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Getty-Dubay Italic Handwriting Series Complete Set
SKU
GDIHCS
Grade K-6
Traditional
Neutral
Low Teacher Involvement
Visual
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Charlotte Mason
A methodology based on the work of a 19th century educator who maintained that children learn best from literature (Living Books), not textbooks.
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Secular
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Auditory
Learns through listening, talking out loud or reading out loud.
Visual
Learns through seeing, prefers written instructions and visual materials.
Kinesthetic/Tactile (Hands-On)
Learns through moving, doing and touching.
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Sequential
Curriculum progresses through well-defined learning objectives. Emphasizes mastery before moving to the next topic.
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Teacher Involvement
Low Teacher Involvement
Student-led materials; parent acts as a facilitator.
Medium Teacher Involvement
A mix of teacher-led time and independent student work.
High Teacher Involvement
Teacher-led lessons; may utilize discussions, hands-on activities and working together.
Additional Materials Required
No other materials needed
Everything you need is included.
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This is a complete set of the whole Getty-Dubay Italic Handwriting series including the Instructor's Manual and two desk strips (one manuscript and one cursive).
Book A introduces lowercase letters and then uppercase. Book B practices fun words and sentences. From Book C on, all books begin with letter review organized by letter families. Book C moves children to cursive, teaching the entrance and exit strokes needed to form cursive, with the first five joins. Students practice days, months, and modes of travel (automobile through zeppelin). Book D starts the all-cursive practice in the levels. Practice tongue twisters and other verbal wordplay. Book E works with science-related themes and Book F combines Greek and Latin roots and special words. Book G introduces calligraphy toward the end.
Mom's horrible handwriting inspired us to use an italic handwriting program with our kids. It's difficult not to produce at least legible writing in Italics. Another plus is that manuscript flows into cursive - letters don't completely change, they just join. Not only does this seem sensible to us, but the many compliments the children have received on their handwriting have further encouraged us in this approach. (Children begin moving into cursive writing in Level C.) The last level gets into calligraphy toward the end. From there, follow up with a good calligraphy book for Jr. High/High School and continue handwriting as an art form! Instruction Manual applies to all levels.
Getty-Dubay Italic has been amazingly effective for my 5-yo son. He seems to be just about average/typical in terms of his fine motor skills development and willingness/eagerness to learn to write.
I wanted to choose a penmanship program that produced nice handwriting and that made no bigger deal than it was worth... Some programs that are popular seemed to be overly remedial and overly thorough for my son's needs. Why present a bigger handwriting program to kids when all we want is a nice handwriting? No manipulatives to mess with, just a series of simple black and white workbooks. Understated, yet working like a charm.
Highly recommended for someone like my son - no special ability either directions, just your typical child who can use a better handwriting...which is most kids, really. One added bonus is that my handwriting has improved, too, because I now write diction sentences in Getty-Dubay italic font.
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Why did you choose this?
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I like this handwriting program, so I bought it for my newly minted first grader to take her through.
Sharon O
I have used this series with my children, and now my grandchildren use it. Their handwriting looks great.
Peggy B
We did the entire Handwriting Without Tears series and my middle schoolers still struggle with print and cursive writing. We are giving this a try hoping it's a better fit for them and will help…
Valerie W
The description on this website and Sonlights made we want to try this with my middle and older children.
Mandy S
How many lessons are in each book?
Kris B
The books are not divided into a set number of lessons. In book A, I consider each page to be a lesson, and there are 65 pages; but in the later books (which are also longer) I break most pages into several lessons, depending on the student.
M A
My son is eleven and has horrible penmenship. should I start at the beginning with book a?
Personally, I would not. Book A is a little too easy even for my 7 year old (boy). I would start with B for an eleven year old. You're still doing print at that point so you can work on the mechanics of each letter. In Book C you begin to introduce cursive in the second half of the book, so if you don't think he's ready for that and you just want to just work on print, I'd start with Book B.
I like this handwriting program, so I bought it for my newly minted first grader to take her through.
I have used this series with my children, and now my grandchildren use it. Their handwriting looks great.
We did the entire Handwriting Without Tears series and my middle schoolers still struggle with print and cursive writing. We are giving this a try hoping it's a better fit for them and will help…
The description on this website and Sonlights made we want to try this with my middle and older children.