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I'm European. Children in my country learn cursive first, then block lettering (which is so awkward and impedes fast and elegant handwriting). So one of the first things I taught my kids was cursive.

Then elementary school math moves very slowly in this country, contrary to middle and high school math, if you're on the fast track. Therefore it's important to me that my children know their math facts cold, and can also reflect on math problems. They are interested in science, and will not go far in science without math. Facts are only the first part of the work. The second is developing critical thinking by solving problems, which schools don't do enough of (they "don't have the time"). Students will not be able to go on to higher math in middle school if they haven't learned to solve multi-step problems.

After that, there's writing. MCPS does an excellent job of introducing different types of writing, but does a God-awful job of coaching each student in their own writing, since classes are large and teachers don't have the gift of ubiquity. So the children write at home during the holidays, and I pay particular attention to their writing homework during the school year.

Beyond that, we talk about history, science, art, music, as a family. We love classical music, so my children have private music classes for their instrument and will soon involve theory and composition too.

Oh, and they go to weekend school to learn their native language: grammar, spelling, culture, etc.[/quote]

How did you teach them cursive?  Block lettering seems like such a waste of time, since it doesn't need to be learned, if you know cursive, you can do both... I would love to teach it, so if anyone has any recommendations?[/quote]

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