tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8229536235091412031.post4887148281986065543..comments2023-10-27T09:00:48.405-04:00Comments on Joy in the Journey: Weekly Wrap Up ~ #3Nikkihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12973935666122146258noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8229536235091412031.post-5018383208282481092010-09-04T17:58:09.727-04:002010-09-04T17:58:09.727-04:00Looks like ya'll had a good week! My daughter...Looks like ya'll had a good week! My daughter learned to write in cursive, but she prints everything now. My son is learning cursive because some people say it is good for dyslexic kids. In any case, my husband and I both print everything - and I printed while taking notes all the way through college and medical school. We use Getty-Dubay handwriting which we found to be the easiest and most intuitive writing curriculum.<br /><br />My kids have been doing chores since they were little, but somehow they still manage to "forget" to do them sometimes! Ah, well, they are important skills to learn, so it's good that you're teaching them now. My kids started doing their own laundry when they were 10 and 13.<br /><br />Have a great week!Catherinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05977860195847730169noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8229536235091412031.post-64589408548303289402010-09-04T14:21:25.872-04:002010-09-04T14:21:25.872-04:00Fortunately for T, there are other and quicker way...Fortunately for T, there are other and quicker ways to learn to read cursive than through learning to write it. <br /><br />Learning to write cursive takes months or a year (sometimes longer, as you know -- learning to read cursive takes a half-hour to an hour if it's done through demonstrating to the student how every cursive letter evolved -- or devolved -- step-by-step from an originally simpler and more recognizable version of the letter. (I've taught five- and six-year-olds to read cursive this way, if they could read at all, so that they could read what the grown-ups and big kids were writing: the five- and six-year-olds were able to acquire this skill quickly without writing cursive themselves.)<br /><br />In any case, you and T (and K too, of course) ought to know about the the research showing that the fastest and clearest handwriters avoid cursive. (For citation and summary: visit http://www.HandwritingThatWorks.com/WritingRebels.html .) <br />The highest-speed highest-legibility handwriters join some, not all, of the letters -- making the easiest joins, skipping the rest -- and tend to use print-like shapes of those letters whose printed and cursive shapes disagree. The web-site below (in my sign-off) includes tips and resources for teaching such a high-efficiency, accident-resistant handwriting.<br /><br /><br />Kate Gladstone<br />Director, the World Handwriting Contest<br />Founder and CEO, Handwriting Repair/Handwriting That Works<br />http://www.HandwritingThatWorks.comKateGladstonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07062492442607584456noreply@blogger.com