New American Cursive

Product Description

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. We have used NAC in our Highlands Latin School, with dramatic results. Every child can master cursive in the first grade, and many of our first graders write better than typical third graders. Learning cursive early ensures that students 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 1:

• Designed with the first grader in mind
• Unnecessary strokes are eliminated; NAC alphabet has 26 fewer strokes than the top three most common cursive programs
• Letter forms are simplified but retain the classic form for legibility
• 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.
• 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.

New American Cursive 2:

• Eight-page Teaching Guide included
• 125 instruction exercises for excellent penmanship development
• Practice pages include Bible verses and character-building quotes
• Simplified alphabet, unnecessary strokes eliminated
• Bound at the top for ease of use by left-handed students
• Clear starting dots and arrow directions
• Blank reproducible practice pages included
• Flexible method allows for the individuality of the child

New American Cursive 3:

• Seven-page Teaching Guide included
• 100 instruction exercises for excellent penmanship development
• Practice pages include Bible verses and character-building quotes
• Simplified alphabet, unnecessary strokes eliminated
• Bound at the top for ease of use by left-handed students
• Includes exercises to develop creative writing skills
• Blank reproducible practice pages included
• Flexible method allows for the individuality of the child

New American Cursive® StartWrite® Software

The StartWrite/NAC® software is a supplement to the workbooks. It helps teachers, homeschoolers, and parents create handwriting lessons quickly and easily. StartWrite® saves hours in lesson preparation time, while creating fun, meaningful worksheets. We are excited to make Startwrite® available to everyone who wants to teach the New American Cursive® to his or her child or student.

StartWrite/NAC® allows you to create your own handwriting lessons, tailored specifically to your child or student’s needs, interests, and skill levels. With the StartWrite/NAC® Handwriting Worksheet Wizard you can integrate handwriting practice with any subject. Your students can learn cursive handwriting while studying other subjects!

Startwrite/NAC® is a simple word processor; your lesson preparation time is determined only by how fast you can type!

Note: Currently not available for Mac OS.

Teaching Handwriting with New American Cursive

Pencil & Paper Position for Right Handers

Pencil & Paper Position for Left Handers

Check out this Pychology Today article on the Biological and Psychology Benefits of Learning Cursive!

Reviews

“If your child has ever been frustrated with cursive, if you have a left-handed child, or you want to start off on the right foot, you should definitely give this penmanship program a second look!”
– Kelly

“I loved the fact that unnecessary strokes are eliminated in this program. The New American Cursive alphabet has 26 fewer strokes than the top three most common cursive programs. I believe this was very beneficial to my daughter. She didn’t seem to show much trouble in learning and writing the letters. Even though the letter forms are simplified they still retain the classic form for legibility. The workbook was simple, clear, and effective for my daughter.”
– Jennifer

“We are continuing to plug away at this program because he is making tiny baby steps of improvement, and as any parents of a special needs child knows, tiny steps are HUGE steps!…If you have a child with dysgraphia, this is a program that helps with improvement, both in skills and confidence.”
– Gypsy Road Blog

Using New American Cursive with Special-Needs Students

• We use New American Cursive 1 in Level 2 of our special-needs curriculum package, Simply Classical.

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Additional Information

Dimensions	1 × 1 × 1 in
Publisher	Memoria Press
Authors	Iris Hatfield