{"title":"Books and Educational Supplies","description":"\u003cp\u003eBooks about fountain pens, and workbooks to help improve your handwriting.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"cursivelogic-workbook","title":"Cursive Logic","description":"\u003cp\u003eAn intelligent new way to teach, learn, or re-learn cursive. This combined teacher's manual and student workbook contains step-by-step instructions for teaching\/learning cursive the CursiveLogic way along with lessons, practice sheets, and three dry-erase surfaces. The lessons can be adapted to suit the needs of students from 7 years old through adult. Great for teachers\/parents, or as a self-paced study! And yes, the practice sheets are fountain pen-friendly.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eDue to recent revisions, some product details may vary from the above images.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e CursiveLogic is different from other handwriting methods because, instead of relying on rote memorization, CursiveLogic relies on the inherent structure of the cursive alphabet. The CursiveLogic instruction method contains two key features:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e CURSIVE LETTERS GROUPED BY SHAPE\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Four foundational shapes underlie the entire lowercase alphabet. Rather than teaching the letters alphabetically, CursiveLogic organizes the lowercase alphabet into four groups based on the shape of the initial stroke of the letters and teaches all of the similarly-shaped letters in a single lesson. Letters are also taught in a specific order that reinforces the pattern. 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