A Reason for Handwriting C - Grade 3

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A Reason for Handwriting - Level C

A Reason for Handwriting Level C Student Worktext begins with 27 lessons introducing basic cursive letter formation. After completing the introduction, the worktext proceeds to 32 weekly lessons, providing 10-15 minutes of daily practice. 


On days one to three, students write letters and words from the week's Scripture verse. On day four, students transcribe the entire verse on a piece of practice paper. 


On the final day, students select a Border Sheet from the back of the book and write the week's Scripture verse in their best handwriting. They can then use their creativity to color the design on their Border Sheet.


About the A Reason for Handwriting Series

Handwriting, especially in this era of word processors, is a relatively low priority compared to other subjects. However, if you are going to make handwriting a part of your curriculum, here is something to think about. 


Handwriting is a learned motor skill requiring regular practice. Doesn't it seem that if your child is going to labor over something with his mind and hands, he should also engage his heart? A Reason for Handwriting does all three.


With each 10- to 15-minute daily lesson built around Bible verses, the content is not only instructional but also inspirational. Plus, at the end of each week, your children will be given the opportunity to apply excellence to their work as they copy their verse-of-the-week onto their choice of "Scripture Border Sheets." These completed sheets are worth sharing with friends and family. 


A Reason for Handwriting uses a Living Bible paraphrase for its verses. For those dyed-in-the-wool KJV-only families, let me suggest that even this Scriptural rendition is better for your child to toil over than any trivial sentence about the environment, sports events, or popular media standard in other handwriting programs. Each workbook is full color.

Features
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Verses are taken from the New Testament Epistles. Does NOT include transition or manuscript lessons.

NOTE: The Transition Book will replace either book B or C. The Transition Book includes extra exercises for both manuscript and cursive. If your second-grader is ready for cursive, then you should use The Transition Book and follow it with book C. If your third-grader needs more work on manuscript before tackling cursive, use The Transition Book, and then follow with book D.

Author: Carol Ann Retzer, Eva Hoshino
Pages: 144
Binding: Paperback
Copyright: 2001
ISBN: 9780936785417
Publisher: The Concerned Group
Consumable: Yes
Reproducible: No
Faith-Based: Yes

A Reason for Writing C Review by So Every Day

review by So Every Day

”By the end of the week they are writing a memory verse completely on their own and you allowed them some basic independence over their own work and you didn’t need to print out special cursive practice pages or choose a section from a novel for them to copy.”

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Bryson
the winner

This program worked better and produced more readable results than Getty-Dubay and Handwriting Without Tears for both my 2 right handed and my 2 left handed children.

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Anonymous
Solid program

I agree that A Reason for Writing would not be enough remedial instruction for a struggling student, but the Christian content and the digestible, repetitious, nature of the simple program has its merits. I use this with another support program for my struggling student, but it is quite sufficient for my typical students.

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Debbie
Excellent handwriting program!

Excellent handwriting program! Each child works on memorizing and writing out one verse each week. The handwriting practice is divided by four days. By the end of the week the student should be able to write out the verse in its entirety. I like this program because my son can work on it on his own and it is not overwhelming.

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Julie K.
So straightforward in teaching

We started using this from the very beginning. It is so straightforward in teaching printing and then transitioning to cursive, that my children wanted to do more than the necessary amount for the day. I love the Bible verses it reinforces and the kids love the illustrated characters that show up throughout the books.

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Tracy F.
Dramatic improvement upon use!

I trusted Karen Andreola's review of Getty-Dubay Italic in the CBD catalog, but when my 8th and 6th graders still couldn't READ cursive, and couldn't read their own italic, I knew something was lacking. Because I've never been dissatisfied with a recommendation from Timberdoodle, I took their advice and switched to A Reason... Within a week both were dramatically improved. I've used this for three years now with my seven children. (It should be noted in the catalog that the Transition book contains all of the exercises/material found in Book B)