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The Reason for Writing series (i.e., God Made My World, Words of Praise, etc.) has been replaced with this series. Don’t worry; there are few changes from the originals. The most significant change is these are in color, making them more appealing. In the more advanced levels, discussion questions accompany the weekly Bible verse. Also, each level is now given a letter designation, with a whole book for transition from manuscript to cursive in between B and C. Starting in Book C, all handwriting is cursive. These books have slightly fewer lessons; the old series contained 36 lessons, while these books vary from 27 to 32 (with 49 in K). One more change to note is the height of the lines; instead of the lines getting smaller in the first cursive book, they shrink in the middle of the transition book. The manuscript and cursive border sheets are also revised, and are now included with the workbooks. These nicely bordered lined papers challenge students to write their scripture verses on them “in their best handwriting.” (Scripture verses are taken from the Living Bible.). The student desk card shows manuscript and cursive letters on a personal-sized card, or you can put the big letters up on the wall using the alphabet wall sheets. One comprehensive teacher’s guide covers the whole series. ~ Melissa

Customer Reviews

 
Amy G. from TN wrote the following on 01/25/2008:
We are using the Reason for Handwriting Level D workbook for my 3rd grader this year. We chose Level D since she already had done one year of cursive writing. At first, I was a little unsure about her ability to write on such small lines (1 cm from top to bottom), but after a few lessons, she transitioned quite painlessly to the smaller writing. The layout of these workbooks is very straightforward and easy for children to follow. Each week’s work is divided into small segments: “Day One,” “Day Two,” “Day Three,” or “Day Four.” On the fifth day, the student is allowed to pick an attractive border sheet from the back of the book on which to write the full memory verse in cursive. They can then color this and share it with someone. I thought this was such a great idea—the students practice their best handwriting and share wonderful messages from the Bible at the same time. This gives students a real motivation for putting forth their best effort. We did not use the teacher’s manual for this program—we were rather busy already and knew we wouldn’t have time for the extra activities. Besides, my daughter just needed an uncomplicated way to practice her handwriting on a daily basis, and this workbook fit our needs quite nicely. She rarely complains about doing her handwriting—the daily work is not time consuming at all and it has really helped her self-confidence with her penmanship. Since we just use the workbook, the only teacher preparation required is providing the pencils and the workbook. Occasionally, she needs me to show her how to make a particularly tricky stroke, but most of it she is able to do independently. This book is great for visual learners—there is a colorful picture and a discussion question to complement each week’s memory verse. These workbooks are a good value—for $10, you get a full school year’s worth of penmanship practice, memory verses, and opportunities for sharing compiled into one handy book.

 
Victoria I. from Ramstein AFB, Germany wrote the following on 06/29/2008:
I have used several of the "Reason for Handwriting" books with my children. They love the simple layout and I love the Scriptures taught through writing. None of my children have ever complained about doing handwriting while using these simple yet colorful and fun books.

 
Deb D. from Indiana wrote the following on 03/14/2007:
I was amazed by the progression my daughter made this year in her handwriting. She has gotten several comments on how nice her handwriting is, and this was not the case several months ago! She finished this program in one semester, often trying to work ahead of daily assignments! One page a day is just right and prevented her from being overwhelmed. Letter formation is illustrated with arrows as your child progresses from tracing to writing letters and words on his/her own. The book progresses from teaching how to properly right each letter of the alphabet, words, then complete Bible verses that are copied onto frame-able sheets they can color for display. I will use it again next year.

 
Michelle W. from Pasadena, MD wrote the following on 06/10/2007:
My 5-year-old daughter loves this handwriting program! Handwriting is now usually the first thing she wants to do each day. When she first started writing, we were using a different program and she found it boring and frustrating. "A Reason for Handwriting" holds her attention, and keeps her focused on God's word, in addition to helping her improve her handwriting. She is so proud of her finished border pages each week and loves giving them away to friends and family as gifts.

