Italic Handwriting Book F Grade 5
Master cursive while exploring wordplay galore—palindromes, similes, oxymorons, and more! Book F brings English language charm and handwriting together in a clever, confidence-boosting workbook for fifth-grade writers.
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Italic Handwriting Book F continues your fifth grader's cursive italic practice using the Getty-Dubay method, with English itself as the connecting theme. Practice content moves through word origins, word groups, figures of speech, oxymorons, onomatopoeia, analogies, palindromes, proverbs, and tongue twisters. This way, handwriting time doubles as exposure to language your child will keep meeting in reading and writing. Capitals practice features First Nation tribes and communities of North America, and short notes on the history of the alphabet appear throughout.
Because italic uses a single alphabet, your child isn't switching letterform systems at any point in the series—he's continuing to refine the cursive italic he's been building for several years by now.
We've been recommending italic handwriting for just about as long as Timberdoodle has existed. Back when our orders came in by mail, the legible ones were a small daily relief. Decades later, good handwriting is still a small gift to the recipient.
Book F is a good fit for a typical fifth grader, or for a child who has worked through Book E and is ready to keep refining cursive.
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).
- May 31, 2012
produced neat, legible handwriting
blessed4xover
We started with Reason for Writing, but traditional cursive was very frustrating for all three of my kids. By the time we got to book F, all three were writing, if not beautifully, at least legibly and smoothly. After the series, one went on to master calligraphy, and another decided to teach himself traditional cursive and Spencerian penmanship, simply because they were interested in the way the italic script looked, and in the upper levels the student is encouraged to personalize his or her own hand. So this program turned out to be a good stepping stone to self-directed learning.
- May 31, 2012
Beautiful Dreamer, Write on!
Pam f.
Sticks and balls belong on the playground, in my mind. Writing should flow, if you have to wield a pen or pencil. That's what this series offers. My children's penmanship improved while they did this program. Even my all-boy boy can write legibly when he puts his mind to it after using the Getty-Dubay books. They do offer some ideas for practicing in real life, but I would have liked more practice in the books themselves. I guess I'm just lazy that way.
- 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.
