Learning cursive is good for children’s fine motor skills, and writing in longhand generally helps students retain more information and generate more ideas.

That’s because in “cursive writing, compared to printing . . . the movement tasks are more demanding, the letters are less stereotypical and the visual-recognition requirements create a ...

Some education experts say cursive writing helps young children develop motor and cognitive skills and that it also improves their ability to read and spell.

Benefits of handwriting The increased interest in cursive handwriting likely stems from effort by policymakers to improve the literacy performance of K-12 students across the country.

Happy National Handwriting Day, everyone! Or rather, unhappy and hotly controversial handwriting day? That would honestly be more accurate. Because, for one thing, isn't teaching handwriting ...

However, children should continue practising this lost art because cursive writing makes them use their hand muscles in a different manner and activates a part of your brain which hones motor skills.

Is learning cursive writing essential for developing young minds, or is it an outdated skill being championed by nostalgic policymakers?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 ...

Cursive engages multiple senses Cursive handwriting is emerging as a learning tool for students with dyslexia, a disorder that makes it difficult to read or interpret letters, words and other symbols.