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MarilynW
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I am thinking of having my dd (almost 11) start using a fountain pen for copywork etc (I have seen a nice one at Paper Scissors)- does anyone else have their children use one - have any views?
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Fountain pens were compulsory for all work at my secondary school. IMO they really improve handwriting. 11 sounds like a good age to start. My dc are a bit young yet.
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Call me crazy, but I don't know exactly what a fountain pen is. I can tell you that my dd age 10 will be using eraseable ink pens for copywork this year. She's already been writing to her cousin this summer with them and absolutely loves them. I've noticed an improvement in her cursive already.
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They are compulsory here in Germany beginning in the 3rd grade. It demands concentration and exactness from the children. The children use them for math too, which really amazed me at the beginning.
What is very important,imo, is how a mistake is corrected.
It looks much neater when a ruler is used to make one simple line through the mistake and the correction above it. Using a fountain pen does take patience and practice at the beginning, but then your child can really produce a lovely written page...
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Jennifer, a fountain pen is one that contains a cartridge of ink. When you insert it into the barrel, a point pierces it and the ink flows to the nib, which is sort of wedge-shaped.
My 11th grade English teacher required them for all our papers. I can't say that my handwriting improved any by using it, b/c I had had very poor formation of my writing then and have always printed just about everything other than my signature my whole life, until I recently discovered Getty-Dubay with my ds, and re-learned cursive!
I do like the way they look when done well, but if done poorly, it's worse than any other pen, IMO. you have to be very careful not to smear it until dry (it's like writing with old-fashioned ink and quill)
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Which fountain pens would you recommend for kids? I've been thinking about a Pelikano Jr. or a Lamy. Loved using my dad's and grandfather's fountain pens as a youngster. Don't know where they are now.
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I remember using fountain pens in France. There was a special kind of marker that erased the fountain pen ink.. Has anyone seen these in the US?
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Thanks, Karen T. I'll have to watch for these at Staples next time I'm in.
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