A Reason for Handwriting program

Concerned Communications

Concerned Communications offers a handwriting program called A Reason for Handwriting, formerly titled A Reason for Writing. This curriculum uses ball and stick manuscript and a traditional style cursive, with Scripture as the writing material. One of the most popular features is the set of decorated border sheets in the back of the books for children to color and write their verse of the week. These completed pages are attractive enough to hang in prominent places, use as family memory verses, or send to grandparents and relatives.

Eight different books are offered with schools in mind: levels K and A through F. Plus there is a Transition book that has no letter designation.

The first book, level K, is an introduction to manuscript (printing) for kindergarten level. The next two books, A and B, teach manuscript covering the same skills but with different Scripture selections. Lines have more space than in upper level books, so children don’t become frustrated by lack of space.

The Transition book covers the transition from manuscript to cursive and would typically be used in second or third grade. Books C through F all cover cursive skills, using different Scripture verses each year. Scripture for the four books is drawn from these areas: C - Epistles, D - Gospels, E - Psalms, and F – Proverbs. I would likely use Book C for the first year of cursive (after Transition). After that, you might select books according to Scripture content since it is unlikely that you will need to use all the books.