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Posted: July 31 2007 at 11:54am | IP Logged Quote MrsKey
I need a suggestion for a good book/program/method for improving penmanship for my 11 year-old daughter.

She knows how to write in cursive and print. But she needs to improve the neatness. The "problem" is that many of the books are really aimed at younger students who are learning how to write and not older students who are looking to improve their penmanship.

Any suggestions for things that I can look into would be greatly appreciated.

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I don't have any personal experience with teaching that age range, but I was around 11 when my parents introduced calligraphy to me. They gave me a calligraphy pen (the kind that ink had to be drawn into) and a simple book to follow.

It helped me improve my cursive writing as well, just because I put much more thought into the act of writing. My mom would also ask me to use calligraphy to make placecards, gift cards, etc. so I had "real" reasons to practice.

Just an idea!



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We bought the Spencerian Handwriting books for DS. They are definitely for the child who is adequate with writing, but wants to learn a nice handwriting script.

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Posted: Aug 01 2007 at 10:53am | IP Logged Quote MrsKey
Great ideas! I'll look into both. I wonder how that Spencerian Handwriting would be for husbands with poor penmanship.

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The Spencerian Ones can be had cheaper here...

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