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Redo - Teach Your Child to Read in 100 Easy Lessons

Donna Young @ 8 September 2007
Filed in Categories: Handwriting k-3

http://donnayoung.org

2008 UPDATE: My web site resources for the DISTAR adaption method, Teach Your Child to Read in 100 Easy Lessons have been redone since this blog article. The home page for the 100 Easy Lessons resources is at:
http://donnayoung.org/penmanship/manuscript-practice.htm

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I needed to add manuscript animations to go with my handwriting worksheets that are in the 133 Manuscript Handwriting Sheets (100 ez) web site. That meant I had to work on the 100 ez web site itself to make it easier for me to update. I framed the mini-site and that cut out around 66% of the pages I had before I started adding more. Framing reduced the navigation update pages from 24 to a measly easy to manage 3 pages. :smile: That is enough of those nerdy details, the rest of this pertains to you, the guest at my website.

Navigating Manuscript Hand Writing

If you are already familiar with the navigation that was at the 133 Manuscript Handwriting Sheets web site, then the new site will not appear very different, it might even seem easier to use. If you are not familiar with the site, then see the image below.

The upper left links (in red) change the content on the right.
The lower left links (in green) change the content in the middle.

Not highlighted – the links on the far right change the content in the middle and that content is either the pdf files or the animations.

Manuscript Animations

I am making animations to go along with the worksheets that are at the part of my web site linked above. The animations will be added as I do them and I expect to do 2 to 4 a week as long as nothing major comes up. To get to the animations see the image below.

Look in the upper left links, find and click the link named Animations and the Animations menu will appear on the far right side of the web page. Choose an animation to watch, click the link, and the animation will load in the center of the window.

You will see the letter link and then a link next to it named w/o image. The link named w/o image shows the animation all by itself. The lone letter link will have an image next to the animation. The image represents the sound of the letter in the animation. The w/o image links are provided because I think the extra image could be distracting.

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Hello Miss Donna! I hope this finds you doing well today. You do so many helpful things for the homeschooler - I wish I had known about your website back in my earlier days of homeschooling.

I actually have that 100 EZ Lessons books and need to sell it since we finished using it some four years ago.

I am keeping my `old` blog for now until I figure up how I want my new, "On the road blog" that I am going to create for when we live on the road in my husband`s big truck, beginning early next year.

Have a wonderful Monday, Donna. I am praying for you this evening, that you are having a restful nights sleep and that your Monday will be wonderful and you will see God`s orchestration of events clearly throughout the day/week. Hugs, Robin
— Robin · Sep 10, 03:54 AM · #
Looks good! I enjoyed using these with my last two. Very handy.
— appliejuice · Sep 10, 11:59 PM · #
So excited!

I was searching for `practice writing paper` and came across you on google images...

I was wanting to print out some paper as our tablet has come up missing... we are using 100 EZ and I am overjoyed at your worksheets to go with the book! What an answered prayer!

Now sifting through the rest of your info...thank you so much for this `gift` for a mommy of 4 ages 6 and under!!

much love in Him, melissa
— Melissa · Sep 11, 01:55 PM · #
My dad is recovering from a stroke; I am planning to use the K-1 printables to help him recover his writing skills.
— susan · Oct 16, 04:40 PM · #
I`ve used your worksheets esp handwriting for a few years now and really appreciate the quality and free aspect of your site. At the parent-teacher conference today (obviously not home schooling) the teacher said that they will not be teaching cursive writing. Just wondering what you thought about that. He explained that the school district recognizes that this is a dying form and that keyboarding is more emphasized due to the increase in computer use. I can appreciate that, however, I know sometimes my kids cannot read my writing because of the cursive characters I still use.

My other concern is that my 4th grader still has terrible handwriting and I cannot seem to motivate him to improve it. Any suggestions for an older child?

PS I love the new animations.
— Jenny · Jan 9, 05:09 AM · #
Jenny

I am floored that a school would decide to no longer teach cursive. I do not agree with them that keyboarding will replace cursive. It is perfectly reasonable to expect that a student can learn how to type and learn to read and write cursive handwriting. People have been learning both typing and cursive for decades. As you mentioned, they will need to be able to read cursive.

A child of any age would need to practice cursive several times a week in order to get better at writing in cursive. In the old days, children practiced handwriting every day at school, it was a class.
— Donna Young · Jan 9, 02:13 PM · #
I have been using your printable sheets that go along with the 100 EL book. I noticed that the pages that go with Lessons 38 to 65 are missing. Do you have those in a different place? Your pages have really helped so far. Thanks a lot, M
— Mirjam (miryam) · Feb 2, 10:51 PM · #
Whoops!!!! Looks like I did not link those. I`ll get right on it.

Thanks Miryam.

edit: it is fixed.
— Donna Young · Feb 2, 11:04 PM · #
I am having trouble loading the page it is telling me it cannot load

The requested URL /penmanship/100ez.htm was not found on this server.

Additionally, a 404 Not Found error was encountered while trying to use an ErrorDocument to handle the request.

It might be a problem on my end. I have used these pages before (I love them!) and I thought this was the route I took... Could you please send me the address to use the pages.

Thank you so much!

