Monday, January 4, 2010

Save the Cursive!

Apparently there's a new book out on different things that have become obsolete and cursive writing is on the list.

Well, that's a really bad idea. Yes, I own a computer and use email and even have begun entering names and addresses in my iPhone rather than writing them in an address book. BUT I love my brain too much to stop writing by hand. And cursive writing is better exercise for the brain than printing.

Think about the path from thought to the action of writing. There's definite pre-frontal cortex activity there. The ability to link letters to each other is a reflection of our ability to connect ideas, concepts, thoughts. So when children learn how to write in cursive, they are also improving their ability to think.

Does this sound like something we want to eliminate ... or emphasize?

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