do they look like traditional cursive Q's formed similar to how some write the number 2?
The Q in cursive here is similar to how some write the number 2. That’s how we did it. If I remember correctly, they offered another way also.
It’s a nice, simple cursive program.
How many pages is this?
158 pages
What version are the bible verses?
It doesn't specify in the book, but a few example verses from the end of the course are:
I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except by me.
Jesus said, "Peace be with you! As the Father has sent me, you will be sent."
Seek the Lord while he may be found; call on him while he is near.
Greater love has no man than this, that he lay down his life for his friends.
Forgive us our debts as we have also forgiven our debtors.
Can you please include in the sampler a page showing how ALL the letters including capitals are formed in this book? I'm assuming most books have that on a single page somewhere.
There actually isn’t a page that shows both upper and lower case letter formations. However on each page where the kids are learning lowercase letters, there is a small reference that shows all the lowercase letters. For the uppercase letter pages they are shown the letter in upper and lowercase along with other ways they may see it in cursive writing. Cheerful Cursive is my favorite book for teaching my children how to write - this is my third time using it. It is extremely thorough and progresses through the skill in bite sized pieces. It is very easy to use and even my kids who struggle with handwriting due to fine motor challenges found it doable (and in most days enjoyable!).
Can I use this at the K or 1st grade level (he can read well for his age--likely ahead, but writing is more difficult)? Are the margins for writing substantial in size? I know from the sample pages that you write inside a word and listen/read some fun instructions; are other methods are employed? Did your child want to continue in cursive and began to write faster or did they revert to print?
You probably could. We used it for 2nd grade and my child absolutely loved it! He was also an above average reader for his age and didn’t mind the writing. There were a few letters that didn’t seem very cursive -like so I taught him the method I had learned instead but for the most part the curriculum just makes it fun and engaging. And yes he writes everything in cursive now and enjoys writing that way. I can’t say it made him write faster because he still likes to take his time and get it just right but it did help a little and I’m glad we used Cheerful Cursive. I would definitely recommend it!
How is this product for left handed students with probable dysgraphia? Debating between this and Handwriting without tears cursive
All of my children have dysgraphia. They have all used HWT as well and we love it; however, with child #5 we added Cheerful Cursive for two reasons: 1. He simply need more practice than what HWT had to offer in a single workbook, and 2. This workbook allows the student to write inside the given letter or cursive word. This was perfect for him. The spiral binding makes this book user-friendly for a left-handed student.
Which style of cursive is taught in this book. How is uppercase 'A' written in cursive in the book? Does uppercase cursive 'A' looks just like lowercase 'a' but bigger ?
The Capital A and the lowercase a look the same except for size. The top of the cursive a comes to more of a point rather than being rounded. Modern Cursive (D'Nealian} is the closest in style. There are a couple letters (capital T and F) that are slightly different. They carry the stroke through the "stem" of the capital letter. Also they give two options for the capital letter Q.
Which style of cursive is taught in this book. How is uppercase 'A' written in cursive in the book? Does uppercase cursive 'A' looks just like lowercase 'a' but bigger ?
Yes, the capital "A" looks like a bigger, lowercase "a", but they do include a chart showing other variations so students will be familiar with them when reading cursive. It's a fairly simple style overall, without lots of little loops. For example, capital "X" looks like a backwards, tilted back "S" with a line across it, rather than the number 96, as it does in a style with loops. Hope that helps!
What cursive style does this workbook teach?
This is considered a traditional style. The capital Q is O-shaped and shares other characteristics with a traditional program - slope, letter strokes, general appearance, etc.
can I duplicate pages for multiple students?
Yes, you can. The copyright page in the book I have states "All purchasers may reproduce the workbook pages labeled 'reproduction restricted' for their immediate family only (not the general public/friends)." It also states "Public/private schools which charge tuition/receive funds may not reproduce any part of this workbook." Any page that your child would use to practice their writing is labeled 'reproduction restricted' allowing you to copy it for more than one homeschool student.
Good intro to cursive.
This is our favorite cursive program!
I've used this before and was happy with it.
The best cursive workbook I've found.