American Cursive Handwriting Self-Study Workbook & Curriculum (spiral bound)
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It happened just the other day. Someone called Rainbow wanting a self-instructing cursive handwriting program that was more elegant than the streamlined program they were using. This is it! Combining historical perspective with motivational challenge, this is a complete curriculum providing instruction and lots of practice. It claims to be the most thorough single-volume instructional source on cursive handwriting currently available, and I'm not going to dispute that claim. Michael Sull is America's premier penman (yes, it's a term) who provides calligraphy for Hallmark Cards. He loves handwriting, and he'll convince you to love it as well and probably to start practicing again. This single volume includes historical information about the development of penmanship, specific technique information (posture, hand position, paper movement, etc.), lesson plans for letter formation and for moving from primary scale to handwriting scale (i.e. size of letters), and lots and lots of practice sheets as well as a collection of various quotations and excerpts from literature and poetry to be used for practice. A number of appendices provide blank masters for continuing practice, information on using and purchasing a fountain pen, a certificate of completion and a glossary of terms. If you want to categorize the type of handwriting taught, it is essentially Palmerian which is an adaptation of Spencerian and a forerunner to what we know as "traditional." This volume can be used in a variety of ways. It is a self-instructional manual for an older (5th grade and up) student who wants to perfect and polish their handwriting. However, it also provides the necessary instructional and technique information needed to start younger children. The Primary Grade Supplement provides practice sheets suitable for younger writers (2nd 4th grades) to supplement the student edition (used with the first few chapters.
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This has some of the simplest--yet best--handwriting advice I ever came across. I had good teachers in grade school--but this information was not taught to me.
In any case--I have enjoyed and continue to enjoy this self-study course. I highly recommend it to any adult who wants to re-acquaint themselves with cursive handwriting.
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Show MoreIt happened just the other day. Someone called Rainbow wanting a self-instructing cursive handwriting program that was more elegant than the streamlined program they were using. This is it! Combining historical perspective with motivational challenge, this is a complete curriculum providing instruction and lots of practice. It claims to be the most thorough single-volume instructional source on cursive handwriting currently available, and I'm not going to dispute that claim. Michael Sull is America's premier penman (yes, it's a term) who provides calligraphy for Hallmark Cards. He loves handwriting, and he'll convince you to love it as well and probably to start practicing again. This single volume includes historical information about the development of penmanship, specific technique information (posture, hand position, paper movement, etc.), lesson plans for letter formation and for moving from primary scale to handwriting scale (i.e. size of letters), and lots and lots of practice sheets as well as a collection of various quotations and excerpts from literature and poetry to be used for practice. A number of appendices provide blank masters for continuing practice, information on using and purchasing a fountain pen, a certificate of completion and a glossary of terms. If you want to categorize the type of handwriting taught, it is essentially Palmerian which is an adaptation of Spencerian and a forerunner to what we know as "traditional." This volume can be used in a variety of ways. It is a self-instructional manual for an older (5th grade and up) student who wants to perfect and polish their handwriting. However, it also provides the necessary instructional and technique information needed to start younger children. The Primary Grade Supplement provides practice sheets suitable for younger writers (2nd 4th grades) to supplement the student edition (used with the first few chapters.
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5.0 / 5.02 ReviewsAmazing Penmanship Transformation!I used this with my two older children, who were 13 and 12 at the time. They both could write neatly when they were very intentional about it, but most of their "everyday" writing was quite sloppy. Both were initially resistant to the idea of "Handwriting Bootcamp," as I called it. Once my 13-year-old son read the introductory information about muscle memory, he said, "That makes sense," and worked on the assignments with a great attitude. He laughs now that his friends can always recognize anything written because it is in such neat, legible cursive! (No anonymous youth group surveys for this kid anymore!) My 12-year-old daughter had a pretty negative attitude for the first half of the program, until she started getting compliments from others on her neat cursive. Then, she finished it up with a good attitude, because it felt good to be noticed for neat writing, instead of messy. So, I found that this worked well with both an enthusiastic and an unenthusiastic child. My 10-year-old daughter is working on the program now, and initial results are encouraging!- Was this review helpful? Yes (6) No (0)
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Really enjoying this as an adultI ordered this, because I am an older person who got worried about cognitive ability as I age. I also had horrible handwriting that I tended to blame on my brilliant mind (yeah right:).
This has some of the simplest--yet best--handwriting advice I ever came across. I had good teachers in grade school--but this information was not taught to me.
In any case--I have enjoyed and continue to enjoy this self-study course. I highly recommend it to any adult who wants to re-acquaint themselves with cursive handwriting.- Was this review helpful? Yes (5) No (0)
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Start typing your question and we'll check if it was already asked and answered. Learn MoreBrowse 2 questions Browse 2 questions and 32 answersWhy did you choose this?Rainbow Resource Center Storeimprove my penmanshipdavid b on Apr 29, 2018I am looking for a handwriting program to help my teenage son. Most other handwriting programs are too childish in appearance.Abigail B on Mar 19, 2018improve my penmanshipdavid b on Apr 29, 2018recommended as a good adult learning tool I am a longhand writer and my printing just isn't quick enough to keep up with my thoughts.gregory m on Mar 20, 2018Does this have practice pages for students?BEST ANSWER: Yes, there are practice pages within each chapter (these have specific text on them), AND there are blank pages in the Appendix. These blank pages have the 2 different size writing lines for regular & then smaller script writing. These blank pages also have the slant lines on them, to help the child with the slant of the script writing.
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