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On June 10, 2014 the video was posted. It wasn't revised or updated. Tara Long and Trace Dominguez are talking in this video called, "Why Cursive is so Good For Your Brain." There is no spelling or grammar errors. The video is inform people how cursive writing is good for your brain.

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This article was posted on February 26, 2012. The information wasn't revised or updated. "7 Reasons Why Cursive Writing Should Still Be Taught in Schools," is published by Maggie Wells. There is no spelling or grammar erros in this article. This article is to inform people as to why we should teach cursive in schools.

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7 Reasons Why Cursive Writing Should Still Be Taught in Schools | Parenting Squad

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By not having students learn cursive, the older generation is hoarding knowledge and keeping a rich history from them. The art of letter writing already sits so precariously on the threshold of extinction that our Congress talks seriously about cutting out the post office.

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On January 6, 2018 this article was posted. It wasn't revised or updated. "Top 10 Reasons to Learn Cursive," is from Memoria Press. There is no spelling or grammar erros. This article is to inform readers as to why people should learn cursive in schools.

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Developing an attractive, legible cursive handwriting style certainly has great aesthetic value, but it also has numerous mental, physical, social, and practical benefits. Here are the Top 10 reasons to learn cursive!

1. Improved neural connections. Cursive handwriting stimulates the brain in ways that typing cannot. It improves the dynamic interplay of the left and right cerebral hemispheres, helps build neural pathways, and increases mental effectiveness. According to Virginia Berninge r, a researcher and professor at the University of Washington, "Pictures of brain activity have illustrated that sequential finger movements used in handwriting activated massive regions of the brain involved in thinking, language, and working memory. Handwriting differs from typing because it requires executing sequential finger strokes to form a letter, whereas keyboarding only involves touching a key."

2. Improved ability to read cursive. When individuals cannot read cursive, they are cursively illiterate in their own language. The ability to read cursive is required in many settings.

3. Increased writing speed. The connectivity of a simple cursive style is faster to write than the stop and-start strokes of printing. Speed has been shown to increase attention span during writing. This increases continuity and fluidity in writing, which in turn encourages greater amounts of writing.

4. Improved fine motor skills. "Cursive handwriting naturally develops sensory skills. Through repetition the children begin to understand how much force needs to be applied to the pencil and paper, the positioning of the pencil to paper at the correct angle, and motor planning to form each letter in fluid motion from left to right. This physical and spatial awareness allows them to write, but more importantly, builds the neural foundation of sensory skills needed for a myriad of everyday tasks such as buttoning, fastening, tying shoes, picking up objects, copying words from blackboards, and most importantly, reading." ( Cutting Cursive, The Real Cost. Candace Meyer, CEO, Minds-in-Motion, Inc.)

5. Increased retention. The act of taking notes by hand instead of on a computer encourages a student to process the content and reframe it, which leads to better understanding and retention. Studies indicate that college students remembered information better one week later when they transcribed a paragraph in cursive than when they printed it or used a keyboard.

6. Ease of learning. Printing is more difficult than cursive due to the frequent stop-and-start motion when forming letters. In addition, some printed letters look similar and are easily reversed, like the b and d, which is often confusing to children. Cursive is of particular value to children with learning challenges such as dyslexia, dysgraphia, and difficulties with attention.

7. Improved legibility and spelling ability. Cursive requires children to write from left to right so that the letters will join in proper sequence and with proper spacing, making their writing easier to read. It also aids with spelling through muscle memory, as the hand acquires memory of spelling patterns through fluid movements that are used repeatedly. This is the same phenomenon that occurs when pianists learn patterns of hand movements through continued repetition.

8. Increased self-discipline. Cursive handwriting is complex, and is inherently associated with the development of fine-motor skills and hand-eye coordination. Learning cursive prompts children to also develop self-discipline, which is a useful skill in all areas of life.

9. Higher quality signature. Cursive handwriting will improve the attractiveness, legibility, and fluidity of one's signature.

10. Increased self-respect. The ability to master the skill of writing clearly and fluidly improves the students' confidence to communicate freely with the written word. Handwriting is a vital life skill.

Top 10 Reasons to Learn Cursive by Iris Hatfield, author of New American Cursive

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Top 10 Reasons to Learn Cursive - Memoria Press

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Developing an attractive, legible cursive handwriting style certainly has great aesthetic value, but it also has numerous mental, physical, social, and practical benefits. Here are the Top 10 reasons to learn cursive! 1. Improved neural connections. Cursive handwriting stimulates the brain in ways that typing cannot.

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On January 28, 2016 at 7:44 A.M. this cartoon was posted. It hasn't been revised or updated. The illustrator is Tepp Writer. This cartoon can be found a, "Cartoon Illustrations Why Schools Stopped Teaching Cursive." There is no spelling or grammar erros. This picture s to inform and entertain readers that if we don't teach people cursive our upcoming generation are going to become stupid.

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On November 6, 2012 this article was posted, and it was updated on August 2018. "5 Reasons Cursive Writing Should be Taught in School," was created by The Room 241 Team. There was no spelling or grammar erros. This pro article is to inform and persuade the reader that keeping cursive writing is beneficial.

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The cartoon was posted on January 19, 2011. It hasn't been revised or updated. This picture supports my claim, that schools should teach curse writing. The illustrator of this cartoon is Robert Harrison, and there is no spelling or grammar erros. People can find this cartoon at, "Austin Williams," webpage. This picture is to inform readers that the newer generations won't be able to read any history or ancient notes if they don't learn cursive.

