Palmer Method

The Palmer method ended when the company stopped publishing in the 1980s.

Did the Palmer method never make sense to you?

Because the Palmer method has a focus on shoulder and arm movements, it is helpful for many with limited movement of the fingers.

I'll wager that you either have Palmer method genes on board at birth, or you don't.

The handwriting itself was manuscript style, such as is currently being taught in American schools, instead of the old, Palmer method.

My original handwriting, a sloppy, forward-slanting scrawl based on the Palmer method taught me in grammar school, remained the same.

In a wonderful Palmer method script learned from nuns in Red Hook, she mentioned old friends, shops, outings and a neighboring farm.

P: Pocket Watches, Penny arcades, Palmer method penmanship.

Who of us brought up before the progressive 60's can forget the thrill of the Palmer method, the up strokes and down strokes, the loops and curlicues.

From first grade on, there was the Palmer method penmanship drill almost daily at Public School 35 in Queens, with repetitious over-under curves that resemble fishes.

The Palmer method began to fall out of popularity in the 1950s, and was eventually supplanted by the Zaner-Bloser method, which sought to teach children manuscript before teaching them cursive, in order to provide them with a means of written expression as soon as possible, and thus develop writing skills.