Another trick used to teach you handwriting was this: You joined the small dots forming a block letter and then wrote the block letter on your own. Remember? After you mastered writing in block letter, you were taught cursive writing. This, most probably, was due to the Zaner-Bloser company.
Charles Paxton Zaner, a professional penman, developed a method of handwriting in the late 1800s. Zaner-Bloser is basic and clean, with a print (straight up and down) and cursive (slightly slanted) form. The method is simple to learn, easy to read, quick to write, and has no swirls. It’s designed for young children. It was published as The Zaner Method of Arm Movement Writing in 1904 and became widely used in schools. Most American schools still use the Zaner-Bloser method in some form.
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