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Introduction to Italics, Beautiful Handwriting for Children
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Why Choose Italic Handwriting?
...................1 Suggestions for Using Italics, Beautiful Handwriting for Children............
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Steps for Teaching Your Child Basic and Cursive Italic Handwriting.......... 3 Basic Italics: Lesson 1: i, j, l
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Lesson 2: v, w
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6 Lesson 3: z
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. 7 Lesson 4: k, x
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Lesson 5: n
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Lesson 6: m, h, r
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Lesson 8: u, y
.................. 16 Lesson 9: f, t
.................... 18 Lesson 10: a
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Lesson 11: d, g, q, 9
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..................... 25 Lesson 12: o, e
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Practice
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29 Lesson 13: c, s
........................ 31 Lesson 14: Basic Italic Alphabet and Capital Letters
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Practice
................... 35 The Concept of Copy Work and using a Candy Jar or Basket
........... 37 Copy Work Examples in Basic Italics
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Cursive Italics: Lesson 15: The Cursive Italics Alphabet
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46 Lesson 16: The Cursive Italics Alphabet, continued
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47 Lesson 17: Curved Joins
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48 Lesson 18: Sharp Joins
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49 Lesson 19: Start-back Joins
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Lesson 20: Horizontal Joins and Some Optional Joins
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Lesson 22: Joining Out of a 2-Stroke e and Some Optional Joins....... 57 Lesson 23: Letters That Are Never Joined
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Lesson 24: Capitals in Cursive Italics
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Examples of Cursive Italic Handwriting for Copy Work
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65 Variations on Copy Work
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Quotes modeled in basic or cursive for copywork jar........................... 75 Quotes (typed) to Transcribe into Basic or Cursive Italics
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Lined paper ...................................................................................... 95 See sample pages
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