Sarah
— Sarah · Feb 7, 11:38 PM · #
Sarah, the link was broken, I am so sorry. It is fixed now and the lessons are at a new address here:

http://donnayoung.org/penmanship/manuscript-lessons.htm
— Donna Young · Feb 9, 03:48 AM · #
This seems like a really interesting program to encourage early literacy! I am fascinated and looking to learn more! I am also wondering - do you find parents struggle with 100 lessons, and ask for there to be a fewer number of lessons? I am curious to know what is the length of lessons that parents can stick with a program like this one. Terrific work - thanks for giving the online community such a great resource!
— Claudia Lewis · Jul 8, 11:01 PM · #
Claudia, the lessons take around 10-15 minutes and the handwriting part adds a little more time if the parent opts to do that part and we did. Personally, we stopped before finishing the book and I have heard that some others do that too. Some stop somewhere near the end between lessons 64 - 80 because their child is reading 2nd grade level books and is ready to move on.
— Donna Young · Jul 11, 04:06 PM · #
Am I missing something, or is the letter `a` in the animations and on the worksheets different from the letter `a` taught in the book?
— Bookwyrm · Feb 20, 05:57 AM · #
I made the worksheets and gave my book away a very long time ago, and I can`t quite remember just how the a is introduced in the book. If the letter "a" is one-stroke in the book, then the "a" on the worksheet is different because it is introduced as a two stroke letter. If that is the case, then apparently I went with a standard introduction.
— Donna Young · Feb 20, 11:43 AM · #

Hello Miss Donna! I hope this finds you doing well today. You do so many helpful things for the homeschooler - I wish I had known about your website back in my earlier days of homeschooling.

I actually have that 100 EZ Lessons books and need to sell it since we finished using it some four years ago. laughing

I am keeping my `old` blog for now until I figure up how I want my new, "On the road blog" that I am going to create for when we live on the road in my husband`s big truck, beginning early next year.

Have a wonderful Monday, Donna. I am praying for you this evening, that you are having a restful nights sleep and that your Monday will be wonderful and you will see God`s orchestration of events clearly throughout the day/week. Hugs, Robin

— Robin · Sep 10, 03:54 AM · #

Looks good! smile

I enjoyed using these with my last two. Very handy. yes

— appliejuice · Sep 10, 11:59 PM · #

So excited!

I was searching for `practice writing paper` and came across you on google images...

I was wanting to print out some paper as our tablet has come up missing... we are using 100 EZ and I am overjoyed at your worksheets to go with the book! What an answered prayer!

Now sifting through the rest of your info...thank you so much for this `gift` for a mommy of 4 ages 6 and under!!

much love in Him, melissa love

— Melissa · Sep 11, 01:55 PM · #

My dad is recovering from a stroke; I am planning to use the K-1 printables to help him recover his writing skills.

— susan · Oct 16, 04:40 PM · #

I`ve used your worksheets esp handwriting for a few years now and really appreciate the quality and free aspect of your site. At the parent-teacher conference today (obviously not home schooling) the teacher said that they will not be teaching cursive writing. Just wondering what you thought about that. He explained that the school district recognizes that this is a dying form and that keyboarding is more emphasized due to the increase in computer use. I can appreciate that, however, I know sometimes my kids cannot read my writing because of the cursive characters I still use.

My other concern is that my 4th grader still has terrible handwriting and I cannot seem to motivate him to improve it. Any suggestions for an older child?

PS I love the new animations.

— Jenny · Jan 9, 05:09 AM · #

Jenny

I am floored that a school would decide to no longer teach cursive. I do not agree with them that keyboarding will replace cursive. It is perfectly reasonable to expect that a student can learn how to type and learn to read and write cursive handwriting. People have been learning both typing and cursive for decades. As you mentioned, they will need to be able to read cursive.

A child of any age would need to practice cursive several times a week in order to get better at writing in cursive. In the old days, children practiced handwriting every day at school, it was a class.

— Donna Young · Jan 9, 02:13 PM · #

I have been using your printable sheets that go along with the 100 EL book. I noticed that the pages that go with Lessons 38 to 65 are missing. Do you have those in a different place? Your pages have really helped so far. Thanks a lot, M

— Mirjam (miryam) · Feb 2, 10:51 PM · #

Whoops!!!! surprised

Looks like I did not link those. I`ll get right on it.

Thanks Miryam. smile

edit: it is fixed.

— Donna Young · Feb 2, 11:04 PM · #

I am having trouble loading the page it is telling me it cannot load

The requested URL /penmanship/100ez.htm was not found on this server.

Additionally, a 404 Not Found error was encountered while trying to use an ErrorDocument to handle the request.

It might be a problem on my end. I have used these pages before (I love them!) and I thought this was the route I took... Could you please send me the address to use the pages.

Thank you so much!

Sarah

— Sarah · Feb 7, 11:38 PM · #

Sarah, the link was broken, I am so sorry. It is fixed now and the lessons are at a new address here:

http://donnayoung.org/penmanship/manuscript-lessons.htm

— Donna Young · Feb 9, 03:48 AM · #

This seems like a really interesting program to encourage early literacy! I am fascinated and looking to learn more! I am also wondering - do you find parents struggle with 100 lessons, and ask for there to be a fewer number of lessons? I am curious to know what is the length of lessons that parents can stick with a program like this one. Terrific work - thanks for giving the online community such a great resource!

— Claudia Lewis · Jul 8, 11:01 PM · #

Claudia, the lessons take around 10-15 minutes and the handwriting part adds a little more time if the parent opts to do that part and we did. Personally, we stopped before finishing the book and I have heard that some others do that too. Some stop somewhere near the end between lessons 64 - 80 because their child is reading 2nd grade level books and is ready to move on.

— Donna Young · Jul 11, 04:06 PM · #

Am I missing something, or is the letter `a` in the animations and on the worksheets different from the letter `a` taught in the book?

— Bookwyrm · Feb 20, 05:57 AM · #

I made the worksheets and gave my book away a very long time ago, and I can`t quite remember just how the a is introduced in the book. If the letter "a" is one-stroke in the book, then the "a" on the worksheet is different because it is introduced as a two stroke letter. If that is the case, then apparently I went with a standard introduction.

— Donna Young · Feb 20, 11:43 AM · #