Our district follows "handwriting without tears" curriculum and according to their website, cursive is part of the curriculum.
I've heard that a lot of schools have taken learning cursive off the curriculum, so I'm glad our district will be.
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Whether or not it's in the curriculum, I think it's a good idea for kids to learn it and experiment with their handwriting.
Your handwriting style very much becomes a part of you. I wish I spent more time on it as a child. My handwriting looks like kindergarten printing and I'm a full grown person.
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I have no idea but my 7yr old has shown interest.
I taught him how to write his name in cursive and he thinks he is so cool
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@regberadaisy: what grade do they teach it?
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@Mamaof2: I'm not sure! It was mentioned in the PreK page that they follow handwriting without tears as part of their kindergarten readiness.
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@Mamaof2: looks like 3rd grade. That sounds about when I started cursive in elementary? That was eons ago!
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If our schools don't, I def will teach my LO(s)!
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I don't know, but I hope so! I will teach it if the schools don't. It's such an important thing. It slows you down and makes you think about what you're writing.
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It's more and more common around here that they're removing it. Makes me so sad! Not sure if our school district is part of it or not.
If they don't teach cursive anymore, how do kids learn to "sign" their names?! Most legal documents require you to print AND sign. You can't double print!! Then again, lots of companies now days let you "digitally" sign. Sigh.
Meanwhile, I overheard a convo the other day about a mom telling her daughter about cursive, and the daughter's response was, is that the one with all the loops???
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@Alivoo01: my mom never really went to school in China and can get by with a few words in English. Her "signature" is literally just her name in print!
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@Alivoo01: My 21yr old niece never learned cursive - when she signs her name she makes a C and then draws a line - ridiculous!
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My husband has the most atrocious handwriting I've ever seen and I can barely read any card or note he leaves me, so I will be very adamant about our kids' handwriting. I love having the ability to write nice thank you notes and letters in handwriting, so I would very much like for the boys to learn cursive.
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My curriculum had me teaching the strokes used to create cursive letters, and the letters themselves starting at the end of the year...but my kids' handwriting was so incredibly awful that we just focused on printing. This was second grade.
I'm not sure what the schools here teach. I'm not overly concerned if they learn it or not, but I'll probably teach it if they don't.
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Hell no. Refusing to learn cursive was one of the first ways I stood up against meaningless bs as a kid. My normal handwriting was already terrible, and I was just horrified that they wanted me to then learn another way to write. I just refused. I would encourage my kids to do the same.
In a funny twist, I majored in Russian, which is only written in cursive. So now my cursive is beautiful. In Russian.
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I'm 32 and my own school didn't even teach it. I wanted to learn it because I thought it was beautiful, so I had my step-mom write me a letter grid, explain how the letters connected, and I practiced a ton and taught myself. I think it's becoming pretty rare to learn it formally. I have no idea if LO's school teaches it, most kids there enter already writing and I don't think it's a huge focus in general.
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@regberadaisy: my DD started cursive this year in school (2nd grade).
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I would definitely like them to! There is a ton of research that shows handwriting is linked to reading.
Sidenote: Our district used HWT and just cut it from the budge this year. It seems like more and more districts are opting out of teaching handwriting in favor of other things. I do know it cost our district over 15K a year!
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@sarac: So interesting!
Yes, they learn it around 3rd grade. It's optional at our school. Although I teach another grade, I'm fine with parents teaching their kids cursive if it's important to them. I think it would be very easy for parents to do. Just buy a workbook. With all the extra curriculum and changes that are required of us in the past few years, cursive is one thing I have the flexibility to move off my plate with good conscience. -
@regberadaisy: just found out they teach it in 4th grade
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I don't have kids so I can't comment on what my future kids will be learning.
But I think it's important for kids to learn it, but I don't think it should be forced. When I was in school we were forced to handwrite essays on exams and such - That's ridiculous. But I do think it's important to learn, because some people prefer handwriting all the time (like me) and it would be very annoying if half the people reading my writing didn't know how to read it and forced me to start printing all the time.
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Because of all of the technology use, we opted to teach keyboarding (typing) replaced cursive time as well.
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