I taught my older children traditional cursive, not the modified printing, but when they hit college teachers want them to print. People can no longer read cursive so it forces my children to print. I used to teach them printing in 2 nd grade incase they have to fill in forms. Right now with my children no.13 and no.14, I am teaching them printing and will most likely teach them cursive in 2 nd grade. I found that teaching my children cursive before printing helped with their reading and writing skills. These last two are the first ones I am reversing it because indeed cursive seems to be a lost art and also it is very hard for me to find material that teaches cursive in the lower levels so I end up having to modify everything or create my own curriculum.
I am 47 and learned to write with a an ink pen and built in inkwell in the desk. This was in first grade. After that we wrote with a pen, not a pencil. I was only taught cursive. I feel like a dinosaur. LOL
Last edited by Annaquilts; 11-22-2011 at 05:50 AM.