With READ CURSIVE FAST, now anyone who can read print can read cursive. This carefully paced manual includes step-by-step instruction, along with fun practice reading passages and historical documents that systematically teach your child, your employee — or you — to read cursive.
The techniques in READ CURSIVE FAST succeed with children, teens, and adults with and without disabilities. Anyone can learn to read cursive, even those who do not write by hand at all. Learn to crack the cursive code, so that you can read handwritten notes, letters, greeting cards, our nation's historical documents, and everything else that is written in cursive.
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About the Author
Kate Gladstone, MLS, is a handwriting consultant, product developer, and the director of the World Handwriting Contest. Kate is an international expert in the field of handwriting, who works with students, parents, teachers, physicians, and others who need better, simpler, and less accident-prone handwriting — or who simply need to make sense of cursive when they see it.
"The inclusion of the history of each letterform is, in my opinion, an excellent touch. Many of the children and adults I have worked with have asked about the origins of certain letterforms. The ability to read primary source documents is the major reason many people cite for teaching cursive writing. You have provided an excellent foundation for students in grade 4 and up to 'decipher' the materials required for today's social studies classes."
— Kathleen Wright,
Founder and Executive Director of the Handwriting Collaborative,
Workshop Presenter, and Independent Educational Consultant
"We really enjoyed this book. My eleven-year-old had fun with it and did really well. My seven-year-old had no problems reading the cursive words in the first few chapters. The book is well organized, has a good pace, and provides historical context and vocabulary for understanding letter forms. We found it enjoyable and rewarding ."
— Myles Miller,
father of two and member of
the handwriting improvement group "Rock Your Handwriting"
"This book is similar to the teaching I had as a young child to learn cursive writing. It will help a child to improve both their penmanship and abilities to read cursive ."