I'm reading more and more about schools dropping cursive writing instruction. I understand where they're coming from, but I think it's shortsighted in some ways. I remember reading a story about it where a high school teacher showed her class one of the classic Hitchcock films (North by Northwest perhaps?) In this film, a pivotal plot device was the protagonist finding a handwritten note that conveys critical information. She had to stop the film and read it to her class because *none of them could read it.*
I'm a calligrapher. No child of mine will be signing her document with an "x" for "here she made her mark." Okay, I'm exaggerating, but you see my point.
So - anyone out there know how/where to get the instructional manuals? *I'll* teach her if the school won't.
I'm a calligrapher. No child of mine will be signing her document with an "x" for "here she made her mark." Okay, I'm exaggerating, but you see my point.
So - anyone out there know how/where to get the instructional manuals? *I'll* teach her if the school won't.
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Years from now, when I'm likely going to want to take Charlotte down to DC to the Smithsonian and such, I want her to be able to READ the governing documents that formed this nation.
No matter what's going on in the schools when she gets there, the one thing I'm NOT worried about is her learning to think. The company we keep will pretty much take care of that. :-)
I figure if I have to teach her script writing, I may as well teach her calligraphy at the same time, right?
You betcha! A good secretary and italic hand will mark as a well educated lady. Now you'll just have to get her fluent in Latin, Greek and Hebrew and she'll be on a par with the finest ladies in the land!
The thought of schools doing away with teaching cursive script is abominable. I still remember stick-and-ball lessons, and how I learned the phrase "chicken scratch", but was always encouraged to keep going....
From what they've been findingkids have NO trouble at all learning to read one script and write a different one. No need for them to learn to print capital letters in imitation of book printing.