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Abdul loves telling stories but thinks his messy handwriting and spelling mistakes will keep him from becoming an author, until Mr. Muhammad visits and encourages him to persist.
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"A witty and readable (and fetchingly illustrated and glossed) excursion through the history of handwriting." —The Wall Street Journal
Let a self-confessed "penmanship nut" take you on a tour of the strange and beautiful world of handwriting.
Since her Catholic school days learning the Palmer Method, Kitty Burns Florey has been in love with handwriting, and can't imagine a world where schools forego handwriting
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"As many educators will attest, writing in cursive provides cognitive benefits in spelling, memory, reading comprehension, language skills, and overall academic confidence. Practicing cursive carries similar benefits when drawing; once you learn the basic shapes, you can play with it by creating your own personal style. In Creative Adventures in Cursive, noted author Rachelle Doorley, the creative force behind Tinkerlab, shows twenty fun and colorful...
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Professor Curt Cursive introduces young viewers to the most efficient way to write quickly: writing cursive. Viewers will understand why cursive is important and understand how to properly form all the letters of the alphabet in cursive. Both upper case and lower case letters are covered with a kid-friendly, follow-along approach that reinforces technique through repetition. So, grab your writing practice book and a pencil and get ready to learn...
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Third-grader Sean McFerrin wants to be part of the good penmanship club, but it all depends on how well he learns the new cursive writing. Sean McFerrin and his third grade class in Room 121 can't wait to learn how to write in cursive handwriting. Their teacher, Mrs. Tovani, promises that whoever learns to use a legible and elegant cursive will be inducted into the John Hancock Club. Joining a club sounds exciting, but who is John Hancock? As Sean...
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Family history research can be a frustrating endeavor when you've found a document that may contain important information but, even though it is written in English, is about as easy to read and understand as Egyptian hieroglyphs! Learn to demystify early American handwriting. Includes the history of quill pens, inks, and paper; a detailed explanation of each letter of the alphabet; sample historic documents and how to decipher them, including the...
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"The future of handwriting is anything but certain. Its history, however, shows how much it has affected culture and civilization for millennia. In the digital age of instant communication, handwriting is less necessary than ever before, and indeed fewer and fewer schoolchildren are being taught how to write in cursive. Signatures--far from John Hancock's elegant model--have become scrawls. In her recent and widely discussed and debated essays, Anne...