sockgirl77
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I'm teaching my kids how to write in cursive. Here's a neat website that I found to create my own worksheets for them: Make Beautiful Cursive Handwriting Worksheets
Since the schools refuse to teach it...
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Nickel
curiouser and curiouser
Yeah, it's kinda shocking to me that they don't teach cursive beyond the basics, and my kid has gone to 3 elementary schools in 3 different states with the same policy. I don't write in cursive beyond signing my name but I don't think it should be nixed altogether. Just more time for standardized testing prep I guess. 
sockgirl77
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Yeah, it's kinda shocking to me that they don't teach cursive beyond the basics, and my kid has gone to 3 elementary schools in 3 different states with the same policy. I don't write in cursive beyond signing my name but I don't think it should be nixed altogether. Just more time for standardized testing prep I guess.
I still write letters occasionally. About 2 or 3 times per year I have to write a check for something and use cursive then. However, last night, I could not for the life of me remember how to write a cursive uppercase Q. So, I began to Google and found this site. I made each one of them sheets with all of the letters both uppercase and lowercase and with their names on them.
corollinout
Member
They are teaching my 4th grader cursive.
Nickel
curiouser and curiouser
When I was in elementary school we learned cursive in 2nd (maybe 3rd?) grade and all assignments had to be completed in cursive through 5th grade. My son learned the basics in 3rd grade - it was stressed more in NC but when we moved to MD halfway through 3rd grade they worked on it a little. Nothing in 4th grade and now we're in VA for 5th grade with no mention of cursive. Oh well.
KDENISE977
New Member
I agree, I have terrible handwriting, and I'm left handed so if it's anything more than a line or 2 it smears. I hope my kiddo isn't a lefty.
mAlice
professional daydreamer
Hubbies a south paw, too. He has learned how to avoid smudging.
KDENISE977
New Member
Spelling too.
puggymom
Active Member
it is about as useful as learning Calligraphy.
drivingdaisy
New Member
That is a homophone and it was still taught when I taught second grade in Southern Maryland (but that was in 2004). I believe it is a part of most reading series.
sockgirl77
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migtig
aka Mrs. Giant
Not so much that, but how can the adults of tomorrow read things like the Constitution? Or any other historical document? It bothers me that we are dumbing down kids.
Good for you Socki!
sockgirl77
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drivingdaisy
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Here's a secret... while it's nice to have good teachers for your children what you do at home as parents probably has more effect on them than most of their teachers. So definitely teach them things you want them to learn or help them learn more about things that they are interested in.