Welcome to Homework and Horseplay. Today I am sharing my CursiveLogic Review with all of you. There are a number of milestones in a child’s education, and learning to write in cursive is a big one. When the opportunity to review the CursiveLogic Quick-Start Pack and The Art of Cursive came up, I knew I needed to try out this logical approach to teaching my son how to write in cursive.
What is CursiveLogic?
CursiveLogic is a handwriting curriculum that teaches cursive through common letter shape, rather than alphabetical order. This logical approach to cursive handwriting introduces letters in four different strings. The letters in each string share a common shape, and are explored with a multisensory approach.
How did my family use CursiveLogic?
Since my two oldest children have already learned how to write in cursive I used the CursiveLogic workbook exclusively with my 1o year old son, Jack. Jack has a number of learning delays, and fine motor skills is right at the top of that list. He usually does not have the stamina to write for more than a few minutes. Before starting week 1 with CursiveLogic children are taught some basic skills to practice. The first skill he had to work on was the 3 P’s for Excellent Cursive. The 3 P’s are:
- Posture
- Paper
- Pencil
This skills practice was a great reminder for Jack, not only for cursive writing, but writing in general. I now have a new trick to use when I see he is not following good writing form. I just say “Remember the 3 P’s“, and he straightens up and corrects his own mistakes. My son and I absolutely love this because he doesn’t feel as though I am picking on him. He is in charge of his own performance!
The first letter string Jack worked on was the orange string. The orange string letters are all built around an oval. I am really happy that CursiveLogic started with these letters because they seem to be fairly easy for the students to write. Jack was very excited that he was able to recognize the letters without my assistance too! Having a chant or “catch phrase” to say while writing these new letters is really helpful for him.
While Jack completed his daily lessons, I used The Art of Cursive coloring book. I found it very relaxing to work on this beautiful book. I love that the coloring pages include quotes from famous people such as Walt Whitman. Each time I worked on The Art of Cursive Jack asked me what the “quote of the day” was. This opened up the door to talking about some people he had never heard of before, and I felt like we were mixing in a little bit of history.
Homework and Horseplay’s final thoughts…
I think CursiveLogic is a great way to teach your child how to write cursive. Unfortunately, I just don’t think my special needs child is quite ready for the quick pace this program uses. It is designed to be completed in 10 weeks. Due to Jack’s fine motor delays, he had a hard time completing the assignments as scheduled. I modified the timeline to fit his abilities, so instead of taking one week to complete the assignments we took two or three weeks.
After watching her brother struggle while using CursiveLogic, my daughter looked over the lessons and watched part of the webinar with me. She said that the way this curriculum teaches cursive makes a lot more sense to her than the methods she was taught with. She also asked me why I didn’t use this approach for her.
As an instructor, I really appreciated the CursiveLogic method. When my son was struggling it was easy to remind him of the reasoning behind the four strings.The catch phrases, shapes, and colors are helpful for both the instructor and student. I look forward to continuing to work on CursiveLogic with Jack, and hopefully with a little more time and practice he will be writing in cursive with ease!
Are you interested in purchasing CursiveLogic?
Thank you for reading my CursiveLogic Review…
Are you interested in hearing from other members of the Review Crew?
The post CursiveLogic Review appeared first on Homework and Horseplay.
No comments:
Post a Comment