We are not using the Italic program that is recommended by Oak Meadow (and I think is included in the 3rd grade curriculum.) Instead, I purchased Calvert's Writing Fun Program, which I bought during their Spring sale. Why? Well, I really like the look of it. Basically it's printed capital letters, and a non-slanted cursive lower case letters approach.
The kit comes with an instruction book, a practice book, a pad of lined "learning-to-write" paper, and a large pad of drawing paper. What we've been doing is starting with form drawing using the drawing paper. Then Sonic will write that day's lesson(s) on the drawing paper. (We've been doing 5 or so lessons per day, as he does know how to write, but just doesn't do it well.) For all language arts assignments, I require him to use cursive.
As he's never done form drawing before, I've started with some easier forms. Sonic likes to add his own touches.
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