What do you think of the idea of teaching cursive before print? After I read in Drawing with Children that kids below a certain age can't draw a straight line due to developmental stage, I realized that when I was young, cursive may have been harder to read, but it was easier to write.

Still taught in some places because cursive is quicker (no picking up pen mid-word), easier to distinguish b/d, easier for dyslexic & dysgraphic students to read and write. We need people who can read old documents (e.g. Declaration of Independence) written in cursive!

I can usually tell how old our customers are by their cursive. Because it seems each decade practiced a certain “font” until everyone had the same handwriting.

In Latin America, we learn to write in cursive first. That’s what I wrote in until fifth grade. Honestly, it is easier when they are young. Books in Spanish tend to have cursive as well.

After teaching my kiddo cursive for homeschool, I started learning Spencerian script myself and have really enjoyed it. I now prefer to write in cursive than print!

Cursive basically automatically corrected my kids’ dysgraphia, I’m a huge fan.

I'm of the age that my elementary school sent our handwriting off to be evaluated professionally twice a year, noting where we were at the beginning and end of each grade, starting in 4th. We first learned formation in 3rd grade, then continued with handwriting for two more years. I like writing in cursive and think it's a useful skill.

I work in a library. Along with one of my co-workers, we're offering a cursive class for adults in April. I'm hoping that people will see it as a fun and relaxing exercise.

I had my children start with handwriting or handwriting copywork, daily, through grade six. I felt it was a way to mindfully orient them to the day and it was a bonus that the process upheld a self-correcting standard first thing.

My son has dysgraphia and learned to write with French cursive. They use graph paper and each letter fits in a square. I brought back paper for years from Europe as it helped him so much. Myself I use a mix of cursive letters that are a mix of the languages I have learned with print. Since I taught a lot of kids and they all were taught different styles that also worked into my own handwriting. I don't think time needs to be spent in the classroom on handwriting but I homework practice is valid.

Nice to know I'm not the only one who reverted to printing for most things. Cursive is much prettier, but it takes too long and when I'm in a hurry my printing is more legible than my cursive (even I can't read it half the time).

I do my handwriting in mostly cursive with a couple letters in print. I just prefer it. I know I started teach my children when younger to write in cursive, but they transitioned to public school and it isn’t taught there. I cringe when they have to sign things and they write their name in print.

I almost always write in cursive except for when I need to do quick glances at stuff when coaching or teaching, I can read print faster than cursive. That being said, the district out here does offer cursive. It's seen as a fun thing more than required and it keeps the pressure off and kids want to learn it.

Regarding the neatness of handwriting, have you seen the research about babies who crawled more? Apparently that correlates with having better handwriting later in life!

My oldest fell through the cracks. My younger two will learn cursive.

NJ just required cursive to be taught in public schools

I taught my middle and high school students cursive. Every one of them fought it, but almost every one of them has thanked me *repeatedly* for making them do it.

In Italy it's still taught, my son has had to learn it.