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Cursive writing is still taught in some schools within the U.S., although, it's not nationally mandated or emphasized. In ...
SOMERSET — From educational requirement to after-school activity, cursive writing is making a comeback – at least in one classroom at Somerset Public Library. “Up to the attic, through the ...
The neurodivergent brain doesn't always acknowledge the difference in letter formation: a student with dyslexia or dysgraphia might compensate by using capital letters P, Q, B, and D. Cursive, on ...
Peterson is a particular type of cursive style in which the letter P has an antenna; the capital Q looks like a fancy number two; and the Z has a funny loop that dipped below the baseline.
In Holly Martin’s third-grade class at Saint Columbkille in Brighton, the old-fashioned chalkboard has been replaced with an electronic screen. But Martin uses the screen to teach her students a ...
At P.S. 166 in Queens, principal Jessica Geller said there was never a formal decision over the years to banish the teaching of cursive. “We just got busy with the addition of technology, and we ...
Nine-year-old Kelsey Mardis began learning cursive at the beginning of the school year with the rest of her classmates, and she enjoys it so much that she now has a favorite cursive letter ...
Texas will reintroduce cursive writing to the state curriculum for elementary students beginning in the 2019-2020 school year. ... "By seeing the letter being formed slowly at your control, ...
If you, like so many adults educated in the past few decades, do more “connected printing” than graceful cursive, and you want to give learning cursive a try, this is the book ideal.
The delicately formed cursive letters of the America’s Declaration of Independence helped form a nation. But that sense of elegance is seldom seen in daily handwriting.
If you had any trouble, don’t despair. The death of cursive has not been exaggerated. And if writing all of your office memos by hand for a day feels too daunting, I have a tip: If you’re on a ...