Homeschooling for 3

Presidential Penmanship is an excellent way to combine civics, history and beautiful handwriting all in one package. This program allows children from first grade all the way to 12th to improve their handwriting and gain knowledge of the founding principles of the United States, as well as character qualities that we all should aspire to attain.

My daughters used the first grade level so that they can grow accustomed to the Italic style, which is lovely by the way. The first two  grade levels contains 36 quotes each that were important to the founding of America as well as character traits such as industriousness and honesty. There were many quotes from George Washington which thrilled my eldest girl who is a George Washington fan.

The work is divided into small segments which allows the student to concentrate on their letter formation and not on “how long is this going to take?” Most of the quotes in the first and second grade are one short sentence, but as the grade level increases so does the work.

For example on the senior high school level, they start off with short quotes that develop into full paragraphs as they copy sections of the Declaration of Independence, Lincoln’s First and Second Inaugural Addresses as well as the Gettysburg address.

By the time a family completes the full handwriting course the children will have a very good understanding of how the United States was formed and a look into the thoughts of its founding fathers.  I love programs that are multi-purpose like this one. I think it’s important for children not to just be engaged in busy work, but to start drawing parallels and making connections so that they can have a deeper understanding of the world that they live in. This is one of the programs that helps bring the past and present together in a beautiful way.

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