Italic Handwriting Instruction Manual
Teach handwriting with ease! This guide walks you through italic letterforms, cursive joins, assessments, and style—no guesswork, just clear steps, clever tips, and confidence-boosting results for every grade.
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Getty-Dubay Italic Handwriting Series: Teacher's Guide
Teaching handwriting shouldn't feel like deciphering ancient runes. This cheerful, detail-packed guide is here to help you confidently coach your child from his very first wobbly letter to a polished, expressive hand. Designed to work with Books A–G, it's the ultimate companion for mastering italic handwriting at home or in the classroom.
You'll get step-by-step help on how to teach letter families, capitals, and those oh-so-satisfying cursive joins. There are tips for boosting writing speed and nurturing personal style—plus a fascinating peek into the history of handwriting. Yes, it's nerdy. Yes, it's awesome.
Inside, you'll find:
- Clear scope and sequence
- Easy-to-follow lesson plans
- Strategies for assessment and self-evaluation
- Vocabulary and management tools
- Solid objectives and standards to keep you on track
Why italic? Because it's simple, sleek, and logical—no loops, no fluff. Just letters that flow the way hands naturally move. Italic handwriting helps kids communicate clearly, think critically, and express ideas with confidence.
Whether your child is sounding out his first words or prepping for middle school essays, this guide helps you keep writing meaningful, manageable, and totally doable.
Find answers to the most frequently asked questions about this product below:
Some general recommendations:
- Plan on practicing no more than a page at one sitting.
- Spend some time during practice doing some self-assessment. Encourage the student to choose which letters (or joins) they did well, have them mark them and try to replicate those. Ask them to choose which ones they feel do not match the model and therefore need a mental plan (e.g. “I want the ‘h’ ascender downstroke to be straighter”.)
- Put practice to use as soon as you can. For instance, try to avoid asking them to practice a single letter over and over.
- While you might be tempted to jump around in the book, we suggest going page by page, reading all the material as you go.
- Do start with the “Pre-Test” sample of your student's current handwriting. It will be important to see how your student's handwriting has changed over time when the book is finished and the student does the “Post-test".
While you may experience improved handwriting after just a few sessions, most gains will come from repeated practice over time. Handwriting is a lifelong skill built up over many years of study. As you use the workbook, encourage the student to try out your new handwriting on other school work, especially spelling and vocabulary lists, writing short compositions, thank you notes, and other correspondence.
