Cursive Or Longhand Writing Seems To Be A Dying Art

Cursive or longhand writing seems to be a dying art,my child is learning at school in sandpaper letters and
but learning to write in cursive is relatively easy usingget her to trace the words.
the Montessori Method. With the proliferation of theThe texture of the sandpaper helps to implant the
keyboard and the computer it seems there is no needwords and letters on your child’s mind. When your
to start learning to write in cursive.child in tracing the letters you should get her to say the
It looks like cursive writing is on the way out with mostwords and the phonic sounds.
kids at school just printing in block letters. But itThis system of learning to write in cursive is very
doesn’t have to be that way. Learning cursivesimple because the child is actually writing the words
writing is quite easy and it is easier when your childrenas she traces the letters, without using a pencil. This
are in kindergarten.sets the muscle coordination so when the child picks a
The Montessori system starts the child on learningpen she knows how to already write the letters.
how to use a pencil. This way the child is learning toMost children will start off writing with their finger in the
scribble with a pencil to build up hand strength andair the same way as tracing the letters before writing
coordination. Another unique part of the Montessoriwith a pencil.
approach is sandpaper letters. I make up the words