“A Walk in the Woods” Cursive Penmanship Review

This review is a little different. I was the only Crew member who reviewed this item, and I did it for The Old Schoolhouse Magazine®, LLC. You can find the review on their website.

“A Walk in the Woods” Cursive Penmanship - Digital Download Review by Deann H

Joymarie and Jennaya Dunlap
LightHome Publications sold via CurrClick
www.LightHome.net
http://www.currclick.com/browse/pub/134/LightHome-Publications

My children continue to do copywork as long as the child needs handwriting practice. Copywork is also a good way to learn good writing style and punctuation. I am always on the lookout for quality premade copywork, like the books available from LightHome Publications.

“Kind Kids Care” A-Z Manuscript Penmanship with Verses in KJV Review

This review is a little different. I was the only Crew member who reviewed this item, and I did it for The Old Schoolhouse Magazine®, LLC. You can find the review on their website.

“Kind Kids Care” A-Z Manuscript Penmanship with Verses in KJV - Digital Download Review by Deann H

Joymarie Dunlap
LightHome Publications sold via CurrClick
www.LightHome.net
http://www.currclick.com/browse/pub/134/LightHome-Publications

Copywork is an excellent way to introduce young children to writing. By examining and copying properly constructed sentences, a child will learn the intricacies of writing. Many educators and parents recommend having a child do copywork daily for the first few years of their education. In my home, children do copywork as soon as they learn how to write all the letters of the alphabet. They begin with very short sentences of half a dozen words and progress to full paragraphs.

Pencil Grip and Safety Scissors Review

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The Pencil Grip, Inc. has become one of our favorite vendors. We had the opportunity recently to review some items from them, The Ultra Safe Safety Scissors and The 3 Step Pencil Grip Training Kit. My kids have tried one of their pencil grips before and wanted to try this kit, and the scissors were intriguing!

The items in this review were fun for my kids to try out, but they felt the items were too juvenile for all but my youngest. My oldest, M, was glad to help with this review though... she obtained permission from a family that she babysits for to try these out with their children. She used the camera on a very old phone, so many of these pictures aren't very clear but I think you'll still get a good idea of how these products work! Also, much thanks to this family for their help!

Channie's Easy Peasy Cursive Review

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My youngest (1st grade) is still learning cursive, and though she's doing quite well, she does need daily practice. When we were offered the opportunity to review one of Channie's Visual Handwriting & Math Workbooks, we chose the Easy Peasy Cursive one. This workbook looked different than any other cursive practice workbook I'd seen.


Channie's workbooks are unique because they offer a visual aspect to penmanship that is necessary for young learners, yet often lacking in penmanship instruction. In my experience of teaching my four children manuscript and cursive, they need to see someone form the letters so they know the correct way to move their pencil. They also need to see specifics about the size of the letters such as how tall or how far below the main line they reach.

How We Homeschool: Handwriting (Blogging Through the Alphabet)

This week is letter H, and I chose handwriting!

Penmanship can vary so much between children, but there are so many options available that it's easy to adjust according to what a child needs. I have some children who likely have some level of dysgraphia, so we are constantly adjusting and encouraging, and often fussing about this...

Perfect Reading & Beautiful Handwriting Review

All of my children need handwriting practice, one is still learning to write, and some are learning advanced skills like calligraphy.  I fit into two of those categories as well.  The opportunity to review Perfect Reading, Beautiful Handwriting from Everyday Education, LLC sounded like something that might be helpful for all of us!

Writing Tools

In our house we focus on penmanship a lot.  A LOT.  Most of us have sloppy penmanship.  This blog post will mostly be my rambling thoughts about this topic.