5 year old obsessed with cursive
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Anonymous
| Anyone have a kid obsessed with cursive and penmanship at this age? I do not use the word obsess lightly: he prefers practicing writing to almost anything else and becomes fixated on anything written in cursive when we are outside anywhere. We used to think it was cute — and his cursive is better than mine now — but redirecting hasn’t worked for about three months! I guess it’s all fine, but I’m wondering why his interests aren’t more varied. |
Anonymous
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Embrace it.
My 11th grader can barely sign his name. |
Anonymous
| I'm jealous. My child hates cursive and is obsessed with Fortnite. |
Anonymous
| Go with it. I’d get nice paper and good pens. Look into simple calligraphy. It’s a great hobby to embrace. |
Anonymous
| I was weirdly obsessed with cursive at that age! I remember getting in trouble for putting my name in cursive instead of print at the top of kindergarten worksheets. Also remember begging for a cursive handwriting workbook at a bookstore and my mom saying no. I learned by copying her script instead and honestly, my cursive was ugly because of that. I wish my parents had encouraged my cursive obsession because I think it was just a yearning to do something artistic and communicative. Don’t redirect- offer more supplies and encourage it. It’s your kid’s creative outlet. |
Anonymous
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My daughter's kindergarten teacher sent her home with a cursive packet. But she was only supposed to use cursive at home. Still she'd practice all the time, and show her teacher progress before/after class.
She's very into arts & crafts, but skipped over color books. Maybe she'll be a designer. |
Anonymous
| Why do you want to redirect? Is it because you want him to play something other than cursive? Or is cursive getting in the way of coming to dinner, getting out the door in the morning, cleaning up his toys? |
Anonymous
| That is awesome. Get him a calligraphy book |
Anonymous
| It's artwork, essentially. It's a relaxing, creative activity. What's the problem? |
Anonymous
| Go with it! I used to love practicing on those cursive writing pads. And take him to get some thank-you notes than he can use to write notes after his birthday and holidays. |
Anonymous
| My daughter learned cursive at age 5/6–it was also taught at school in 1st. Now 8 and she still writes in cursive as her default. I don’t see anything wrong with it—curious what your specific concern is? |
Anonymous
| Does Montessori still teach cursive letters to the 2-4 year olds before block letters? |
Anonymous
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Get him some fountain pens. Both zebra an pilot have inexpensive disposable fountain pens. One of my kids has a writing disability and cursive is much easier than print, and the fountain pens have been much better because they have less friction.
My other kid is obsessed with drawing and writing. He loves the fountain pens too. We just upgraded to fountain pens that are let you refill the ink (better for the environment) but it is like a $4 investment to let him play with some fountain pens. You can also get drawing art books at target (they don't have the fountain pens, unfortunately) in the art section. They are very nice and pretty reasonable. Stop trying to redirect him. He sounds very artistic. GL |
Anonymous
These are unlined but they have lined pads too. Get him the stuff to go to town with this. |
