Bøker av Julie Harper

This workbook, Spooky Cursive Handwriting Practice Workbook, is designed to inspire kids' interest in learning and practicing cursive handwriting through the use of spooky phrases and sentences. Kids enjoy reading scary phrases like "creepy spider webs" or "bone graveyard" and spooky sentences like, "My bedroom door opens by itself," or "It's a zombie apocalypse." Exercises like these help to make learning fun, whether in the classroom or at home. This workbook is suitable for students who enjoy scary books and movies.This workbook focuses on writing spooky phrases and sentences in cursive in three parts: Students practice tracing and copying spooky phrases and sentences in Part 1.Part 2 just involves copying (with no tracing).A challenge is presented in Part 3: The spooky sentences are printed, and students must rewrite them in cursive. This requires students to remember what the cursive letters look like (though they can look at a chart on pages 5-6 if they need a reminder).May your students or children improve their handwriting skills and enjoy reading and writing these spooky phrases and sentences.

This writing workbook focuses on cursive uppercase and lowercase letters, words, and short phrases. The three traditional horizontal lines are included as a guide - solid top and bottom lines plus a dashed middle line help students master the relative heights of the letters, and to write across the page in straight lines. This workbook begins with practice handwriting cursive uppercase and lowercase letters. Students first trace the letters and then try to write them on their own on a new line. This workbook concludes with practice writing silly words like "rhinophant" and silly phrases like "banana taco." Exercises like these help to make learning fun, whether in the classroom or at home. May your students or children improve their handwriting skills and enjoy reading and writing these letters, words, and silly phrases.

This workbook, Print Wacky Sentences, is designed to inspire interest in print handwriting. This workbook focuses on writing complete sentences in print. Kids enjoy printing wacky sentences like, "Two rabbits slept on a fox's head," and, "Six elephants jumped over a giraffe." Exercises like these help to make learning fun, even at home.Three sections of this workbook help students develop their print handwriting skills at a variety of levels: Part 1 is for beginning writers who have practiced individual letter and words, and who are ready to move onto complete sentences. Students practice handwriting motions by tracing dotted sentences.Part 2 advances to help students begin to write on their own. In this section, students first trace a dotted sentence and then copy the sentence onto a new line. The three traditional horizontal lines are included as a guide - solid top and bottom lines plus a dashed middle line help students master the relative heights of the letters, and to write across the page in straight lines.Part 3 gives solid sentences instead of dotted sentences. At this stage, students practice their handwriting without first tracing the letters.Beginners may wish to start out with a more basic book that offers practice with individual letters before advancing to complete sentences, such as the Print Uppercase and Lowercase Letters, Words, and Silly Phrases.May your students or children improve their handwriting skills and enjoy reading and writing these wacky sentences.

Printing Practice Handwriting Workbook for Kids is designed to inspire kids' interest in learning and practicing to print letters, words, phrases, and sentences by hand. Kids enjoy reading phrases like, "No grown-ups allowed," and sentences like, "Puppies like to play." Exercises like these help to make learning fun, whether in the classroom or at home.This workbook focuses on writing letters, words, phrases, and sentences in print in three parts: Students first trace and then copy letters, words, and short phrases in Part 1.There are longer phrases and short sentences in Part 2. There is no tracing in Part 2.Part 3 challenges students to write their own expressions in response to writing exercises.May your students or children improve their handwriting skills and enjoy reading and writing these phrases and sentences.

Updated June 23, 2014 (see the Note for Parents at the bottom of this description): Cursive Handwriting Workbook for Girls is designed to inspire girls' interest in learning and practicing cursive handwriting. Girls enjoy reading girlish phrases like "slumber party" or "share a friendship bracelet" and inspirational or motivational sentences like, "Beauty comes from within," or "Our generation is ready to change the world." Exercises like these help to make learning fun, whether in the classroom or at home. This workbook focuses on writing phrases and sentences in cursive in three parts: Part 1 has mostly short phrases. Students copy and trace the words.The phrases become longer in Part 2. There are a couple of sentences and shorter phrases in Part 2, also, such that the transitions are not too abrupt. Students copy and trace the words.Part 3 advances onto sentences. At this stage, there is no tracing.May your students or children improve their handwriting skills and enjoy reading and writing these girlish phrases and sentences.Note for Parents: The goal of this workbook was to make handwriting an enjoyable, relatable experience, while doing so in away that is overall highly positive. Another goal was to also appeal to both younger and older students, as many tweens and teens are just beginning to learn cursive on their own as this skill has been removed from the curriculum. In our original attempt to reach both older and younger students, a few parents suggested changing some phrases such as "don't bug me" and "pouty lips." The updated edition has replaced dozens of phrases (identified by concerned parents), making the book even more positive and suitable for both younger and older girls. Following are several examples of the highly positive nature of this workbook: Team spirit.World peace.Give a compliment.Love the little things.Save the earth - recycle.Always believe in yourself.Everyone is good at something.

