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a teacher's supply store. There is at least one in every community and you don't need to be a teacher to shop there. They have all sorts of workbooks, hands-on materials and services and usually the cost is very reasonable. Ask a teacher where they go.
I agree with you about learning cursive but much of the reason lies in the really difficult time many teachers have in reading the papers and tests of kids today. My own 4 grandchildren have not been taught cursive but they really don't write clearer. Writing activates a part of the brain that is different from typing and needs to be trained. I also fault ball-point pens. Years ago cursive writing was taught with ink pens (Schaeffer usually) and they demand a kind of control that ball-points do not.
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Paper Roses |
Dec-08-11 06:28 AM |
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When was the last time you wrote in cursive? |
brooklynite |
Dec-08-11 06:29 AM |
#1 |
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I write in cursive all the time....It's faster than printing and not everyone |
whathehell |
Dec-08-11 06:35 AM |
#4 |
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Except todays kids will live in a different world |
MattBaggins |
Dec-08-11 09:12 AM |
#60 |
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It's still the same world biologically where cursive boosts neurological development |
KittyWampus |
Dec-08-11 09:24 AM |
#67 |
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I remember the Big Chief tablets with the dotted blue lines & making rows of ovals & circles & loops |
CrispyQ |
Dec-08-11 02:00 PM |
#94 |
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Study Please |
TalkingDog |
Dec-09-11 06:44 AM |
#155 |
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I have never heard that cursive writing particularly boosts neurological development... |
LeftishBrit |
Dec-09-11 10:13 AM |
#164 |
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You mean a world where you know they won't benefit from knowing cursive? |
whathehell |
Dec-08-11 09:26 AM |
#68 |
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There are only 12 hours in a day |
MattBaggins |
Dec-08-11 02:33 PM |
#97 |
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True, but as to your suggestion, |
whathehell |
Dec-08-11 06:56 PM |
#125 |
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My days have 24 hours. nt |
Obamanaut |
Dec-08-11 08:06 PM |
#131 |
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Is telling time an educational holdover? 24 hours in a day. |
Bluenorthwest |
Dec-08-11 08:15 PM |
#134 |
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Here's how I see the future: |
Avalux |
Dec-08-11 10:47 AM |
#79 |
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At least the ones in the western world... |
LanternWaste |
Dec-08-11 02:53 PM |
#100 |
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My twenty somethings do |
karynnj |
Dec-08-11 10:58 AM |
#82 |
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But I don't believe you're addressing my point |
whathehell |
Dec-08-11 01:51 PM |
#93 |
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My kids have left short handwritten notes - messages taken from phone calls, |
karynnj |
Dec-08-11 02:37 PM |
#98 |
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I disagree with you. |
bluestate10 |
Dec-08-11 08:04 PM |
#130 |
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There are electronic writing pads. |
bluestate10 |
Dec-08-11 07:56 PM |
#129 |
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I write cursive all the time. That's how I write. I admit, it has become very |
geckosfeet |
Dec-08-11 06:35 AM |
#5 |
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+1 n/t |
whathehell |
Dec-08-11 06:36 AM |
#11 |
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No objection to written language... |
brooklynite |
Dec-08-11 09:16 AM |
#64 |
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For me just yesterday |
HockeyMom |
Dec-08-11 06:47 AM |
#17 |
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I write. Some times I have to do both. |
Paper Roses |
Dec-08-11 07:31 AM |
#36 |
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Why do you think you are any kind of standard? |
WinkyDink |
Dec-08-11 06:49 AM |
#18 |
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Tell that to New York State |
HockeyMom |
Dec-08-11 07:31 AM |
#35 |
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What about a coded electronic sig verifying that YOU are the |
sammytko |
Dec-08-11 08:00 AM |
#43 |
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Government doesn't want to pay for that |
HockeyMom |
Dec-08-11 09:28 AM |
#70 |
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and waste man-hours by making y'all hand-write everything? |
sammytko |
Dec-08-11 10:07 AM |
#73 |
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When I was an Early Intervention Speech-Language Pathologist |
phylny |
Dec-08-11 10:23 PM |
#140 |
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From what I've learned, teaching children to crawl does not usually improve their handwriting, etc. |
