COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – A local fourth grader is bringing back the art of cursive handwriting. When E’Lon Hamilton realized ...
I type all day. I swipe and tap on my phone. I scribble notes to myself on paper. I’m happy with my mostly-digital life. But every now and then I’ll get a handwritten note—from an old lady, ...
Frisbee needs Mrs. House's help to sign his name! Watch as she teaches him how to use cursive letters to sign his thank you card. Rise and Shine is available to stream on pbs.org and the free PBS App, ...
Students' reading and writing suffer when they don't learn script. Why Students Need to Know Cursive Recently, my 8-year-old son received a birthday card from his grandmother. He opened the card, ...
What’s something kids can’t do, but teachers don’t teach? If you answered “cursive,” write a flowing capital letter “A” by hand on your report card. Once a staple of classrooms and correspondence, ...
Just how long have humans been using cursive writing? Scholars credit Niccolo Niccoli, a 15th Century Italian, for “inventing” our modern-day cursive, although it had been evolving long before his day ...
The dying art of cursive writing is the focus of a new exhibition at the New Brunswick Museum. The question is: What will it mean to the kids who can't read what's on display? It's a real conundrum, ...
In response to a growing trend where public schools are dropping the teaching of cursive, I wrote a blog post defending the value of learning cursive. 1 The new Common Core standards, adopted by 45 ...