Italic Handwriting Book D Grade 3
With smooth transitions, historical tidbits, and loads of language twists, your third grader will gain skills, confidence, and clear communication.
$13.75
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Italic Handwriting Book D teaches your third grader the cursive italic alphabet—capitals included—using the Getty-Dubay method. By this level, handwriting practice isn't only about letter formation. The lessons pull in something else worth knowing: capitalization rules, vowel and consonant sounds, prefixes and suffixes, phonograms, homographs, six forms of poetry, and tongue twisters for practice.
Because italic uses one alphabet, your child isn't learning a new letterform system to get to cursive—he's connecting and refining letters he already knows.
We've seen firsthand that good handwriting isn't required for success, but it sure is nice for the recipient. Back when most of our orders came in by mail, the difference between squinting and smiling came down to legibility. Years later, that hasn't changed.
Letter sizes drop to 6mm and 5mm this year. Book D is a good fit for a typical third grader, or for a child who has worked through Book C and is ready to take cursive italic the rest of the way.
Find answers to the most frequently asked questions about this product below:
Shorter, meaningful, and regular practice is better than longer and/or sporadic sessions. For students in 3rd to 6th grade, we recommend 60-120 minutes per week (12-24 minutes per day).
- July 17, 2023
Great Practice
Megan G.
I love that I can give this to my son and he can work through a page or two by himself while I work with my other kiddos. Really like the practice for him!
- March 19, 2019
Italic Handwriting Book D Grade 3
AB
My daughter has been able to work through this book on her own. It is fun to watch her incorporate aspects of cursive into her everyday writing as she is learning them.
- May 19, 2015
Different than the norm, but nice
Liz M.
I was intrigued by the simplicity of this cursive method, and I'm glad we tried it. It definitely looks different than what my 8 year old daughter's friends are learning in public and private school since it has less loops and fancy letters. It's actually how I write as an adult - a blend of cursive and print, dropping the fancy loops as it took more time and felt unnecessary. She loves the way it looks and now prefers to write in cursive over print!
- December 31, 2013
I like this book
katie.smithwilson
My older 2 children were only taught to write their first name in cursive and I find that it is very important for kids to learn this! My son seems to enjoy it so far as he likes to do things the other kids have not. He enjoys learning new ways of writing and we are just starting so I cant wait to see what he gets done.
- September 26, 2011
Motivated my daughter
Christie
We'd started with another program with my son and automatically used it for my daughter. What worked for him (and I still love and use for my other boys) wasn't motivating my daughter who appreciates aesthetics. My cousin who was taught Getty-Dubay in public school in the 80s has lovely handwriting, so I bought Getty-Dubay Italics for my daughter. From the start, her handwriting improved because she took her time and enjoyed how pretty it is becoming. The workbook pages are pretty full, with many lines to complete but I only have her do one page per day with her best efforts. We sped through the first book, since she knew how to write already but we went back to the beginning to form letters the italics way. Now she is in the grade level book, and her italic cursive is really nice.
- November 5, 2008
We have used Italic Handwriting for 17+ years!!
Mary S.
We have used Italic Handwriting for years (17 and counting) on Timberdoodle's initial recommendation. People have always commented on how neat our children's handwriting is. It is very legible and moves into calligraphy easily with a chiseled marker. My older children complained a little that their friends and relatives were writing a different way so, after they were proficient at italic cursive, we went over conventional cursive and I told them they were free to adjust their handwriting if they liked. I have liked the results of Italic Handwriting and we are continuing to use it with the rest of our 11 children. A benefit to teaching it is that I have improved at calligraphy myself.
- November 3, 2008
My son LOVED it!!
Michelle L.
My oldest son was resistant to learning cursive. Someone suggested letting him try calligraphy. It made me remember the information I had read about Italic Handwriting in the Timberdoodle catalog. We switched over to italic manuscript and then the transition to italic script was painless. My son LOVED it and his handwriting improved greatly. I also find using the program helpful for my other son who is dyslexic. He can work very independently and the lessons are short.
- October 24, 2008
Used this series with eight children!
Kellyanne E.
I have been using this handwriting program for almost 20 years. I have used it with eight children (so far!) and I have been very pleased with the results. The children have been able to use the books without difficulty (or tears, a big plus). Some of my children have really made the effort to duplicate the beautiful handwriting in the books and have even been inspired to try the calligraphic hand taught in book G. Some of my children have not been as eager to emphasize their handwriting to that degree. However, even those who took the "only what is required" attitude, have fine, legible handwriting.
