The Print Penmanship Workbook for Kids: Improve Your Handwriting with Fun Animal Facts

by Crystal Radke

Penmanship lessons that feel like play for kids ages 6-9

Printing neatly takes practice, but it can be hard to keep children engaged with ordinary writing drills. This innovative penmanship workbook teaches children good penmanship as they read and copy words that are all about animals. With colorful illustrations and fun facts about mammals, fish, reptiles, birds, and bugs, each writing lesson feels like a romp through the animal kingdom!

Kids will build skills as they go, beginning with tracing the alphabet and working up to printing full sentences. Each exercise uncovers new knowledge, like "an elephant's tusks never stop growing" and "there are more kangaroos than humans in Australia." Full-page pictures to color offer an opportunity to get creative in between writing lessons. A Before and After page highlights progress, showing kids how much their penmanship has improved.

Go beyond traditional, repetitive exercises with a penmanship workbook that makes handwriting wildly entertaining!

90 pages, Paperback

Published June 2, 2020

Reviews

[J · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is the type of book I wish that I had had when growing up and learning penmanship instead of the paper that tore every single time you attempted to write on it and looked really old even before you seemed to open it.

Anyway the book starts off with an encouraging note to parents or other guardians about the importance of penmanship, the need to continue it in practice for younger generations and a basic explanation of how the book works. It also gives them a tip such as how to change out writing utensils if children are having problem with normal-size.

The book itself is broken into three parts that encourage children to work on all aspects of penmanship such as single letters, a mixture of words and finally even whole sentences. There is also a before and after spot at the beginning of the sections so that way children can see how their progress has been.

What I love about the book is the encouragement the author took for her young audience. Each section has a small introduction while most of the animal trivia was also kept quite small. At the same time to encourage readers she also included other tips that are there to help encourage beginning writers with steps to further enhance their writing; gives a combination of easy, medium and hard words on section two and nice little spots to break for coloring while including even more penmanship tips.

The writing itself is given with lined spots so the writer doesn't need to figure out where and is as basic as penmanship was with us. Trace the letters and words first then try to do them yourself. And for those who complete all the exercises there is a nice certificate at the back of the book.

***I received a free copy of this book from the publisher in exchange for an honest review***

[Cover Lover Book Review · Rating 5 out of 5]

The Print Penmanship Workbook for Kids makes learning fun. Kids age 6-9 learn fun animal facts as they improve their handwriting. The lined practice exercises allow kids to trace and copy the alphabet in both uppercase and lowercase, and then progress to writing words and full sentences.

There are also fun coloring pages to complement the animal facts and writing exercises.

I received a complimentary copy of this book from the publisher.

[Conny Reviews · Rating 5 out of 5]

“As children read the animal facts in the book and then write them, their brains make connections to their learning," Crystal Radke writes in the notes to parents in her book, The Print Penmanship Workbook for Kids: Improve Your Handwriting with Fun Animal Facts.

~ What ~
This ninety-page paperback targets children ages six to nine years old who need help learning to write and enjoy learning about animals. With no scary scenes, it begins with a note to parents and before and after writing comparisons, contains three sections promoting proper writing, and ends with a certificate and the author's biography.

The first section has tracing and writing letters of the alphabet in order, using both upper and lower case letters. The second part has words to trace and write, while the final section involves tracing and writing sentences. All sections include facts of animals along with coloring breaks to color.

~ Why ~
Our six-year-old granddaughter is learning to write and read so this is a timely book for a first grader to practice her skills. Since the book has fun facts about animals, she can learn something while tracing the letters and words. I like how the book progresses from letter writing to word and sentence writing.

Some animal facts:
Jellyfish do not have brains, hearts, bones, or eyes.
Porcupines are very good climbers.
Stick insets are the longest bugs in the world.
A moose's antlers can reach almost six feet across.
Female bald eagles are bigger than male bald eagles.
A group of rhinoceroses is called a crash.

~ Why Not ~
Young children or those with hand/eye coordination issues may not like this book, but it would help those who have trouble writing. Some kids may not be interested in the animal facts. Beginner readers may be frustrated reading the two- and three-syllable words.

~ Wish ~
Including an index with each animal may be helpful but not necessary.

~ Want ~
If your child needs to work on refining their print penmanship, this would make an excellent workbook, especially if they like learning about animals at the same time.

Thanks to Callisto Publisher’s Club and the author for this complimentary book that I am under no obligation to review.

[Tom Law · Rating 5 out of 5]

My penmanship is passable at best. In fact, I have to work at it to make it legible. That is one of the reasons I was interested in "The Print Penmanship Workbook for Kids". Obviously, I missed a lesson or two along the way and I wanted to find out what I missed. I concur with the author's comments when she says, "Handwriting activates a different part of the brain than typing. Handwriting also improves spelling ability. Practicing penmanship - the skill and techniques of good handwriting - has immediate and long-tern benefits for academic achievement."

This is an exciting and very helpful book to anyone who is beginning the process of writing. If your child is getting started this book is for them. It starts off with the letters of the alphabet, then adds words, and finally puts those letters/words into sentences. Along the way the author sprinkles each page or two with neat information about animals. Radke comments, "As children read the animal facts in this book and then write them, their brains make connections to their learning."

The information shared is interesting. The methods for printing informative. And the tidbits about the animals keeps the adult engaged as they work with their child helping them read the material and print the letters. It's a win-win for all involved. And I have no doubt, once you work through this book with them, that your child will not have the problems I faced and continue to face with my handwriting.

Upon request, the publisher, with no preset conditions, sent me a copy of the book to review.

[Lecy Beth · Rating 4 out of 5]

I requested this book to help my nephew, who will be in kindergarten this fall. It's full of lined practice pages to work on lower and upper case letters, then short words, and then complete sentences. There are even coloring pages scattered throughout the book, and each page focuses on animal facts. *Advance copy provided by the publisher in exchange for my honest review.

[Cassandra · Rating 5 out of 5]

I received a complimentary copy.

Nice amount of practice room and simple steps to help teach any age depending on skill level.

[Carryl Lee · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is a fine handwriting workbook but overpriced. You can get the same thing at the dollar store, other than the thicker paper.