After watching their teacher meticulously draw the alphabet in cursive on a whiteboard, students in Patricia Durelli’s fourth-grade class pulled out their pencils to practice writing the letters in ...

We also want to know how learning cursive affects the development of reading and writing skills. In cursive handwriting, the individual letters of a word are joined with connecting strokes, such as in ...

These strategies help preschool and kindergarten students develop letter recognition, spatial awareness, and fine motor ...

Students' reading and writing suffer when they don't learn script. Why Students Need to Know Cursive Recently, my 8-year-old son received a birthday card from his grandmother. He opened the card ...

After watching their teacher meticulously draw the alphabet in cursive on a whiteboard, students in Patricia Durelli’s fourth-grade class pulled out their pencils to practice writing the letters ...

What’s something kids can’t do, but teachers don’t teach? If you answered “cursive,” write a flowing capital letter “A” by hand on your report card. Once a staple of classrooms and ...

All it took to bridge a generational gap of more than 50 years was a letter – well, a series of them – written in cursive.

Is learning cursive writing essential for developing young minds, or is it an outdated skill being championed by nostalgic policymakers? The question sparked a lively and personal debate on a ...

not perfecting swoopy letters. It’s the handwriting equivalent of churning your own butter — charming, but unnecessary. Let’s save the wrist cramps and let cursive rest in peace, next to the ...

Critics, in a National Education Association article on “The Great Cursive Writing Debate,” say that times have changed, with more focus on technology, and that incorporating cursive lessons ...

In cursive handwriting, the individual letters of a word are joined with connecting strokes, such as in a person’s signature. Cursive fell out of favor in U.S. schools over a decade ago.