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hello~
i was wondering if you ladies could share what programs you liked for teaching cursive. thank you!
lisa
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I believe in starting cursive very early. My 2snd grader learned last year and picked it up quickly with Cursive First by Elizabeth Fitzgerald. I am planning on using the same book with my 1st grader this year.
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The linky-fairy hyper-linked the Cursive First program in Simona's post. 
And, there is this program that has just come out from Memoria Press:New American Cursive.
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thanks for the suggestions~
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I was interested in the new Memoria Press Cursive Book, but hten I saw that in the description of the program it mentions that it takes only 20 minutes a day!!!!!
10 minutes is already too much for a first grader.
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hmmm. I dn't think that the beginner book would take 20 mintues. By looking at the sample, I can't imagine more than 10 minutes, probably less.
I have Cursive First and we just can't seem to "get into it". I like it, I like the layout, I LOVE the cost, but it's just not ... I don't know what, but it's not clicking for us.
Until now, I have had to bite the bullet and buy Abeka
Wtiting w/ Phonics K5 or Writing w/ Phonics K4, but I'm going to give Memoria Press' cursive a try instead next year.
I *hate* buying from Abeka on principle and would simply prefer to buy from catholic or at least not anti-catholic providers whenever possible. I will say that in these two particular worktexts there are no religious references at all. So far, my dc enjoy doing them without any stress or long assignments and seem to do have decent handwriting.
The only other I can recommend is Handwriting w/o Tears, esp for left-handed dc. But it's not geared towards teaching cursive to an approx 5 yr old.
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CHC just came out with what seems like a nice handwriting program, but their cursive ones are geared for a fourth or fifth grader NOT for younger children (they note tongue-in-cheek humor). I e-mailed them about whether I could purchase their K and 1st grade books and restyle them on my computer in cursive, as long as I don't use the print book at all - would it be ok with copyright? Sadly, she beat around the bush and didn't answer the question, instead explaining the reasons why a child should know print at this age (in addition to cursive if it's already been taught). :(
I am going to check out these other links!
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We're using the memoria press New American Cursive and so far, we love it. We just do one "set" (like Aa, Bb, etc) a day, it certainly doesn't take my daughter anywhere near 20 minutes. But, she's very familiar with all her letters so I don't really do the extra stuff they mention. I have her say it and trace it with her finger first and that's basically it. 10 minutes, tops. (She's in 1st grade, btw).
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I just purchased Handwriting Without TearsHandwriting Without Tears today. I got the kindergarten (printing) & 3rd grade levels (cursive). My son has some fine motor issues when it comes to handwriting so I needed a cursive that was simple.
After reading a few of the posts/links on this thread, I may actually just scratch the printing for my kindergartener and start her on cursive, too.
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I really like the Universal Handwriting that Kolbe sells. The print size is reasonable for the age (a huge issue in our house even with older children) and they introduce some instruction in how to actually do it.
I heard somewhere that there is now a Catholic version of this same book. I'd love to try that but right now we have the others and we are using them.
I was very disappointed with CHC Handwriting - primarily the inconsistent print size. In some places it was reasonable and then it quickly went to adult size print. I cannot use it due to the vision issues in our house.
The other thing that is nice is that the books are labeled by letter so my older children don't have to know they are using a 2nd grade book (to get the bigger print size).
The Universal Handwriting is not the Spencerian, beautiful script with all the curls and flourishes, but my goals with mine were to get them something that they could learn that would give them speed and legibility.
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I'm not big on curls and flourishes either. Nice, but not something I feel neccessary.
I just received Kolbe's handwriting and was curious aobut it. I didn't think they started cursive from the beginning though? Maybe I was mistaken? I'll go look at it again...
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I'm curious as to when you all are starting to teach cursive writing. My son still has trouble printing to what I feel are acceptable standards. I hate to drill it, so we work on it in the context of other work.
I seem to remember doing cursive writing in fourth grade when I was in school. Maybe Im mistaken. Is that "too late"? My son is in third grade now. I cant imagine taking on that task this year.
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most start cursive in 3rd grade, maybe 4th grade
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Update on the New American Cursive that I linked above from Memoria Press:
my 7.5 and 6 yo dd are both using it. I bought one copy and they are both using it. It would be A LOT (read: too much) of practice for one of them....so they each do a "line" and that's plenty. They are both doing great and like it a lot.
There is a lot of tracing opportunities.....trace one, write one yourself, trace one, write one yourself.....which I like. And, the BIG letter to trace with finger and then with pencil is nice too. Lots of copybooks don't have the BIG letter to practice with first.
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