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Lean Into It: Tools For Teaching Tots Cursive If Their Schools Don't Do It

Add Indiana to the growing list of states that won't require tots to learn cursive writing.
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Tools For Teaching Cursive Writing

Add Indiana to the growing list of states that won't require tots to learn cursive writing. The state recently announced plans to remove cursive handwriting requirements from second grad curriculums, leaving the decision up to individual school districts. When we first discussed the issue, many LilSugar readers agreed that there should be a greater focus on typing skills than script. But for those mamas who still believe in the beauty of a handwritten letter, here are some options for teaching your lil one how to create the beautiful characters on your own!

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Wallpaper "Cahier d'ecriture" by Madame Chalet ($153/roll) Abc Joined Up ($3) New American Cursive Penmanship Program ($23) Super Teacher Worksheets (free) Winter Wonderland Cursive Handwriting Tracers ($2)
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41 States Don't Require Students to Learn Cursive

Just print your John Hancock here.
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Just print your John Hancock here. It may sound funny, but given the current educational standards across the US, few tots may know how to sign their name by the time they graduate from high school. To date, 41 states have adopted the Common Core State Standards for English, a new set of standards students are expected to learn before graduation, which doesn't include cursive writing. Though 71 percent of LilSugar readers believe that script should still be taught, more states are removing it from their curriculum as they aren't assessed on kids' ability to use it, and there is more of a focus on learning the QWERTY keyboard. States like California and Massachusetts have added the longhand style of writing back into their schools, but Georgia will make a decision when administrators meet in March.

If your school doesn't require students to learn cursive, would you teach your children?

Should Computer Typing Class Replace Teaching Cursive?
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Writing Off the Written Word: Typing to Replace Cursive Class?

Some people consider handwriting an art.
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Some people consider handwriting an art. Others believe that technology makes the angled script obsolete. Kids start sitting and typing at computers as early as kindergarten; is there a point to teaching them cursive? While fancy penmanship certainly adds a classy touch to personal letters and flair to a person's signature, is it worth taking time away from the school day since the world is moving toward keyboard communication?