How to Teach Handwriting: A Teacher's ManualHoughton Mifflin Company, 1923 - 305 pages Two mistakes of an opposite nature have been made in teaching writing. The first is to expect writing to grow up incidentally without giving the child any specific training in the writing act. The second is to suppose that teaching writing is some strange mysterious process which can be mastered only by special teachers who have had a large amount of technical training. However, writing can be taught by the grade teacher and there are strong reasons why it should be so taught. Writing is an activity which the child performs in much of his/her school work besides his writing lesson. It is necessary that all the writing be done properly, and it is the grade teacher who must see that it is properly done. |
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alinement base line beginning Call attention capital child children write Christina G cise column connecting stroke Copy correct curve desk digits down-stroke Exer Exercise 18 Exercise 24 Exercise 30 Exercise 9 fingers FOURTH WEEK free swing Give Exercise Give Exercise 12 Give practice Give the words given grade half-line swing hand handwriting improvement keep LESSON 2 Review LESSON 3 Give LESSON 5 Prepare LESSON 5 Take Let the children letter formation long swing loop Lucy Larcom Mary Mapes Dodge month movement necessary Notice one-space one-two papers are collected pencil position preliminary swing pupils quality of line Ready Review Exercises rhythm runners scale SECOND WEEK sentences Set the metronome slant slide spacing speed drill standard straight suggested sure swing Exercises Take clean paper teacher THIRD WEEK to-day up-stroke verse voice count WEEK Emphasize Write Exercises Write name writing numbers written
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