[etni] Cursive

 

D'Nealian is a style of writing and HYPERLINK
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teaching"teaching HYPERLINK
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cursive"cursive and print (block) HYPERLINK
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Handwriting"handwriting for HYPERLINK
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_language"English (and perhaps other 
languages
written with the HYPERLINK "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latin_alphabet"Latin
alphabet). It was designed to ease the learning of cursive and print 
handwriting. It
was developed by HYPERLINK
"http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Donald_Thurber&action=edit"Donald 
Thurber,
who developed the system while teaching in a HYPERLINK
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Primary_school"primary school. It is reported that
D'Nealian cursive handwriting, when it is taught to children, is, in theory, 
easier
to learn and that students more quickly and easily acquire the skill with less
frustration than traditional cursive writing systems. The name of the script 
comes
from Donald's first name contracted with his middle name ("Neal"). The 
trademark is
licensed exclusively to publisher HYPERLINK
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pearson_Scott_Foresman"Pearson Scott Foresman.

The system was designed as a method to alleviate the problems with teaching 
children
the standard HYPERLINK
"http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Zaner-Bloser_Script&action=edit"Zaner-Blos
er Script method and the subsequent difficulty in transition to HYPERLINK
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cursive"cursive writing. D'Nealian Script was 
unique in
that the HYPERLINK "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manuscript"manuscript form has 
many
similarities to the cursive version.

 
Go to: HYPERLINK
"http://www.dnealian.com/lessons.html"http://www.dnealian.com/lessons.html to 
see how
easy the transition is from print to cursive.
 
Richard Steinitz - LPA Group
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