Classically Cursive: Bible Primer (Book 1)

The Classically Cursive series teaches a handwriting style quite similar to that of D'Nealian. It does not teach manuscript, except in a very cursory fashion in Book I, and focuses entirely on cursive. The four books offer a fair amount of content, working with letter shapes, connections, and then words, before it goes on to some Bible verses (NKJV), the ten commandments, catechism questions and attributes of God.


Book I begins with nine pages of manuscript review, quickly working through the entire alphabet. From there, it offers a series one page drills for each letter in cursive, first 26 pages of lowercase (tracing a letter, writing the letter without tracing, practicing connections by writing the letter twice, and then using the letters in other words), and then by going over the alphabet again in uppercase (where the letters are first traced, written without tracing, and then used at the beginnings of names). After this practice, students practice writing the names of the books of the Bible, and learn a few key facts about the Bible, as well as the Lord's Prayer. The book concludes with several pages of instruction on forming letters, both in manuscript and cursive.