Handwriting: A to Zoo (Download)

    Handwriting: A to Zoo (Download)

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    For grades 1-2

    Handwriting: A to Zoo by Master Books offers a biblical homeschool curriculum for grades 1-2, perfect for developing correct letter formation and fine motor skills. Authored by Carrie Bailey, known for top-ranked curricula like Catch on to Cursive, this engaging course blends the beauty of creation with fundamental writing skills. With a 5-day per week schedule and fun activities including reading, writing, and hands-on exercises, students will love learning handwriting while exploring unique animals in God’s creation.

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    SKU K359-9
    Manufacturer Master Books
    Title Handwriting: A to Zoo (Download)
    Contributors Carrie Bailey
    Page Count 456
    Publisher New Leaf Publishing Group, LLC

    Handwriting: A to Zoo is a biblical homeschool curriculum providing your younger students a delightful journey of learning to print their letters. Perfect for grades 1-2 or as extra practice for older students, this engaging course helps children master lowercase and capital letters through a fun and educational adventure. Combining the beauty of creation with the fundamentals of print writing, this book captivates, educates, and inspires young learners.

    Author of Master Books' top-ranked homeschool curriculum including Stepping Stones, Simply K, and Catch on to Cursive, Carrie Bailey offers your family a whole-child, developmental approach to learning to write. Your students will develop the knowledge, muscle control, and stamina to write while loving the process of learning handwriting.

    Course Features:

    • Ideal for grades 1-2; extra practice for grades 3 and up
    • 5-day per week schedule, 20-30 minutes per exercise
    • Convenient daily schedule with well-designed lessons
    • Fun reading with hands-on activities, faith tie-ins, and writing exercises
    • Includes reviews for assessments or optional grading

    Course Objectives:

    • Correct letter formation and fine motor skill development
    • Build writing stamina with supportive features
    • Improve reading, writing, and visual-spatial skills with midline activities
    • Develop muscle memory for correct letter formation
    • Learn about unique animals in God’s creation

    Course Overview:

    • Exercise 1: Reading, warm-up activities, and writing practice
    • Exercise 2: Letter identification, warm-up, and additional writing practice
    • Exercise 3: Introduction of new letters or numbers
    • Exercise 4: Continued letter identification and writing practice
    • Exercise 5: Review and independent practice

    As the course progresses, students will enjoy review lessons, tracing, writing exercises, and activities to build writing fluency, including Scripture copy in the final lessons. Prepare to enjoy teaching your student to print their letters on this captivating handwriting journey!

    So Cute
    Review by Lexie
    This has to be one of the cutest handwriting books I've come across in my 12 years as a homeschooling mom. The illustrations and topics are just perfect for little ones just learning to write. The color illustrations of the animals are wonderful at keeping the attention of the student. But this book goes beyond just learning to write, your child will learn about different animals, ways God made them unique, how they move, eat, and live. Also there are non textbook activities to help your child master using their hands well, such as play-doh crafts, tearing and gluing activities, paper plate games, and more.
    Fun, Effective, and Developmentally Appropriate!
    Review by Santina
    Well done! A to Zoo has it all! It speaks to educating the whole child using developmentally appropriate practices. Your child will develop hand strength, writing stamina, and learn letter formation skills using hands on activities, fun animal facts, and detailed letter formation instruction. A to Zoo is colorful, engaging, easy to implement, and does a great job of providing foundational handwriting practice.
    Fun and educational for many ages!
    Review by JoyfulMommy
    This book is full of interesting facts about animals, all from a biblical worldview as is typical of Master Books resources. This course offers a developmentally appropriate approach to building hand strength and small motor skills. That means there are lots of fun activities like making Play-Doh animals, gripping a broom handle like a sloth, pretending to climb a tree like a red panda while squeezing your hands, etc. It builds from tracing shapes to tracing and writing letters, to writing words and copying Scripture verses. With the range of information and activities, this is a book that my elementary students can all enjoy together, and even my preschool child is participating and learning! I’m learning, too; from facts about animals to the fact that broken crayons help to build hand strength! I am so glad that Master Books keeps adding to their curriculum line, and think this will quickly join the list of favorite courses for many families!
    So Fun
    Review by Lacee C
    My animal LOVING Kindergartner is going to LOVE this book this year!! He's more than ready for it as he's been writing consistently for a while now. It can definitely benefit 1st and 2nd graders who need more handwriting practice; and my 3rd grader might need to use some of it for practice as well! I love that not only will students learn about animals but true to Master Books, they have included scripture writing and copying which is so important - especially in these early years! I appreciate having a comprehensive supply list right in the front so I know what supplies we need that we might not have on hand (most of which we do!). Students are not just working on forming letters correctly but they are also working on writing stamina, learning about animals, some number work is snuck in, scriptures, reading and more!
    Excellent Course!!
    Review by Becky V.
    I was so excited to grab Handwriting: A to Zoo for my kindergartener this year as soon as the digital option became available, and it does not disappoint! It was a large document to print, but I appreciated all the white space to save on ink! This is the first book my daughter always grabs to start each day with.

    We have loved learning about the different animals and pulling out the globe to see where they are located. The lessons are short and to the point, and the warm-up activities keep my daughter engaged. These can be anything from squeezing and forming playdough to help strengthen hands to tracing exercises or mazes. The step-by-step directions for letter formation are helpful as are the different colored lines to write on. By around lesson 8, word formation is introduced through tracing and copywork. Depending on the child, this course could also be used as reading and spelling practice. Each lesson also includes a counting exercise too. My favorite part are all the Scripture references throughout that are tied in to every lesson.

    I would definitely recommend this course to anyone looking for a fun resource to introduce or review handwriting skills.
    Genius!
    Review by Yulia
    What a genius idea to create such a fun course for kids to work on their penmanship! This course is a lot of fun! It’s filled with beautiful pictures, interesting and biblical facts about animals, Bible verses and easy to follow practice for writing. My daughter (2nd Garde) doesn’t like to do copy work for letters, but she loves this book! She is asking to do this lesson first. Win in my book. Thank you so much!
    So much fun!
    Review by Dustie
    What a neat way to learn and master handwriting skills! This is such a fun book! My animal-loving kids are extremely happy with it. The animal facts and photos are amazing. There are purposeful activities that engage a variety of learning styles. I love that there is a focus on improving stamina with fine and gross motor skills. This is often overlooked in handwriting courses for younger children. After learning about hand development, I understand how critical this is. What is even better is that they are activities that seem like play! My kids love the play dough, gluing, and painting activities. Carrie Bailey has done a marvelous job transforming a subject my kids often dread into something they look forward to!
    A great handwriting course with projects!
    Review by sara
    I do not know who was more excited for this book to release, me or my 2nd grader! She could certainly use some handwriting practice so I was happy to jump into this book. Upon first looking into the book I thought maybe this was below her writing level, but as I have learned in the past using MB: trust the process! It may seem to start off slow but as it progresses, this curriculum certainly does the necessary fine tuning and works on important things like stamina that might have been rushed through without proper handwriting techniques. My 2nd grader was able to move quickly through the beginning of the 1st quarter because she is older, but we really started to see fruits as she began to write more and understand proper writing through the lens of this book. We of course LOVED the animals facts weaved throughout, and my daughter will tell you her favorite thing about this curriculum is the PROJECTS! I know I can always count on MB to make Christ the center of any subject and we really appreciate all of the fun and creative ways they tie in each lesson.

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