This is FLEX Course No. 2 in a series of Cursive Handwriting Practice sections. (FLEX courses for print handwriting and for other age groups are also offered.) Please choose from the sections that are offered. Each may be taken one at a time or several simultaneously and in any order of your choice.

Each lesson will include a video demonstration (approximately 20 minutes in length) and corresponding resources. Those resources might include links to websites, videos, and articles; notes prepared by the teacher; and/or a worksheet. Examples of the resources used during the lessons include (1) a photo of each horse breed on the list to be copied; (2) videos of the song “Take Me Out to the Ballgame” being sung on stage by Frank Sinatra and by baseball fans at Dodgers Stadium for the lesson in which students copy the lyrics of the song; and (3) an audio clip of one familiar classical song by each of the composers on the list to be copied.

One discussion starter or question will accompany each project. For example: The discussion question for the tree species list project is “What trees can be found in your neighborhood? Elm? Oak? Pine?” For the Albert Einstein project, students will be asked to share what they know or to guess what might be true about the scientist.

Every learner will have the opportunity to submit their work for review and to receive suggestions from the teacher for possible improvement. In addition, students will be given the opportunity to have their work displayed on the classroom page.

Each section contains four lessons (one lesson per week for four weeks). The handwriting activities in this section are as follows:

Lesson 1:  We will copy the lyrics of the well-loved showtune, "A Spoonful of Sugar," sung by Julie Andrews in the 1964 film, "Mary Poppins," by Robert B. Sherman and Richard M. Sherman.  

Lesson 2:  We will copy the lyrics of the well-loved showtune, "My Favorite Things," written by Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein for the 1959 Broadway production of the "Sound of Music."

Lesson 3:  We will copy the lyrics of the song, "When You Wish Upon a Star," by Leigh Harline and Ned Washington, written for Walt Disney’s 1940 adaptation of "Pinocchio." The original version was sung by Cliff Edwards in the character of Jiminy Cricket, and the song has since become the representative song of The Walt Disney Company.

Lesson 4: We will copy the lyrics of the song, "Proud Corazón," written by Germaine Franco and Molina Gonzalez for the 2017 Disney/Pixar award-winning film, "Coco."