| | |  | New in June | Home » » » New American Cursive I | | | | | | | Description: | | The New American Cursive is an easy-to-follow resource for teaching beginning cursive. It presents simplified letter forms, using multi-sensory methods to aid in the learning of motor skills necessary to write well. Developed by Iris Hatfield, with over 35 years of experience in the handwriting field, the book improves the process of teaching handwriting and allows students to start at a younger age. The character Mr. Meerkat is the book's guide, making learning tasks fun; step-by-step, he shows the way to draw each letter and encourages creativity. There are clear arrow directions for letter creation, and plenty of shaded letters to trace for practice. The book is bound at the top for equal access for left- and right-handers. NAC's simplified strokes and letter forms allow first grade students to truly master beautiful cursive. Every child can master cursive in the first grade. Learning cursive early ensures that they are not slowed down or frustrated in the upper grades when they are focusing on other subjects such as grammar and composition. New American Cursive Workbook 1 features: | | | Features: | |
• Designed with the first grader in mind. Letter forms are simplified but retain the classic form for legibility.
• Unnecessary strokes are eliminated. The NAC alphabet has 26 fewer strokes than the top three most common cursive programs.
• The NAC natural right, slant is easier for beginners and left-handers. If the slant is too far right it can be difficult for lefties. Writing absolutely vertically is tiring and can slow down the writing.
• The NAC program was created to be simple, clear, and effective. It focuses on accuracy and increasing legibility.
• A teaching guide is included. It takes students only twenty minutes of their day to practice in their NAC book.
| | | Product Details: | | | Author:
| Iris Hatfield | | Ring-bound:
| 105 pages | | Publisher:
| Memoria Press | | Publication Date:
| January 01, 2007 | | Language:
| English | | ISBN:
| 0979767806 | | Product Width:
| 2.62 centimeters | | Product Height:
| 2.06 centimeters | | Product Weight:
| 0.01 pounds | | Package Length:
| 10.7 inches | | Package Width:
| 8.3 inches | | Package Height:
| 0.3 inches | | Package Weight:
| 0.85 pounds | | Average Customer Rating:
|  based on 2 reviews |
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 A Bit on the Ugly Side But Easy for Kids to LearnMay 15, 2011
By CrimsonGirl
"homeschooling mom"
I picked up "New American Cursive" out of desperation after trying to teach my 8 y.o. via the Peterson Directed Handwriting method & experiencing major meltdowns on her part. Her main complaints about Peterson were that there were "too many loops" and that the letters were "too slanted". NAC is a very much streamlined cursive and it has only a slight slant. My daughter *LOVES* it. I personally think it's a bit on the ugly side, but at this point, I'd take a legible-but-ugly cursive over a pretty font that she is unwilling or unable to write.
I did draw the line at NAC's capital F, Q, T, and Z and insist that my daughter learn more traditional-looking versions of those. NAC's versions are basically slanted manuscript and I'm not okay with that.
 Simplified CursiveMar 01, 2012
By C. Arango
"classical homeschooler"
I was looking for a font that was simple and pleasing (to me). Unlike the previous poster, I prefer the NAC way of the uppercase F, T, Q, and Z. When I was learning traditional cursive in school I always thought that those letters were the ugliest. So, to each his own. I will teach my children the NAC way and then make sure that they know how other fonts form those letters.
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