Anonymous wrote:What’s a good book for a 7-8 year old to learn cursive at home? I want a good start over summer so it’s easier to pick up during the school year (I think they learn last half of 2nd grade?)

I think cursive is ridiculous and never taught my now 17 yo to use this. He doesn’t need to know how to write this way. I don’t write this way. I print or type!

Anonymous wrote:What grade do kids usually learn cursive? My son just said he thinks they learn in 4th grade, but that seems late.

Most schools don’t teach it at all.

Montessori starts in kindergarten, I remember learning in 2nd grade in the 90s. 4th does seem late, but I’d be happy they were teaching it at all

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Anonymous wrote:Cursive writing is very important for the neurological benefits it provides (connecting hand action and brain function), fine motor skills, etc… Better to have a child doing a couple of pages of cursive writing than hooked to a screen.

They do hundreds of things a day that connect hand action and brain function. Needle point would be a better choice.

If they choose an office job they will be staring at a screen all day. They won’t be writing in cursive. Better to work on their typing skills.

Omg how stupid are you?

It’s not the job they have as an adult it’s about teaching their brains to learn. Their brains are developing so expecting their brain to be able process information from reading a screen and typing is not how it works. If works for adults because we learned w tactile books and pencil and paper.

The kids who had calculus will not be better off - it will be the kids who know how to learn.

Thanks for the study. We do some cursive at home but mostly for DC’s handwriting and so they can have a signature

Our FCPS did not do it AT ALL.

Anonymous wrote:What grade do kids usually learn cursive? My son just said he thinks they learn in 4th grade, but that seems late.

FCPS does cursive towards the end of 3rd grade; the Christian private to which we eventually switched teaches it in 1st.

What grade do kids usually learn cursive? My son just said he thinks they learn in 4th grade, but that seems late.

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Anonymous wrote:Cursive writing is very important for the neurological benefits it provides (connecting hand action and brain function), fine motor skills, etc… Better to have a child doing a couple of pages of cursive writing than hooked to a screen.

They do hundreds of things a day that connect hand action and brain function. Needle point would be a better choice.

If they choose an office job they will be staring at a screen all day. They won’t be writing in cursive. Better to work on their typing skills.

Oh please. By first grade they are sliding their finger around on an iPad all day in school or just staring at a screen

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Anonymous wrote:Cursive writing is very important for the neurological benefits it provides (connecting hand action and brain function), fine motor skills, etc… Better to have a child doing a couple of pages of cursive writing than hooked to a screen.

They do hundreds of things a day that connect hand action and brain function. Needle point would be a better choice.

If they choose an office job they will be staring at a screen all day. They won’t be writing in cursive. Better to work on their typing skills.

Which we also do.

Anonymous wrote:A lot of schools have eliminated it because it’s very rarely used. Maybe learn to read it but it’s so tedious and unnecessary to learn to write it.

Unnecessary for what? Being illiterate? Ridiculous

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Anonymous wrote:Which of these programs has the best/most traditional looking cursive handwriting? I know some people have a really strong opinion about this or that program's version being ugly or too non-standard.

D'Nealian and Zaner Bloser are regular, traditional cursive. There are workbooks for them. I used ZB for my kids.

Our school district uses Zaner Bloser - ineffectively but they do. So I did ZB for my kids so it would be consistent.

OP be sure your school district doesn't have a standard before you go buy something. Even if they don't use it, or barely use it, it's nice to be consistent.

Anonymous wrote:Cursive writing is very important for the neurological benefits it provides (connecting hand action and brain function), fine motor skills, etc… Better to have a child doing a couple of pages of cursive writing than hooked to a screen.

They do hundreds of things a day that connect hand action and brain function. Needle point would be a better choice.

If they choose an office job they will be staring at a screen all day. They won’t be writing in cursive. Better to work on their typing skills.

Any recs for YouTube channels that are good for kids? My second grader is also interested in learning and does better with instructional videos over workbooks.

Anonymous wrote:Which of these programs has the best/most traditional looking cursive handwriting? I know some people have a really strong opinion about this or that program's version being ugly or too non-standard.

D'Nealian and Zaner Bloser are regular, traditional cursive. There are workbooks for them. I used ZB for my kids.

Writing without Tears is ugly. And for my child, it brought tears. I vote Zaner-Bloser.

Which of these programs has the best/most traditional looking cursive handwriting? I know some people have a really strong opinion about this or that program's version being ugly or too non-standard.