Aims of Instruction in Handwriting The Sequence in Teaching Handwriting Manuscript and Cursive Writing Suggested Activities to make the transition from manuscript to cursive writing

1. THE TEACHING OF
HANDWRITING
Prepared by:
Jesa Y. Guting

2. Aims of Instruction in
Handwriting
 The principal objective in teaching
handwriting in school is to enable
the individual to write legibly and
with a desirable degree of speed.

3. There are aspects of handwriting that need to be
attended in connection with instruction in
handwriting:
Position of the body
Placement of the arms and the paper
The holding of the pen or pencil
Movement used in writing

5. Manuscript and Cursive
Writing

6.  Writing that consists of unjoined
letters made with lines and
circles and that is often taught
in elementary school.
MANUSCRIPT WRITING

8. Advantages :
Legibility and simplicity
Less muscular strain for children
Great merit of similarity to print and resultant result
support of the reading process.

9.  A type of handwriting in
which all the letters in a word
are connected to each other.
CURSIVE WRITING

11. Suggested Activities to make the transition
from Manuscript to Cursive Writing:
1. Showing the pupils a copy of the letters of the alphabet in cursive form.
2. Demonstrating on the board how to change letters in manuscript to cursive form.
3. Showing the difference between vertical and slant strokes.
4. Training pupils how to form slant strokes.
5. Writing simple words in cursive form.
6. Writing simple sentences in cursive form.
7. Evaluate.