Each craft can be easily completed using only scissors and glue. Along with each craft, you’ll find a short poem and accompanying activity ideas to reinforce important pre-reading skills. It’s 120 pages of full-color alphabet fun and the perfect way to encourage your student’s enthusiasm for learning to read!

Uppercase Letter Crafts is a supplement to the All About Reading Pre-reading program or it can be used independently of the program.

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NAC‘s simplified strokes and letter forms allow first grade students to truly master beautiful cursive. We have used NAC in our Highlands Latin School, with dramatic results. Every child can master cursive in the first grade, and many of our first graders write better than typical third graders. Learning cursive early ensures that students are not slowed down or frustrated in the upper grades when they are focusing on other subjects, such as grammar and composition.

New American Cursive 1:

• Designed with the first grader in mind
• Unnecessary strokes are eliminated; NAC alphabet has 26 fewer strokes than the top three most common cursive programs
• Letter forms are simplified but retain the classic form for legibility
• NAC natural right slant is easier for beginners and left-handers. If the slant is too far right, it can be difficult for lefties. Writing absolutely vertically is tiring and can slow down the writing.
• NAC program was created to be simple, clear, and effective. It focuses on accuracy and increasing legibility.
• A teaching guide is included. It takes students only twenty minutes of their day to practice in their NAC book.

New American Cursive 2:

• Eight-page Teaching Guide included
• 125 instruction exercises for excellent penmanship development
• Practice pages include Bible verses and character-building quotes
• Simplified alphabet, unnecessary strokes eliminated
• Bound at the top for ease of use by left-handed students
• Clear starting dots and arrow directions
• Blank reproducible practice pages included
• Flexible method allows for the individuality of the child

New American Cursive 3:

• Seven-page Teaching Guide included
• 100 instruction exercises for excellent penmanship development
• Practice pages include Bible verses and character-building quotes
• Simplified alphabet, unnecessary strokes eliminated
• Bound at the top for ease of use by left-handed students
• Includes exercises to develop creative writing skills
• Blank reproducible practice pages included
• Flexible method allows for the individuality of the child

Recommended Software available for purchase from Memoria Press.

New American Cursive® StartWrite® Software

The StartWrite/NAC® software is a supplement to the workbooks. It helps teachers, homeschoolers, and parents create handwriting lessons quickly and easily. StartWrite® saves hours in lesson preparation time, while creating fun, meaningful worksheets. We are excited to make Startwrite® available to everyone who wants to teach the New American Cursive® to his or her child or student.

StartWrite/NAC® allows you to create your own handwriting lessons, tailored specifically to your child or student’s needs, interests, and skill levels. With the StartWrite/NAC® Handwriting Worksheet Wizard you can integrate handwriting practice with any subject. Your students can learn cursive handwriting while studying other subjects!

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New American Cursive is an easy-to-follow resource for teaching beginning cursive. It presents simplified letter forms, using multi-sensory methods to aid in the learning of motor skills necessary to write well. Developed by Iris Hatfield, with over 35 years of experience in the handwriting field, the book improves the process of teaching handwriting and allows students to start at a younger age.

New American Cursive 2:

• Eight-page Teaching Guide included
• 125 instruction exercises for excellent penmanship development
• Practice pages include quotes from famous Americans
• Simplified alphabet, unnecessary strokes eliminated
• Bound at the top for ease of use by left-handed students
• Clear starting dots and arrow directions
• Includes exercises to develop creative writing skills
• Blank reproducible practice pages included
• Flexible method allows for the individuality of the child

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The Magician’s Nephew is (chronologically) the first book of C. S. Lewis’s The Chronicles of Narnia. The story follows the adventures of Digory and Polly, who are sent by Digory’s wicked uncle on a quest that takes them to “the wood between the worlds”. From there, they plunge into different worlds, meeting several characters along the way — including Jadis, the Witch, and Aslan, the Lion.

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The Magician’s Nephew is (chronologically) the first book of C. S. Lewis’s The Chronicles of Narnia. The story follows the adventures of Digory and Polly, who are sent by Digory’s wicked uncle on a quest that takes them to “the wood between the worlds”. From there, they plunge into different worlds, meeting several characters along the way — including Jadis, the Witch, and Aslan, the Lion.

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The Magician’s Nephew is (chronologically) the first book of C. S. Lewis’s The Chronicles of Narnia. The story follows the adventures of Digory and Polly, who are sent by Digory’s wicked uncle on a quest that takes them to “the wood between the worlds”. From there, they plunge into different worlds, meeting several characters along the way — including Jadis, the Witch, and Aslan, the Lion.

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The New American Cursive Penmanship Practice is an easy-to-use supplemental resource for mastering a legible, attractive cursive. Developed by Iris Hatfield, an educator with over 35 years experience in the handwriting field, this book enhances the pleasure of writing by practicing a different, inspiring wisdom scripture each day. It provides 50 helpful penmanship tips to improve cursive skills. Insightful questions are included to spark spontaneous, creative writing.

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Cursive Practice Sheets I: These Cursive Practice Sheets I book includes pages for practicing each cursive letter, Scripture copy work, and blank practice sheets.

Cursive Practice Sheets Book Two: Book Two is extra practice for New American Cursive Two

Cursive Practice Sheets Book Three: Book Three is wide ruled for any older student who needs more practice.

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Classically Cursive: Book 1 – Bible Primer (Second Edition)
Classically Cursive: Book 2 – Ten Commandments (Second Edition)
Classically Cursive: Book 3 – Shorter Catechism (Second Edition)

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Classically Cursive: Book 1 – Bible Primer (Second Edition)
Classically Cursive: Book 2 – Ten Commandments (Second Edition)
Classically Cursive: Book 4 – The Attributes of God (Second Edition)

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