Cursive Handwriting Practice Workbook for Kids is designed to inspire kids' interest in learning and practicing to write cursive letters, words, phrases, and sentences by hand. Kids enjoy reading phrases like "obstacle course" and sentences like, "Draw with sidewalk chalk." Writing exercises like these help to make it fun to learn language arts, whether in the classroom or at home. This workbook focuses on developing cursive handwriting skills in five parts: Part 1 offers practice with cursive letters and words. Students trace and copy the words.Part 2 features cursive letter blends. Students trace and copy the words.Part 3 involves copying sentences; there is no tracing at this stage.Part 4 challenges students to rewrite print sentences with cursive handwriting. This provides a good test of cursive handwriting skills. An answer key is included.Part 5 provides creative writing prompts. These combine writing exercises with cursive handwriting practice.May your students or children improve their cursive handwriting skills and enjoy reading and writing these phrases and sentences.

This writing workbook focuses on print-writing uppercase and lowercase letters, words, and short phrases. The three traditional horizontal lines are included as a guide - solid top and bottom lines plus a dashed middle line help students master the relative heights of the letters, and to write across the page in straight lines. This workbook begins with practice writing uppercase and lowercase letters. Students first trace the letters and then try to write them on their own on a new line. This workbook concludes with practice writing silly words like "rhinophant" and silly phrases like "banana taco." Since kids using this workbook are at the basic level where they are practicing their printing skills, many will not be able to read the words and phrases on their own. So they may need to work with a parent or teacher in order to know that they are writing silly thing like "bug eye syrup," and might need to be told that a "jagoat" is part jaguar and part goat (and that a jaguar is a big cat), for example. They will appreciate this opportunity for interactive learning, and may learn a few new words or ideas in addition to how to write letters. Exercises like these help to make learning fun, whether in the classroom or at home. May your students or children improve their handwriting skills and enjoy reading and writing these letters, words, and silly phrases.

This book has 108 word searches which are silly in one way or another. For example, a word might be a combination of two different animals, like "rhinophant," which is part rhinoceros and part elephant. Some words sound funny (like "phooey"), some words are a play on the English language (like "gooder" and "badder"), and some words include a name as part of the word (like "banJoe"). Other words are silly in yet other ways. All of the words in the same word search puzzle have something in common. A brief note at the bottom of the word search puzzle explains what is silly about each word list. In some cases, if you read the words of the word list in order they will form a wacky sentence. Solve these silly word searches the same way that ordinary word searches are solved - by finding and circling each word in the word list. Words read horizontally, vertically, and diagonally, forward and backward. Solutions are included in the back of the book so that you can check your answers. May you or your children enjoy solving these silly word search puzzles.

This Cursive Handwriting Practice Workbook for Boys is designed to inspire boys' interest in learning and practicing cursive handwriting. Boys enjoy reading boyish phrases like "faster than light" or "play hard" and sentences like, "Infinity is a cool concept," or "Make an obstacle course." Exercises like these help to make learning fun, whether in the classroom or at home.This workbook focuses on writing phrases and sentences in cursive in three parts: Part 1 has mostly short phrases. Students copy and trace the words.The phrases become longer in Part 2. There are a couple of sentences and shorter phrases in Part 2, also, such that the transitions are not too abrupt. Students copy and trace the words.Part 3 advances onto sentences. At this stage, there is no tracing.May your students or children improve their handwriting skills and enjoy reading and writing these boyish phrases and sentences.

Printing Practice Handwriting Workbook for Girls is designed to inspire girls' interest in learning and practicing to print writing phrases and sentences by hand. Girls enjoy reading girlish phrases like "sharing secrets" or "wish upon a star" and sentences like, "Dreams do come true," or "My bedroom is a girl cave." Exercises like these help to make learning fun, whether in the classroom or at home.This workbook focuses on writing phrases and sentences in print in three parts: Students first trace and then copy words and short phrases in Part 1.There are longer phrases and short sentences in Part 2. Students trace and then copy the words.Part 3 advances onto copying sentences without any tracing.May your students or children improve their handwriting skills and enjoy reading and writing these girlish phrases and sentences.

Learn ways that you can help save the earth while learning and practicing cursive handwriting skills. These exercises begin with basic practice of individual letters and gradually build up to more advanced writing with complete sentences: Trace and copy individual cursive letters.Trace and copy cursive letter blends (like 'br' and 'ws').Trace and copy words that relate to saving the earth.Copy phrases that relate to the theme of the book.Copy sentences that describe ways to help save the earth.Rewrite printed sentences in cursive handwriting.Respond to writing prompts in cursive handwriting.May your students or children improve their handwriting skills and enjoy reading and writing these save-the-earth themed writing exercises.