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This picture was created in November of 2012. This picture hasn't been revised. Yes, there is spelling and grammar erros, but that is the point of the cartoon. To show what happens when we stop writing and start typing. This cartoon was created Dave Granlund. People can see this picture on, " Dave grandlund editorial Cartoons and Illustrations." This picture is to inform us what our generation is becoming.

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This picture was posted in 2012. This cartoon haven't been revised or updated. The illustrator is Terry Wise. people can this picture along with more information on, "Cartoons Stocks A Cartoon Collection." There is no spelling or grammar erros. The cartoon is to inform people that cursive writing should be taught in schools.

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The video was posted on April 11, 2015. It wasn't revised. The video agrees that cursive handwriting should be taught in schools. "Why Learn Handwriting in the Computer Age?," is from Parents Magazine and the page it was on is from Julia Prince.There is nothing wrong with the video, it doesn't have any spelling or grammar erros. The video is to inform people that it is better to write then type.

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The article was published on October 3, 2016. It hasn't been revised. "Pros and cons of cursive writing," was made by City parents. There is no spelling or grammar errors. This article is to inform people about the cons of having cursive writing be taught in schools.

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Various experts and educators have weighed in on the lasting benefits of cursive handwriting. Here are just a few of the benefits proponents of cursive writing point to.

"Cursive writing helps train the brain to integrate visual and tactile information, and fine motor dexterity," Dr. William Klemm said in an article in · Cursive writing stimulates the brain. Psychology Today. The skills developed from learning cursive writing cannot be replaced by using a keyboard. In addition, MRIs have revealed an interesting relationship between handwriting and the brain. The brains of people with good handwriting are more active in areas associated with cognition, language and executive function than the brains of those with poor handwriting.

· Cursive writing may promote focus. Writing things down by hand forces a person to slow down and formulate his or her thought. Handwritten notes may hold the advantage over computer-typed notes in terms of recollection of facts.

· Cursive writing may help students with dyslexia. Dyslexia is a language processing disorder that can hinder reading, writing, spelling and sometimes even speaking. According to the International Dyslexia Association, when writing cursive, the words jotted down become a unit, rather than a series of separate strokes, and that may contribute to better spelling. And since all lowercase cursive letters begin on the line, fewer of them are likely to be reversed.

The cons of cursive writing

There are various reasons why people think lessons in cursive writing are unnecessary.

· Cursive writing is only used in signatures. Cursive writing is seldom used except for signatures. Even then, e-signing and online transactions have removed the need to write in cursive.

· Typing on a keyboard should take precedence. Many parents and educators believe that cursive writing lessons do little to prepare young students for an increasingly digital world. Such opponents of cursive writing suggest keyboarding lessons should take precedence over teaching handwriting skills. Teachers have admitted that cursive writing lessons take a lot of time, and many simply cannot devote classroom time to them.

· Digital texts make it obsolete. Some argue that those who do not know how to read in cursive can never understand historical texts or early manuscripts. However, so much has been transcribed into digital texts that this argument is seen by many as outdated.

Cursive writing may be going the way of the dinosaur. But the debate about the value of cursive writing figures to continue.

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Pros and cons of cursive writing | City Parent

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Various experts and educators have weighed in on the lasting benefits of cursive handwriting. Here are just a few of the benefits proponents of cursive writing point to. "Cursive writing helps train the brain to integrate visual and tactile information, and fine motor dexterity," Dr. William Klemm said in an article in · Cursive writing stimulates the brain.

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The article was published on November 15, 2013. It hasn't been revised or updated. The article is to inform people about why cursive writing should be taught in schools. It is from "Cursive Handwriting Will No Longer Be Taught in Schools Because It's a Big, Old Waste of Time,” written by John Boone. There is no spelling or grammar errors, and the article is meant to inform the reader.

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Advocates for learning cursive (including Idaho representative Linden Bateman, 72) argue that "more areas of the human brain are engaged when children use cursive handwriting than when they keyboard."

Bateman continues, "The fluid motion employed when writing script enhances hand-eye coordination and develops fine motor skills, in turn promoting reading, writing and cognition skills."

And if that's the reasons schools taught cursive, sure, fine. That's great. Also, there are plenty of other ways that kids can develop hand-eye coordination that doesn't involve spending a year of their prime development time learning a new alphabet.

But Bateman also argues that forgoing cursive may have much more consequential results: He argues we "will lose the ability to interpret valuable cultural resources-historical documents, ancestors' letters and journals, handwritten scholarship - if they can't read cursive."

"The Constitution of the United States is written in cursive. Think about that," Bateman said.

The Constitution of the United States is also available online, typed out. Not in cursive. Soooooo...We're probably good.

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Cursive Handwriting Will No Longer Be Taught in Schools Because It's a Big, Old Waste of Time - E! Online

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Advocates for learning cursive (including Idaho representative Linden Bateman, 72) argue that "more areas of the human brain are engaged when children use cursive handwriting than when they keyboard." Bateman continues, "The fluid motion employed when writing script enhances hand-eye coordination and develops fine motor skills, in turn promoting reading, writing and cognition skills."

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The picture was created on January 21,2017. The picture wasn’t revised or updated. The poster informs people that cursive writing helps students in many ways. This poster was made by Kate Gladstone for the article "Pros and Cons Series Part 3: Should Cursive Be Taught in School?" There is no spelling or grammar errors, and the picture is to inform people on how cursive writing is better than typing on a computer.