LeftishBrit |
Dec-09-11 10:22 AM |
#165 |
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The Occupational Therapists I work with say it's very important for |
phylny |
Dec-10-11 10:02 AM |
#174 |
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I sign in cursive and still write an occasional letter. |
Paper Roses |
Dec-08-11 07:29 AM |
#33 |
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At the very least, people sign their names in cursive - n/t |
lbrtbell |
Dec-08-11 08:26 AM |
#52 |
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No they don't and I was able to buy a house with my half printed signature |
LynneSin |
Dec-08-11 03:15 PM |
#110 |
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+1 |
JoeyT |
Dec-09-11 04:23 PM |
#169 |
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I write cursive every day. It's faster. In University, fellow students borrowed my notes cause I got |
KittyWampus |
Dec-08-11 09:14 AM |
#62 |
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I use it... To be honest this is a crazy argument |
nadinbrzezinski |
Dec-08-11 10:42 AM |
#78 |
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I journal in cursive every day |
Papagoose |
Dec-08-11 11:10 AM |
#86 |
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Well, not since waking up |
The Genealogist |
Dec-08-11 02:05 PM |
#96 |
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What else is there? Of course I write in cursive, to answer your question, |
Mira |
Dec-08-11 03:34 PM |
#115 |
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signing my name. SOmetimes writing notes. I still use it. |
Liberal_in_LA |
Dec-08-11 04:11 PM |
#118 |
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I write in cursive frequently. In particular when I want to write something fast. |
bluestate10 |
Dec-08-11 07:51 PM |
#128 |
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it is an art form. I loved teaching it. Zaner-Bloser had a good |
roguevalley |
Dec-09-11 01:02 AM |
#152 |
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I use it ALL THE TIME, EVERY day. Printing is way too slow |
Raine |
Dec-09-11 02:24 AM |
#153 |
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My first semester in college, my freshman comp teacher had us write several things about ourselves |
CreekDog |
Dec-09-11 10:45 AM |
#167 |
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nobody uses cursive anymore. |
OneTenthofOnePercent |
Dec-08-11 06:33 AM |
#2 |
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So you are looking for such a gift also? |
ret5hd |
Dec-08-11 06:35 AM |
#6 |
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Um, no..You see, just because you don't know them, it doesn't mean they don't exist |
whathehell |
Dec-08-11 06:36 AM |
#8 |
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Printing is puerile. It is, indeed, why it is taught first. But then, compound-complex sentences are |
WinkyDink |
Dec-08-11 06:50 AM |
#19 |
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Young people don't even print very much- they type |
Marrah_G |
Dec-08-11 07:26 AM |
#32 |
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Maybe..but one can't always count on having an electronic typing device around. |
whathehell |
Dec-08-11 09:28 AM |
#69 |
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this is true- and they do still teach them to write in elementary school |
Marrah_G |
Dec-08-11 10:27 AM |
#74 |
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Yes, you could be right there. n/t |
whathehell |
Dec-08-11 10:30 AM |
#75 |
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I only and always print, excerpt for my signature. |
Occulus |
Dec-08-11 08:26 AM |
#53 |
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Welcome to the puerile club! |
WildEyedLiberal |
Dec-08-11 02:58 PM |
#103 |
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So two people you know have bad handwriting? |
lbrtbell |
Dec-08-11 08:31 AM |
#54 |
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Hey I use all the time |
nadinbrzezinski |
Dec-08-11 10:51 AM |
#80 |
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I had never heard of disgraphia before....... |
Amaril |
Dec-08-11 03:24 PM |
#113 |
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Same here |
nadinbrzezinski |
Dec-08-11 04:06 PM |
#116 |
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my wife |
JanMichael |
Dec-08-11 09:16 AM |
#65 |
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Thank you for calling me nobody. |
The Genealogist |
Dec-08-11 02:03 PM |
#95 |
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I imagine that many people believe that their own anecdotal evidence |
LanternWaste |
Dec-08-11 02:56 PM |
#102 |
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Why we need to qualify anectdotal evidence |
nadinbrzezinski |
Dec-08-11 04:10 PM |
#117 |
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There are several in this thread who use, you say you know maybe two |
Obamanaut |
Dec-08-11 08:09 PM |
#132 |
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This looks like a pretty good one at Amazon.com: |
trotsky |
Dec-08-11 06:34 AM |
