New American Cursive® Penmanship Curriculum

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Keeping it simple is the way New American Cursive® teaches penmanship. From Memoria Press, this new cursive handwriting curriculum is aimed at students in first grade. Yes, you can teach cursive handwriting first. The author, Iris Hatfield, believes that it is harder for students to learn cursive if they learn printing first. It makes sense when you teach a simple but elegant cursive style.

New American Cursive is easy-to use. Though a little pricey for a handwriting text, all the instructions are included. In the homeschooling setting, you only need to do handwriting instruction one year or until it is learned. Why? With one-on-one instruction, your student will probably learn it the first time through. After that, you will be there to correct any handwriting mistakes as they occur. You provide the review and the reinforcement. That makes this program a great buy!

If you have a student who doesn't take to handwriting naturally, then you can always use another handwriting program after this course is completed. It is perfectly acceptable to continue to teach a skill until it is properly learned.

Features of the New American Cursive Penmanship Program include:

A simplified (though lovely) alphabet where unnecessary strokes are eliminated.

Multi-sensory teaching methods are used in the book.

Clear arrows and starting dots

Flexible method allows for individuality of the child

Printed in the "landscape view" ((about 11" wide and 8 1/2" high) and bound at the top for ease of use by left or right-handed students.

Handy Hint: You might want to remove page 106 and have it laminated! Your student can use it to trace the letters with a grease pen or erasable marker.

New American Cursive®