Zaner-Bloser Handwriting is a complete handwritingprogram that can be taught in as little as 15 minutes a day!The Zaner-Bloser style teaches a vertical manuscriptalphabet that is made up of only four simple strokes and issimilar to the letter forms most widely used in everydayprint. This kit includes the student edition and practicemasters.
The fourth grade cursive student workbookprovides cursive reinforcement. Engaging exercises includetracing and writing letters, joinings, words, sentences, andparagraphs with review and application exercises includedthroughout. Students will think about shape, size, spacingand slant as the keys to legibility. The last unit is "usingwhat you have learned" and focuses on real-life applicationsof cursive handwriting in situations like writing aninvitation, writing a friendly letter, taking notes, andmore. Original writing exercises help apply handwritingskills to narrative, explanatory, and opinion-based writingtasks. This student workbook includes "Handwriting Tutor" QRcodes; students can scan the QR codes with a mobile deviceto watch animated letter models and how-to videos.
Directional features include:
- Lettermodels with arrows to show stroke sequence
- Greenstarting dots that show students where initial strokes begin
- Stroke descriptions to guide letter formation at home
- Stop-and-check signs to remind students to self-evaluatetheir letters
- Space to practice writing directly beneathmodels (that both left-and right-handed students can easilysee)
The practice masters provide studentswith additional practice for every letter and skill andoffer school-to-home activities/letters to reinforce correctletter formation at home. This set of practice masters alsoincludes manipulative and multisensory learning activitiesalong with additional handwriting support such asreproducibles of the Zaner-Bloser alphabets, awardcertificates, handwriting basics, and handwriting paper.
This Homeschool Kit includes:
- StudentEdition, 112 pages, indexed, softcover. Non-reproducible;consumable workbook. 9" x 11". Grade 4.
- PracticeMasters
This 2020 edition features updates to thebasic strokes plus a new "reading historical documents"feature in the student workbook; QR codes have been added tothe practice masters.
Please note that this itemis only available for purchase by Homeschools located in theUSA and Canada.