#3 |
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I used to have beautiful penmanship but as computers have taken over my life |
justiceischeap |
Dec-08-11 06:36 AM |
#7 |
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Yes, I, too, seldom write by hand |
Capitalocracy |
Dec-08-11 06:39 AM |
#13 |
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What I truly hate is when I am writing by hand |
justiceischeap |
Dec-08-11 06:54 AM |
#20 |
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I think that cursive is going to revert to an artform |
eridani |
Dec-08-11 06:36 AM |
#9 |
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As someone who has to read... |
a la izquierda |
Dec-08-11 06:36 AM |
#10 |
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The good nuns would dispair if they saw my handwriting. |
unhappycamper |
Dec-08-11 06:39 AM |
#12 |
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They might "dispair" if they saw your spelling as well, lol. |
whathehell |
Dec-08-11 06:45 AM |
#15 |
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I need to buy some new goggles. |
unhappycamper |
Dec-08-11 06:47 AM |
#16 |
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I understand. n/t |
whathehell |
Dec-08-11 09:24 AM |
#66 |
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Yo, where that popcorn at? |
alcibiades_mystery |
Dec-08-11 06:40 AM |
#14 |
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YUP ... the "death of cursive writing" threads are always a blast!!! |
JoePhilly |
Dec-08-11 09:10 AM |
#57 |
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Sure...Who needs writing when one can always count on |
whathehell |
Dec-08-11 09:32 AM |
#72 |
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When I take notes by hand, I print ... I'm much faster that way. |
JoePhilly |
Dec-08-11 11:31 AM |
#90 |
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When I take notes by hand -- I write, because I and everyone I know is faster doing it that way. |
whathehell |
Dec-08-11 01:48 PM |
#92 |
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I was taught cursive ... and abandoned it because I never needed it after |
JoePhilly |
Dec-08-11 02:51 PM |
#99 |
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Along that same vein, no one needs print, either. |
LanternWaste |
Dec-08-11 03:01 PM |
#104 |
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Exactly ... arguing about cursive versus printing is like arguing about |
JoePhilly |
Dec-09-11 08:40 PM |
#173 |
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I think it's a lost cause. |
emcguffie |
Dec-08-11 06:59 AM |
#21 |
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what's the difference between 'keyboarding' and typing? |
HereSince1628 |
Dec-08-11 09:16 AM |
#63 |
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I have a hard time writing grocery lists these days - |
TBF |
Dec-08-11 07:03 AM |
#22 |
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Meant to add - check Barnes & Noble - |
TBF |
Dec-08-11 07:04 AM |
#23 |
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Went to B&N today, got a great book., just what I had in mind. |
Paper Roses |
Dec-08-11 05:24 PM |
#122 |
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I'm glad you found something - |
TBF |
Dec-08-11 05:27 PM |
#123 |
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Computers With Spell Check |
Possumpoint |
Dec-08-11 07:07 AM |
#24 |
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When you use a credit card in person, |
HockeyMom |
Dec-08-11 07:11 AM |
#25 |
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Aren't signatures intended to be more unique 'marks' |
HereSince1628 |
Dec-08-11 07:24 AM |
#31 |
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My signature is totally illegible ... and yet, always looks the same. |
JoePhilly |
Dec-08-11 09:11 AM |
#59 |
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Nothing says grandma loves ya like a lesson book for Christmas |
The Straight Story |
Dec-08-11 07:19 AM |
#26 |
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Most office supply stores have cursive books |
proud2BlibKansan |
Dec-08-11 07:21 AM |
#27 |
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My fifth grader was told it was useless |
revolution breeze |
Dec-08-11 07:22 AM |
#28 |
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Aaaaaarrrggghhh!!!! |
kiva |
Dec-08-11 09:05 AM |
#56 |
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Twice! Dumped on em' twice! n/t |
Little Star |
Dec-08-11 11:07 AM |
#85 |
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That is why she starts school at a private school |
revolution breeze |
Dec-08-11 04:54 PM |
#121 |
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Why not get them something that will make *them* happy |
Lyric |
Dec-08-11 07:22 AM |
#29 |
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I have done the 'fun' stuff' for both girls. One has asked for |
Paper Roses |
Dec-08-11 07:47 AM |
#37 |
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Calligraphy can be FUN! |
Mimosa |
Dec-08-11 07:07 PM |
#126 |
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wow...that's harsh.... I think they will appreciate that Grandma cares... |
