Reason for Handwriting Transition Gr 2 or 3 (Manu/Trans/Curs.)

We love A Reason for Handwriting's Method, and this text is even better because it is almost twice as big for the price. You get close to a whole year of manuscript and a whole year of cursive for the same price you pay for one.

We have been homeschooling our children for 9 years. We've never used any other penmanship curriculum. The whole series is fantastic. My 4 school aged children use the K book for 4 year old preschool, started the A book in Kindergarten, B is 1st grade, transition for 2nd grade because they aren't quite ready for cursive, and skip the C book but start D in 3rd grade. They finish the series by 5th grade. We do have one child that we discovered had a vision problem that really affected his handwriting and ability to color, so until that was fixed, no penmanship curriculum would have helped him. This is also a great ministry tool for children. At the end of the week, they have something tangible to give to shut ins, elderly, discouraged people, or to share with grandparents who live far away. I recommend the Transition book for kids who might not be ready for cursive until later in the year. If you use Transition, you don't need the C book...I think they recommend you choose one book or the other, but not both. My only complaint is that for Day 4 exercises, it's hard to find appropriate sized lined paper for the kids to practice for their Bible verse/Day 5 assignment. I wish the publisher provided lined paper for extra practice when necessary.

First it has ten lessons of praticing letters and sentences. Then it has twenty-seven lessons which take four days. Then it practice's cursive. How you write the letters. Then it has twenty-seven lessons in cursive. I like it because it has you practice letters firsts. Then they have you write parts of scriputure with it. You could easly make it last two years. I'm learning quite a bit of cuarsive. The border sheets are have nice diseghnes and I realy like them. It's as fun as a handwriting book can get. I'm 7 years old