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I'm wondering how important it is that my own handwriting looks like the handwriting scheme I use for my 5 yo? I bought the Getty-Dubay books but I have trouble with it because it is so unlike my own writing. I can't remember how to form the letters when dd asks me to write something for her to copy (she likes this). I also have the Memoria Press Copybook I, which I like a lot, and it's letter formation is basically the way that I form my own letters.
Is my own letter formation and important consideration when choosing a handwriting scheme?
Thank you. 
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Not for us- the kids use the Getty-Dubay, and I don't  Rather than expect the kids to copy my writing, I'll print something out for them, and they use their GD chart to figure out how to shape the letters if they forget.
My 18 and 12yo daughters have absolutely beautiful penmanship (we've actually had someone not believe that the 12yo wrote something because it was "too perfect"), and the 10 and 7yo are doing wonderfully with it as well. It obviously hasn't hurt that my writing is different from theirs.
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I'm doing my best to mimic the G-D style for them, but I'm lazy about looking up the correct joins and things. As long as I make mine fairly close, they can adjust. They don't do as well when I hand them a printed page, but they have only just learned cursive. I'm thinking this will be a temporary stage.
The cursive style I learned was loopy, but over time I have adjusted it to me more like G-D on my own, so it hasn't been a stretch for me to do it their way. It'll probably be more confusing when I teach Maria because she's going to learn "loopy girl writing" instead.  Then I'll have to adjust back and forth.
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Lori and Rachel, thank you for your responses. I wonder if what I should do when my daughter asks me how to write something, is to look at the chart myself and try to model the letters for her that way. It seems like I should get better at it over time and eventually not need the chart. I don't mean that this is how we'd do copywork, but just for those on-the-spot moments when dd wants to write something specific and asks me how.
Thanks again.
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Jordan wrote:
I don't mean that this is how we'd do copywork, but just for those on-the-spot moments when dd wants to write something specific and asks me how.
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I wish mine cared! But yes, if they were asking me how to write it--wanting assistance with the letter forms vs spelling, then I would look it up and model it for them or I would tell them to look it up. My boys could look it up themselves but are lazy in the penmanship area so I would probably lean towards the latter. 
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Jordan wrote:
| I wonder if what I should do when my daughter asks me how to write something, is to look at the chart myself and try to model the letters for her that way. It seems like I should get better at it over time and eventually not need the chart. |
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That is exactly what happened here. Another thing to try, is to just have her trace the letter with her finger a few times until she gets a "feel" for it.
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