The English alphabet, both upper and lower-case letters, written in D'Nealian cursive There, children still receive ample classroom training in the elaborate, Arabic-based Dari and Pashto scripts.

The delicately formed cursive letters of the America’s Declaration of Independence helped form a nation. But that sense of elegance is seldom seen in daily handwriting.

The curlicue letters of cursive handwriting, once considered a mainstay of American elementary education, have been slowly disappearing from classrooms for years. Now, with most states adopting ...

Caleb Chan’s signature is a mix of block letters and cursive. Let’s call it a work in progress: He is, after all, only eight. But unlike his peers, many of whom are likely keyboarding or even ...

Jan. 24, 2011 -- The handwriting may be on the wall for cursive. At least that's what some people fear as schools across the country continue to drop cursive handwriting from their curricula.

In 2010, cursive was omitted from the new national Common Core standards for K–12 education. The students in my class, and their peers, were then somewhere in elementary school.

Cursive handwriting is a fine motor skill that allows for plenty of practice. For people with developmental dysgraphia this can have a range of benefits to improve these skills. 6.

"The Importance of Cursive Handwriting Over Typewriting for Learning in the Classroom: A High-Density EEG Study of 12-Year-Old Children and Young Adults." Frontiers in Psychology (First published ...