 
Melissa J. from MO wrote the following on 06/16/2007:
I am so excited about this set of handwriting workbooks! So far we have only used kindergarten (K). My daughter learned a lot from them this year, from the correct formation of letters to letter sounds to various kinds of animals. We were even able to use this as a jumping off point to study various kinds of animals. After the P page which has a picture of a penguin on the back we dove into a study of penguins, looking on the internet for what type of food they eat, checking out books from the library, and finally taking a trip to the Zoo. The treehouse graphic was very helpful too. I can't wait to start the first grade book, my plan is to use the scripture verses as our memory verse as well.

 
Donna P. from Belen, NM wrote the following on 06/20/2007:
We used the Transition book with our daughter last year in the second grade, and have been with this program for two years. It is a wonderful handwriting program for so many reasons. Our children love finishing the week with a completed Bible verse on a coloring page they get to decorate. They try harder to write well because they know we will display their work. The book also encourages them to give these pages with Bible verses to family and friends (Yeah!). The transition to cursive in this book was great. Their writing is much improved since starting this program and it is very easy to teach.

 
Terese P. from Elizabethtown, KY wrote the following on 07/26/2007:
I Love This Series of Workbooks! Wonderfully simple to use, produces excellent penmanship. The lessons are easy to follow, just enough for daily use, not long enough to tire the student. My kindergarten students couldn't wait until they could color a border to send their writing to someone special, like their older siblings. I like that they work to produce something pretty, not just to "do their handwriting."

 
Tami B. from Clackamas, Oregon wrote the following on 08/02/2007:
I love this program! As well as teaching scripture to your child, it has colorful pages and engages your child into handwriting. It was extremely easy for our daughter to use. No prep for the teacher was necessary. We used grade 5 so perhaps there is some prep for the younger grades.

 
Stacey S. from Middlefield, Ohio wrote the following on 08/05/2007:
My boys LOVE this series! We finished level K last year and just received level A. I like that they are practicing writing Bible verses, not just words. I hadn't realized or read anywhere that level A handwriting and level A spelling seem to go hand in hand. I was even more impressed with this program! The verse that the children are writing each week has a theme story that goes along with it in the teacher's edition of A Reason for Spelling. There are also questions to get the kids thinking about the verse they are writing (that is, if you are using both programs!), so it is easy to also turn these programs into a devotional and apply it to their lives. If all the levels go hand in hand like that, we're definitely looking forward to using the other levels in the future. I think the whole family will be blessed by this series!

 
Aimee M. from Ohio wrote the following on 01/08/2008:
Our daughter loves this program. We use the border sheets at the end of the week to choose a special person to send out handwriting to. We keep a few for referral at the end of the year but most of the time we find great people to send these verses to. We have taken memory verses we want to pay special attention to and written each word on index cards. Taking the scrambled cards she loves to put them in the right order. We will be continuing on with the handwriting program. Thanks for a great product.

 
Victoria I. from Ramstein AFB, Germany wrote the following on 06/29/2008:
I have used several of the "Reason for Handwriting" books with my children. They love the simple layout and I love the Scriptures taught through writing. None of my children have ever complained about doing handwriting while using these simple yet colorful and fun books.

 
Ruth T. from Cologne, MN wrote the following on 09/01/2009:
We used this program for the first time last year...my daughter's 1st grade year. I LOVED that God and His Word were integrated into a handwriting assignment. What made it even better is that there was virtually no prep necessary. My daughter even looked forward to doing her handwriting. I prefer the style of writing (compared to italic) taught in this curriculum and appreciate the small steps it takes to make the transition to cursive easier (writing a lowercase a, b, d, etc in one step). We also purchased the A Reason For Handwriting Manu/Cursive Wall Sheets and put them in plastic sheet protectors in a "handwriting binder" so my daughter could flip through and remember what to do when she got stuck on a letter. We purchased the Student Desk Card to have something similar to the wall sheets in a portable/travel size. Every week my daughter would look forward to finishing her week by picking out a "special page" out of the Reason for Handwriting Border Book and doing her very best printing and then coloring the border picture. We saved all her special pages in a report cover and it was fun to look back over the year and see her progress. We will be doing A Reason For Handwriting again this year for second grade and I know we'll both be looking forward to it!