Getty-Dubay Italic Handwriting Series Book A Fourth Edition

The Getty-Dubay Italic Handwriting Series makes a smooth transition from print to cursive; the manuscript just flows into cursive. Formation of the letters doesn’t change; they just join. Books introduce letter formation by letter families.

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. Easy to write and read!

Use it alongside the Handwriting series or as a stand-alone program. Books include instruction for writ­ing with edged pens, italic calligraphy, and the history of the art form. Pages follow a progression: students practice strokes, low­ercase letter families, formal capital letters, then copy Hindu-Arabic numerals, poems, quotes, Greek & Latin root words, and 50 most used English words.