Cursive Writing
 

One of the morning programs had a nice feature story about young kids (third graders?) learning cursive writing and writing letters to residents of assisted living facilities -

The people involved seemed excited about the activity - especially the kids!


It seems strange to me that learning cursive writing has become "optional" -

I know. So sad.

Good morning Sharon
One of my hobbies is Spencerian writing, with dip pen and ink.
This sort of writing went the way of the dodo when schools started teaching the Palmer method.
Which has also gone the dodo way.
But I know the manuals are still readily available because many home schoolers teach it.

I've often wondered if the world is full of hunt and peckers, babies and little children have computers now, and I'm thinking none of them have had typing?

in some schools it isn't even optional! not offered or accepted.

Someone recently told me they were bringing it back to the curriculum (at least here in KY). Why they removed it in the first place is a mystery to me.

Just a thought... is it a signature if it's not in cursive?

How are the kids going to sign their names for contracts and such when they're older...anyway, I think that's such a good idea about cheering up older people

That was the first thing I thought of, Lori. Then my next thought was how sad it was that they could never read historical documents in their original form. I hope they do bring it back.

I have heard that cursive writing is being phased out across the country because it isn't very useful. I think cursive is beautiful and it is sad to think it will become a thing of the past. There were things we learned in elementary school that are foreign to most children--like the order of introductions (females first, and age before youth), and the proper way to answer a telephone. The world has definitely changed.

Here’s a Jeanne Robertson YouTube about this.

https://youtu.be/d4OxmFfKStA