hlthe2b |
Dec-08-11 07:56 AM |
#41 |
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bad form to purchase additional practice sheet music... |
LanternWaste |
Dec-08-11 03:04 PM |
#105 |
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My son has terrible handwriting |
Marrah_G |
Dec-08-11 07:22 AM |
#30 |
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And most of us are dead meat if we are caste-aways on a desert island |
HereSince1628 |
Dec-08-11 07:30 AM |
#34 |
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He "can" write... just not neatly |
Marrah_G |
Dec-08-11 08:05 AM |
#45 |
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Thank you.... |
whathehell |
Dec-09-11 09:19 AM |
#161 |
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I've found I'm a "Blackadder ITC" person in a "Times New Roman" world. |
Buns_of_Fire |
Dec-08-11 07:49 AM |
#38 |
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You need this site then.. |
Fumesucker |
Dec-08-11 08:00 AM |
#42 |
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Go to... |
GTurck |
Dec-08-11 07:54 AM |
#39 |
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I still write in Gregg Steno sometimes |
HockeyMom |
Dec-08-11 07:54 AM |
#40 |
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I like shorthand too. Studied it in HS and still remember it. Every morning I write down |
raccoon |
Dec-08-11 08:00 AM |
#44 |
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I used to do that also! Those shorthand and typing skills came in handy. |
sammytko |
Dec-08-11 08:06 AM |
#46 |
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Sure. |
LWolf |
Dec-08-11 08:06 AM |
#47 |
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I totally agree. My grands are about the same age and their handwriting leaves a lot be desired for |
mfcorey1 |
Dec-08-11 08:08 AM |
#48 |
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Get them a calligraphy set so they learn to enjoy beautiful writing |
lunatica |
Dec-08-11 08:16 AM |
#49 |
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JUst realize that the pen nibs in most calligraphy sets are right-handed |
HereSince1628 |
Dec-08-11 09:14 AM |
#61 |
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This is what I was going to say |
XemaSab |
Dec-08-11 09:16 PM |
#136 |
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My kids are both learning cursive at school |
abelenkpe |
Dec-08-11 08:24 AM |
#50 |
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Look for something online and print that out instead |
lbrtbell |
Dec-08-11 08:25 AM |
#51 |
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Good luck in that quixotic quest. |
Javaman |
Dec-08-11 08:58 AM |
#55 |
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I'd skip that cursive book and get them something useful instead |
NeedleCast |
Dec-08-11 09:11 AM |
#58 |
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Sure...because the ability to communicate without an electronic device could never be "useful" |
whathehell |
Dec-08-11 10:36 AM |
#76 |
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Can they print? Then they can communicate |
LynneSin |
Dec-08-11 03:16 PM |
#111 |
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Uh huh |
whathehell |
Dec-08-11 06:55 PM |
#124 |
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these kids are in a digitial age - they text like a gazillion words a minute |
LynneSin |
Dec-08-11 09:39 PM |
#139 |
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Yeah, it's just that one can't count on always having a digital device with them |
whathehell |
Dec-09-11 05:53 AM |
#154 |
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then they print |
LynneSin |
Dec-09-11 07:53 AM |
#159 |
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Cursive was designed to be faster than printing. |
whathehell |
Dec-09-11 09:15 AM |
#160 |
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I print and I'm pretty fast at it PLUS it's legible |
LynneSin |
Dec-09-11 10:08 AM |
#163 |
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A whole three years? |
whathehell |
Dec-09-11 10:34 AM |
#166 |
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We were part of this program where our handwriting would be sent to some handwriting HQ |
LynneSin |
Dec-09-11 11:02 AM |
#168 |
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No cursive handwriting means no way to verify signatures, no handwriting analysis |
Mimosa |
Dec-08-11 09:30 AM |
#71 |
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Maybe this? |
redqueen |
Dec-08-11 10:41 AM |
#77 |
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Do they think it is a problem? |
karynnj |
Dec-08-11 10:57 AM |
#81 |
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Exactly ... who is the present intended for?? I try to buy kids a gift they would like ... |
JoePhilly |
Dec-08-11 02:54 PM |
#101 |
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Printing is fine for ransom notes and such... |
T S Justly |
Dec-08-11 11:04 AM |
#83 |
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I admire your determination, but I think you're fighting a losing battle. |
