Ultimately almost everyone begins to use a hybrid of print/cursive or some other flair that is their own. I read a study once that said 99% of people who were taught traditional cursive do not write all of their letters the way they were taught. Why? Mainly because I HATE the way almost all of the capital letters are formed with traditional "loopy" cursive. We are also switching to Getty-Dubay Italics as of this week. Do you think he will benefit from the HWT or should I just go with Getty-Dubay? :) However I have read that HWT cursive is best for a lefty. I've considered switching to Getty-Dubay recently because that's what my mishmash of handwriting lessons over the years of switching schools has lead my handwriting to evolve into. Since you used HWT cursive, maybe you can help me! Ds1 is on the last printing book. It's how I handwrite - combo of print/cursive. :) I also think that it will enable her to have efficient, fast, yet still pretty handwriting. She has very neat, small handwriting now, but the Getty-Dubay Italic/Cursive will give her a little more flair. We have done HWT print and cursive from PreK all the way to 4th grade cursive. My daughter is so excited, she's been practicing all day! I should have the books in next week. We printed off a few practice sheets from StartWrite. It looks modern, clean, and easy to read. Just yesterday I decided to switch our handwriting to Getty-Dubay Italic Cursive. Learning both is an obvious compromise, but really? Not so practical, or is it?Īnd now I get a three (or even four) way war going :tongue_smilie: I then I think, but what about the rest of the time? You going to instill a slow cursive style on those grounds. And I think, is Italic Cursive a hand that works for this purpose? The handwritten elements of social graces. Part of me thinks it would be senseless to learn anything other than a modern, clean, efficient, readable script.Īnother part thinks, in this modern era where so much communication is being done electronically (and will only increase in the future) what purpose will cursive handwriting serve? It is then that I think of writing invitations, sending thank you notes, letters of condolence, and important personal correspondence. You are no doubt correct, but therein lies the rub. Perhaps you need to decide what is most important to you - instilling the beautiful loopiness of the traditional scripts, or maximizing speed and legibility.
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