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2. Zaner-Bloser (teaching script) - Wikipedia

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   Detail from Zaner's 1896 article: The Line of Direction in Writing [3] A major factor contributing to the development of the Zaner-Bloser teaching script was Zaner's study of the body movements required to create the form of cursive letters when using the 'muscular arm method' of handwriting – such as the Palmer Method – which was prevalent in the United States from the late 19th century.

3. Penmanship - Wikipedia

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   Also, the letter u was created as separate from the v, which had previously been used for both sounds. [15] Part of the reason for such compact handwriting was to save space, since parchment was expensive. [16] Gothic script, being the writing style of scribes in Germany when Gutenberg invented movable type, became the model for the first typeface.

4. Charles Paxton Zaner - Wikipedia

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   Detail from Zaner's 1896 article: The Line of Direction in Writing [2] sample the Zaner-Bloser teaching script Zaner's work, together with that of Elmer W. Bloser (1865–1929), his business partner in the Zanerian College of Penmanship, led to the development of the Zaner-Bloser style of writing and teaching handwriting.

5. Palmer Method - Wikipedia

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   The Palmer Method began to fall out of popularity in the 1950s and was eventually supplanted by the Zaner-Bloser Method, which sought to teach children print writing (also called "manuscript printing") before teaching them cursive, in order to provide them with a means of written expression as soon as possible, and thus develop writing skills. [7]

6. Is penmanship still important? Why kids should still practice ...

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   Writing letters and words was beneficial for young children’s brains more than other forms of sensorimotor practice, the study said. ... Curriculum resource company Zaner-Bloser took to social ...

7. Cursive - Wikipedia

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   Cursive (also known as joined-up writing [1] [2]) is any style of penmanship in which characters are written joined in a flowing manner, generally for the purpose of making writing faster, in contrast to block letters. It varies in functionality and modern-day usage across languages and regions; being used both publicly in artistic and formal ...