Arugula Latte |
Dec-08-11 11:05 AM |
#84 |
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This is a nice series - this style is easy on the hands and has the |
hedgehog |
Dec-08-11 11:13 AM |
#87 |
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My cursive handwriting is horrible |
Aerows |
Dec-08-11 11:19 AM |
#88 |
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I hate to say this but when I see someone not writing their name in cursive |
thelordofhell |
Dec-08-11 11:29 AM |
#89 |
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I "write" in cursive, but I also ordered a signature stamp of my signature |
SoCalDem |
Dec-08-11 03:10 PM |
#107 |
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And I think Engineer. |
ileus |
Dec-08-11 03:10 PM |
#108 |
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Cursive writing? Why not fire making? or rain water collecting? |
Bennyboy |
Dec-08-11 11:52 AM |
#91 |
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Sorry not buying that comparision..... |
LynneSin |
Dec-08-11 03:17 PM |
#112 |
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If you find yourself in a survival situation |
nadinbrzezinski |
Dec-08-11 04:45 PM |
#119 |
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My son (2nd grade) taught himself to write in cursive, of course he also wears ties to class. |
ileus |
Dec-08-11 03:08 PM |
#106 |
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Have your kids expressed interest in learning cursive writing? |
LynneSin |
Dec-08-11 03:12 PM |
#109 |
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Schools spend very little time on cursive these days |
mcar |
Dec-08-11 03:30 PM |
#114 |
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a lesson book for christmas? |
sylveste |
Dec-08-11 04:48 PM |
#120 |
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Teach them yourself. |
bluestate10 |
Dec-08-11 07:49 PM |
#127 |
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If my grandmother bought me a handwriting lesson book for Christmas, |
LeftyMom |
Dec-08-11 08:11 PM |
#133 |
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Forget kids, my own handwriting has gotten horrible in the last decade. I hardly write at all these |
applegrove |
Dec-08-11 09:09 PM |
#135 |
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regardless of how "useful" it will be for them, it's nice to learn it |
JI7 |
Dec-08-11 09:23 PM |
#137 |
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I'd be more concerned about their typing. |
Odin2005 |
Dec-08-11 09:26 PM |
#138 |
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I'm skimming the thread and don't see actual solutions for the OP, can someone post some? |
joshcryer |
Dec-08-11 10:26 PM |
#141 |
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Contact an occupational therapist. n/t |
phylny |
Dec-08-11 10:37 PM |
#142 |
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Thank you, that sounds interesting. |
joshcryer |
Dec-08-11 10:44 PM |
#143 |
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That would be a speech therapist :) n/t |
phylny |
Dec-08-11 11:02 PM |
#144 |
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Ahh, yes, I searched for occupational therapist and found a speech therapist too, heh. |
joshcryer |
Dec-08-11 11:06 PM |
#145 |
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This is what I had to do for writing practice back in the day. |
Whisp |
Dec-08-11 11:31 PM |
#146 |
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I hate cursive, I can barely read some peoples illegible scrawls. |
Sirveri |
Dec-08-11 11:41 PM |
#147 |
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would a calligraphy book be worth looking into? |
Whisp |
Dec-08-11 11:42 PM |
#148 |
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after reading this thread I am amazed... |
Whisp |
Dec-08-11 11:49 PM |
#149 |
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Artist here. So much wrong with your post.... do not know where to begin. |
TalkingDog |
Dec-09-11 06:53 AM |
#157 |
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Truly no offense- this is meant as a joke- but I just have to- |
Dragonbreathp9d |
Dec-08-11 11:52 PM |
#150 |
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I have an article on one of my sites about that: |
tblue37 |
Dec-09-11 12:10 AM |
#151 |
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Bad penmanship is bad in cursive or in block. |
TalkingDog |
Dec-09-11 06:52 AM |
#156 |
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Worst Christmas present ever.... |
Cid_B |
Dec-09-11 06:57 AM |
#158 |
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Do you assume the cursive workbook is all I bought for the kids? |
Paper Roses |
Dec-09-11 06:23 PM |
#171 |
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I'm trying to remember what I used ... |
historylovr |
Dec-09-11 09:48 AM |
#162 |
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thats because typing is more efficient. nt |
La Lioness Priyanka |
Dec-09-11 04:57 PM |
#170 |
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Getty and Dubay |
sense |
Dec-09-11 06:33 PM |
#172 |
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