I was watching Weekend Today and the topic was ~ «Is cursive writing something we should still be teaching in school?When I first starting teaching 6th grade ~ back in the days of being self - contained ~ I remember planning for 15 minutes of
cursive penmanship instruction.
Having never had a very good
cursive penmanship ~ I think it's great to introduce primary students to the «art of cursive writing» ~ but by upper elementary ~ keyboarding skills are much more valuable.
Not exact matches
Just the fact that these cards are in
cursive with pretty
penmanship adds to the charm.
Let's examine these building blocks, and see how it correlates to handwriting and
cursive, and a movement to stop teaching preschoolers from learning the foundation of
Penmanship.
And educators, seeking to prepare students for a successful future in which computer and typing skills have usurped
penmanship, are finding
cursive's relevance waning, especially with leaner school budgets and curricula packed with standardized testing prep.