Cursive First: An Introduction to Cursive Penmanship, 2nd edition

Use together with Wanda Sanseri's Spell to Write and Read and the W.I.S.E. Guide for Spelling.  Although Cursive First was developed to coordinate with Spell to Write and Read, it stands well on it's own.   Why teach cursive first?Historically cursive was taught first to our nation's children. Today, reading and dyslexia experts are rediscovering that teaching cursive first--before print or manuscript--improves long-term penmanship skills, helps children learn to read, virtually eliminates reversals, and enables children to read what is written by others. Cursive First introduces children to writing numerals, the cursive alphabet, and the most common phonograms of the English language. The package coordinates with the instruction found in the highly successful Spell to Write and Read and The WISE Guide by Wanda Sanseri, and can be used with the beginning writer or an older student transitioning from print to cursive.For an abridged version of the first chapter from Cursive First (2nd