Experiment. Find a model alphabet Before you can write cursive letters, you have to know what they look like. Search for “letter guides” that show the shapes and the order of strokes.

Most people can't even write in cursive with their hands, but new technology is training those who have lost motor control to write with their eyes.

Don't Write Off Cursive Teaching kids how to write in script is no longer a priority in American schools, but it should be.

Writing in cursive remains a large part of our culture, Superintendent Graham said. “We need to be careful about losing that, because so much of the basics is driven by technology,” she said.

The attention cursive writing gets is in decline. From what I can see as an educator, the expectation to write in cursive beyond elementary school is essentially absent in some schools.

Ferry gave other assistance. Maritza Escamilla, who teaches cursive writing at the Waukegan Public Library, was crowned National Outstanding American Junior Miss in August. – Original Credit ...

At Greenbriar East Elementary, the cursive lesson is a hybrid of old and new. Students have pencils in hand, but their ...

Cursive Writing: A Nod To The Past How many people actually write letters anymore? Letter writing along with cursive script is going the way of the dinosaurs if it is not extinct already.

Chapman frequently requires her students to write in cursive. They also need to know how to read her cursive writing on a whiteboard to understand their daily homework assignment.

As a result, he says, there are no longer written requirements about whether to include cursive in curriculums, so many schools have severely shortened lessons, or worse, "the teacher just says: I ...