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Name:   Italic Handwriting Series
Author(s)
 
 
Getty, B. & Dubay, I.
Topics
 
 
Writing, Parent/Teacher, Books
Source
 
 
Continuing Education Press, Portland, OR ISBN: 0876780907
Copyright
 
 
1994
URL
 
 
http://www.cep.pdx.edu/titles/italic_series/index.html
Description
 
 
The Italic Handwriting Series is the nation's leading instructional guide to legible italic handwriting. Developed at Portland State College in Portland, OR, the series teaches students to write quickly, accurately, and aesthetically in both italic manuscript and italic cursive.
Average Rating
 
 
Last Updated
 
 
6/7/2005
 
Comments

Contributed by: DITD Team Member  
Rating:
Some profoundly gifted students who skip grades find themselves "behind" their peers in both handwriting speed and legibility. If the school has not adopted a different version of handwriting, or allows many versions, the Italic Handwriting Series is often an excellent choice for the profoundly gifted student. The letters are easily learned and do not require as much motor practice as the old-fashioned "loop" methods such as Palmer and Zaner-Bloser, and are generally easier to read and faster to write. Furthermore the transition to Italic cursive is much easier than the transition from traditional manuscript to traditional cursive. Italic handwriting may also be faster for some profoundly gifted students, lessening the frustration of young profoundly gifted students who often find that their ideas outstrip their motor skills, and get discouraged with handwriting.
 
Contributed by: Parent of Davidson Young Scholar  
Rating:
When my three and a half year old told me that she wanted to learn cursive, I bought these materials thinking it would be a good compromise and easier to achieve. Her father has beautiful italic handwriting. Wouldn't she like to be just like him? Well, no, not really. She went ahead and taught herself ball and loop and the books sat unused. A good lesson in learning to listen to the children! I found the early levels of the series much too large for her well developed fine motor skills, but even skipping ahead did not fill her need for swirls and flourishes. Well written, easy to follow-- just of no interest to mine!
 
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