Introduction to Italics, Beautiful Handwriting for Children …………..........… 1

Why Choose Italic Handwriting? …………………………………...................1

Suggestions for Using Italics, Beautiful Handwriting for Children............… 2

Steps for Teaching Your Child Basic and Cursive Italic Handwriting.......... 3

Basic Italics:
Lesson 1: i, j, l ……………………………………………...................……… 4
Lesson 2: v, w ………………………………………………...................…… 6
Lesson 3: z ……………………….……………………………..................…. 7
Lesson 4: k, x …………………………………………….................…......… 8
Lesson 5: n …………………………………………………….....................…10
Lesson 6: m, h, r ……………………………………………..........................11
Practice ………………………………………………………….....................  12
Lesson 7: b, p ……………………………………………………................... 14
Lesson 8: u, y ……………………………………………………..................  16
Lesson 9: f, t ……………………………………………………....................  18
Lesson 10: a …………………………………………………….................…  20
Lesson 11: d, g, q, 9 ……………………………………………..................  22
Practice ………………………………………………………….....................  25
Lesson 12: o, e ………………………………………………...................…  27
Practice………………………………………………………...................…… 29
Lesson 13: c, s ………………………………………………........................ 31
Lesson 14: Basic Italic Alphabet and Capital Letters …………................ 33
Practice……………………………………………………………................... 35
The Concept of Copy Work and using a Candy Jar or Basket …........... 37
Copy Work Examples in Basic Italics ……………………………….......… 39

Cursive Italics:
 Lesson 15: The Cursive Italics Alphabet ………………......................… 46
 Lesson 16: The Cursive Italics Alphabet, continued …………............… 47
 Lesson 17: Curved Joins ………………………………………..............… 48
 Lesson 18: Sharp Joins ………………………………………….............… 49
 Lesson 19: Start-back Joins…………………………………..................… 51
 Lesson 20: Horizontal Joins and Some Optional Joins ……….............. 53
 Lesson 21: Diagonal into Horizontal Joins……………………................. 55
 Lesson 22: Joining Out of a 2-Stroke ‘e’ and Some Optional Joins....... 57
 Lesson 23: Letters That Are Never Joined ……………………................ 61
 Lesson 24: Capitals in Cursive Italics ………………………….............…  63
Examples of Cursive Italic Handwriting for Copy Work ……….....…….… 65
Variations on Copy Work ……………………………………………........…. 74
Quotes modeled in basic or cursive for copywork jar........................... 75
Quotes (typed) to Transcribe into Basic or Cursive Italics …………........ 82
Lined paper ...................................................................................... 95

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