Cheerful Cursive

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.

158 pages

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.

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!).

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!

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.

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.

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!

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.

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.