

Paperback: 130 pages
Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform (March 11, 2014)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1495991490
ISBN-13: 978-1495991493
Product Dimensions: 8.5 x 0.3 x 11 inches
Shipping Weight: 14.1 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
Best Sellers Rank: #292,574 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) #63 in Books > Children's Books > Education & Reference > Reading & Writing > Handwriting #73408 in Books > Reference
Age Range: 5 - 8 years
Grade Level: Kindergarten - 3

I purchased this book for my daughter who has just started Kindergarten. In my opinion, the idea of this printing practice book is great. Girly phrases for my girly girl seemed like it would be right up her alley. Then when the book arrived and I browsed through the pages, I was shocked at some of the phrases. Considering that this is a printing practice book aimed at girls learning to write, I expected more innocent phrases. Instead, I found "I bit a zombie", "He kissed me", "Follow me on Twitter", "Roll your eyes", "Vampire girls", "Black lace and ribbon", and the list goes on. Like the previous reviewer, I had to tear out pages before presenting this to my daughter. The author has a good idea here, but needs more thoughtful consideration for her audience.
Being a home-school learning coach with four kids, I am always on the hunt for activity and educational books that my kids will not only learn from, but have fun with whilst doing so. This is definitely one of those books.I have used a few different printing books this year, and this is by far the best that I have seen. Rather than going the standard route of using boring repeated letters and sentences to teach children how to print, Julie Harper has tailored this book specifically to girls and offered up sentences that are fun to write.This book begins with a basic refresher of the alphabet in both upper and lower case, and then moves on to traceable words with lines to write the word independently underneath. The words later becomes sentences and grow in complexity as the book progresses.I was very impressed with the way the author organised this book. I think all girls who are just learning to print would benefit from this. Aside from learning to print more clearly, this is just a lot of fun!I recommend this book to parents and teachers looking for a fun way to expand their child's knowledge of handwriting.
I was really excited for this book to use with my third grader to help her get back on track with handwriting. In general, I like the set up of the book, starting with tracing and then copying the sentences on her own. I liked that it was using girly themes like cupcakes and butterflies, kindness and flower gardens. I was disappointed to see them then throw in some pages on vampires and zombies, words like "gothic clothing" and a page full of creepy "scary" phrases. I wish they had kept the whole book light and cheerful but since they didn't, I ended up tearing some pages out. Also a bit silly that now she knows how to write "Sixty percent off sale!" (We had to laugh pretty hard at that, love that she's being taught the important things in life such as compassion, kindness, and shopping sales!) All in all, I like the wacky sentence book much better.
I work with a 4th grader who struggles to write. She loves writing these 'girl' words. I love to see her smile!
My daughter really loves this book better than all the others she has tried. I never have to force her to do it.
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