Does any one know of any inspiring handwriting books/resources?

[EmmyInTheSticks]

DD 5.2 (starting year 1) is printing quite well though needs practise with size, spacing etc.

We have been doing the usual workbooks available - CGP, Scholastic, Letts and Schofield. I feel we have hit a bit of a brick wall. Has anyone found any practice books or approaches that have helped?

From twenty plus years of teaching young children my advice would be to avoid any handwriting workbooks. Use handwriting lined paper and work in "families" letters that have the same starting point and orientation so teach c, a, g, d, o, q, s and e together. t, i, j,l y and u. w, z,x and v. r, p, h, b, n and m.

(f and k depending on style used)

Thank you - serendipitously I have just been browsing Amazon for inspiration and ordered some lined exercise books with the thought of writing some notes and lists with dd.

The letter grouping etc sounds a good plan - she forms letters neatly and quickly but they are basically all the same size so this should help with focusing on size.

This type guides where capitals and lower case letter size and where ascenders and descenders should go

Letterjoin

www.letterjoin.co.uk

Thank you both - v. helpful.

Where do you stand on teaching cursive - is it something to introduce soon or do you think getting to grips with printing accurately first is the best idea?

The Magic Link

Handwriting without tears

Thanks, I'm looking into both those programmes now.

Bitlost have your dc taken lessons with The Magic link in person or followed it online? I'm not near London so dd couldn't attend classes there.

Magic Link again here. It was the only thing that sorted DS' handwriting (although he is in the SEN camp). We did some lessons in person with Lee and the rest using DVDs at home. It was expensive but everything else we tried was a waste of money....