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 sixth grade cursive workbook focuses onmanuscript and cursive maintenance. Engaging exercisesinclude tracing and writing letters, joinings, words,sentences, and longer passages. Review and applicationexercises are included throughout with shape, size, spacingand slant emphasized as the keys to legibility. The lastunit is "Using What You Have Learned" and emphasizes theimportance of legibility (while noting how everyone'shandwriting is unique!) and features exercises based inreal-life. 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, 80 perforated pages, indexed, softcover.Non-reproducible; consumable workbook. Approximately 9" x11". Grade 6.
- Practice Masters
This 2020edition features updates to the basic strokes plus a new"reading historical documents" feature in the studentworkbook; QR codes have been added to the practice masters.
Please note that this item is only available forpurchase by Homeschools located in the USA andCanada.
