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Writing by hand builds reading, writing and thinking skills
Handwriting is part of literacy, but many students never learn to write in cursive.
Joanne Jacobs
Mar 301 min read
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Can you read cursive? There's (unpaid) work for 'citizen archivists' who can read old documents
The National Archives are looking for cursive-reading volunteers to transcribe and catalog historical documents.
Joanne Jacobs
Jan 182 min read
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Cursive! Taught again in California
California students will be taught to write in cursive, reports NPR. A new law signed -- in cursive -- by the governor takes effect in...
Joanne Jacobs
Oct 28, 20231 min read
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Back to handwriting?
I don't write much by hand these days, and when I do it's a chore. Even writing a few lines on Christmas cards seems like hard work....
Joanne Jacobs
Jan 2, 20232 min read
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