Printing Practice Handwriting Workbook for Boys Paperback – June 22, 2014

This book was exactly what I was looking for for my 7 year old son (2nd grade). It is very straightforward and doesn't waste time with teaching the alphabet. We homeschool and he wanted to start cursive this year, so I thought we should practice his printing the first 3/4 of the year and then move on to cursive towards the end. My son is an excellent reader, so writing these words was not difficult for him - he knew how to read them so it was really fun to see all the different "boy-type" words. He was very excited to get the the sentences! The only thing I wasn't crazy about was the proportions of some of their letters because of the font they use. The lower case "t", for example, is shorter than the other high-back letters like "h" - causing my son to write a lower case "t" smaller than he should be. I explained it to him, so he writes it correctly despite what he sees on the page. Other than that, I'm very happy with this book!

My son needed some extra handwriting practice outside of school so I purchased this for him. It not only shows how to correctly form letters but it’s helping him with spelling words too. Would highly recommend!!

If you can get past the "no girls allowed" phrase in the book, this was a great practice book. We used it to replace OT for the summer. My son's OT sessions were only 45 minutes a week with about 15 minutes of that focused on handwriting, which he hated. But given the option to practice handwriting on his own rather than have weekly OT sessions on Zoom, he chose to complete this book. He completed 3 pages per day for the tracing/copying sections, and 2 pages per day for the writing prompts. The improvements I see in his letter formation and spacing is just astounding, and it's all because of the repetition. The subject matter of the pages (boy stuff) likely kept him interested in keeping up his daily routine with this book, and I'm so glad we used it this summer!

Remember your most hated handwriting exercises as a kid? The little dotted line is you had to trace, followed by sentences you had to write, ad nauseum? That is exactly what this book is. You start with simple words that are traced and then copied on a bit of ruled paper. As the pages go on, the words and sentences become increasingly complex and varied. It is drudging, grinding work. It is also the absolute best method to train little hands in proper letter formation. Repetition is key, and this book is full of it. I make my son do a single page per night, and while he doesn't precisely enjoy it, the noticeable improvement in his handwriting (good notes from his teacher!) provides quite a bit of motivation.

It’s helping my son with his handwriting, but also with his spelling as he writes the words. He will work in this book without complaining about it.

This book is so great for my son.. we wanted him to feel more inspired by reading and writing and he needed a ton of practice so we hoped to find him something where he could write about things that a boy does and that are unique to the things they think about and games they play and this book nailed it! He loves writing the sentences and thinks they’re funny. Just as great as all the reviews said!

My son has always struggled with his penmanship. I purchased this book for my son to work on his writing with boy inspired words. Unlike the writing prompts they are given in public school! My son really enjoys this book and most mornings he grabs his book without even being told! It’s simple, but it’s perfect! Highly suggest for any boy!

Bought this for my son to use in the summer between 1st & 2nd grade to work on his sloppy handwriting. He earns 10 min of Minecraft per page (front & back) completed. I like the progression of the book from tracing to copying. It has helped to improve his letter construction and spacing.Loses 2 stars for having "no girls allowed". I knew from previous reviews that this was an issue so I slipped through and tore out the page with that sentiment on it before giving it to my son, but then he ran across another page with "no girls allowed" again (and I'm now hoping we don't find more). My 7 year old rightly pointed out that it was a horrible thing to say. I had him toss out that page (too) and we talked about how we don't treat friends differently or exclude them because of gender. I wouldn't say that's enough to not buy this - otherwise it's a great workbook - but it's a shame the author didn't use better judgement and exclude that unnecessary meanness.

Perfect for practicing printing.

What on earth? I bought this by mistake...makes me cringe

My very reluctant writer was excited by the word and phrases like “boys only” and “code name”. He was even inspired to write more details like his secret password.

perfect for my practise printing for my daughter

My daughter and I both loved it for my grandson. He was excited and practiced printing on first possible page straight away. Fun to see!