The Complete Book of Handwriting [Paperback]

School Specialty Publishing (Author)

Book Description

Age Level: 5 and up | Grade Level: K and up | Series: Complete Book of

The Complete Book of Handwriting teaches children in Kindergarten to grade 3 important handwriting skills!

This 352 page workbook guides children through exercises that will refine handwriting skills-in both print and cursive!

Features:

•Instruction and practice in both print and cursive

•Eye-hand coordination exercises

•Practice writing letters, words, phrases, and sentences

•Exercises using frequently used words: days of the week, school subjects, holidays, and so on

•Special section on writing thank-you notes and friendly letters

•Pull-out writing guide

Over 4 million in print! The best-selling Complete Book series offers a full complement of instruction, activities, and information about a single topic or subject area. Containing over 30 titles and encompassing preschool to grade 8 this series helps children succeed in every subject area!

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 5 and up
  
• Paperback: 352 pages
• Publisher: American Education Publishing (June 1, 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 156189382X
• ISBN-13: 978-1561893829
• Product Dimensions: 10.9 x 8.4 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #515,048 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Customer Reviews

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7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent practice, November 12, 2008

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B. Gordon "Lydia Badidia" (Palm Bay, FL) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Complete Book of Handwriting (Paperback)

This workbook has a manuscript section and a cursive section. Within each section, there are four pages devoted to each letter of the alphabet. The first page has five lines to practice the uppercase letter and five lines to practice the lowercase letter. Both cases have a stroke-sequenced letter demonstrating how to write the letter (for right-handers... I'm not sure if it is different for lefties). The remaining three pages have ten lines to practice writing words starting with the designated letter. After going through the alphabet, the workbook goes through numbers, days of the week, months, etc. The cursive section is set up the same way.

We are using the book along with Englemann's "Teach your child to read in 100 easy lessons", and we use this for the handwriting task. The workbook is basic, yet comprehensive and it has met our needs perfectly.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Definitely complete but not really clear on instructions, January 6, 2009

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Bonnie (Aloha, OR) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: The Complete Book of Handwriting (Paperback)

The only thing I don't like about this book, is that it gives you a word, then you have two rows to write the word. Or you'll have an entire page with about 7 lines to write one sentence. Are you supposed to only write the word one time? I make my kid write it like 3 or 4 times which ends up being a lot of busy work. If they only write it one time, I feel like the book is kind of a waste. If you're trying to teach younger children their letters, I'd probably pass on this book, but its probably fine for an older child.

5.0 out of 5 stars Best tracing workbook!, January 23, 2011

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julia kornoliva (MIAMI BEACH, FL, US) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: The Complete Book of Handwriting (Paperback)

This is the best tracing workbook I have found. It has 2 parts: typed writing and cursive writing. Each part has multiple topics which are identical. Each letter has words that start with it. Then words make a sentence and kids will make their own one. Also kids can trace words that denote numbers, color, shapes, months, days of the , money, actions, etc. Also there is pre-writing practice.