D'Nealian Chart With Arrows. Alphabet. Page 2

Compare the ease of D'Nealian letters to traditional circle-and-stick.

Try writing the word wake. First use the circle-

and-stick letters. As you trace the letters, note how

often it's necessary to lift your pencil. The more

times a beginning writer has to lift a pencil, the

Circle-and-stick lower-case manuscript. 11

harder it becomes to make a legible letter. Now use

strokes.

the D'Nealian letters. Note how few times you need

to lift your pencil and how smoothly the D'Nealian

letters flow.

D'Nealian lower-case manuscript. 4 strokes.

The D'Nealian manuscript alphabet cuts way down

on common reversals too. For example, how many

students reverse the letters b and d or g and p ?

There's no problem with D'Nealian letters--because

there are no pencil lifts.

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