Need A Recommendation For A Cursive Handwriting Tutorial

[OV1kenobi]

Greetings!

 

I just joined this forum a little while ago, but I really do need you advice regarding a manual/tutorial regarding cursive handwriting.

 

Here is the situation: I am a 54 year old grand-daddy that learned cursive writing back in the early to mid 1960's in the Detroit Public Schools. My hand appears very much like Spencerian Script, but not quite...probably more like the Palmer Method, but I really don't know what was officially taught in Detroit back then.

 

I do know that I had some very old (really old, like 60+ years) early elementary teachers starting in 1963/1964 who may very well have been well-versed in a method such as Palmer, but received and passed on influences in their early training in Spencerian Script.

 

I would appreciate any suggestions for a book/tutorial that I could use to teach my 6 year old grandson cursive handwriting. He is a very bright young man that reads on at least the fourth-grade level, despite being only in the first grade.

 

My grandson is familiar with cursive script and is very enthusiastic to learn to write in a good hand.

 

Regards,

 

David

[ink mixer]

Michael Sull has a book called American Cursive Handwriting. If you go to http://www.spencerian.com/americancursivepromotion.html, you can read the promotional material. For a cheaper route, the IAMPETH links in the penmanship section are useful. Still, American Cursive Handwriting is probably your best bet for a modern book.

[OV1kenobi]

Michael Sull has a book called American Cursive Handwriting. If you go to http://www.spencerian.com/americancursivepromotion.html, you can read the promotional material. For a cheaper route, the IAMPETH links in the penmanship section are useful. Still, American Cursive Handwriting is probably your best bet for a modern book.

 

 

Thanks, "Ink Mixer," for your reply. The link and examples that you provided for Mr. Sull's book look so much like the version of American Cursive Handwriting that I learned in the early/mid 1960's in Detroit. As I mentioned earlier, very similar to Spencerian Script, but with a heavy influence of the Palmer Method.

 

Regards,

 

David

Edited September 27, 2012 by OV1kenobi

[Daisy]

Hi David! Just so you're aware, the IAMPETH site suggested by Ink Mixer also has extensive Spencerian and Palmer resources available, all free as far as I know. I used them to research and then to learn Palmer.

 

Best wishes to your grandson! He sounds like an industrious young fella; you must be proud of him. It's a shame they don't teach cursive anymore and I think it leaves a big gap in one's personal skills. Good on you for taking an interest and teaching him the art!

 

 

 

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Edited September 27, 2012 by Daisy

[pmhudepo]

If you want to have a go at something old, Edward C. Mills' Modern Business Penmanship, over at iampeth.com, offers lots of information about posture, grip, motion with plenty of exercises.

 

The book is from 1903 and very useful for developing basic writing skills as well as an attractive, plain cursive ("looped", "joined") writing style. I've got the PDF on my iPad for writing practice. A lovely combination of old and modern.

[caliken]

If you want to have a go at something old, Edward C. Mills' Modern Business Penmanship, over at iampeth.com, offers lots of information about posture, grip, motion with plenty of exercises.

 

The book is from 1903 and very useful for developing basic writing skills as well as an attractive, plain cursive ("looped", "joined") writing style. I've got the PDF on my iPad for writing practice. A lovely combination of old and modern.

I'd just like to second this suggestion. I've always been a great believer in self-learning from the best examples available, and E C Mills was the supreme master of the style.

This is a superb little book.

 

Ken

Edited September 28, 2012 by caliken