{"id":740,"date":"2017-09-25T02:04:47","date_gmt":"2017-09-25T02:04:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/52.200.218.39\/?p=740"},"modified":"2026-03-17T13:36:26","modified_gmt":"2026-03-17T13:36:26","slug":"blend-phonics-with-cursive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blendphonics.org\/?p=740","title":{"rendered":"Blend Phonics with Cursive"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u00a0Blend Phonics with Cursive<\/h1>\n

\"\"Here is a picture of a recent (September 2017) first grade Blend Phonics Lessons and Stories <\/a>class. The first lesson includes short a words with all the consonants and u in qu. The picture shows the story, “Sam, a cat.” I am convinced from both theoretical considerations and 30 years teaching reading that this is far and away the best way to teach all students to read. The cards in the picture are the spelling words for the first story.<\/p>\n

The advantage of teaching reading with cursive handwriting and spelling is that it captures the attention of even the students with the most severe cases of ADD and ADHD. It is also a powerful tool for helping students with dyslexia.<\/p>\n

The program can be taught with manuscript or cursive according to the teacher’s preference. But it seems like a waste of good time to me to spent lots of time teaching reading with manuscript when I could have taught cursive in the same amount of time.<\/p>\n

Here is the paperback edition of my Blend Phonics Lessons and Stories: Cursive Edition<\/a>. The lessons and stories are the same, but the word are in cursive.<\/p>\n

Here is my Fundamentals of Cursive<\/a> teacher training video.<\/p>\n

Here it is March 17, 2026, and I notice this page was posted back in September 17, 2017: 9 years ago! I am delighted to have sold many copies of Hazel Loring’s Blend Phonics<\/em> and my other book related to it. I retired in 2006 from public education and in 2019 from private education. You will find my most recent work on teaching reading with phonics on my new website, www.donpotterphonics.org<\/strong>.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\u00a0Blend Phonics with Cursive Here is a picture of a recent (September 2017) first grade Blend Phonics Lessons and Stories class. The first lesson includes short a words with all the consonants and u in qu. The picture shows the … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p9vqf6-bW","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":752,"url":"http:\/\/blendphonics.org\/?p=752","url_meta":{"origin":740,"position":0},"title":"Handwriting Summit","date":"February 22, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"On January 23, 2012 a Handwriting Summit\u00a0took place in Washington, DC. 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