When I was about 4 years old, my family was on our annual trip to Mexico, and I remember staying at my grandmother's house, and her going to her chest of drawers and pulling out a worn out book. She told me to sit down, and that she was going to read me a story she would read to my brother and sister when they were smaller. I honestly don’t remember any of the details about the book but what I could remember that the book was so worn out that it was held together by pieces of tape. Even though I may not have understood half of the things that were in the book at the time, that was my first encounter with reading that I could think of. After that, every time I saw a book with pictures, I would “read” it to myself, by saying to myself what I …show more content…
I also remember an incident I had towards the end of kindergarten where I sprained my right wrist, making me learn how to learn how to write all over again, but this time with my left hand. While I already knew how to write, it was still difficult “relearning” how to write because I was not used to using my left hand. It took me about three months to finally get used to writing with my left hand, and after that time, I sort of just stuck to using my left hand, that I now find it difficult to write with my right hand. I also remember the process I went through learning how to write in cursive. I was in third grade and the teacher gave us all our own small notebook, and every two pages, was dedicated to a specific letter in cursive; one page to practice the capital version of the letter and the next to practice the lowercase version. Learning cursive was difficult at first, especially distinguishing the uppercase version of the letter “T” and the letter “F.” It was also extremely difficult, being left handed and all, because the sides of my hand would always get stained from the pencil markings, and it would stain the paper I was writing on. Even to this day, I struggle with smudging papers I write on and my hands, but I am slowly overcoming this problem by finding out different tricks to overcome it. One way I figured out was by placing another piece of paper over the one I am using; that way, if my hands get stained from the pencil markings, the paper I placed over it would get stained rather than the one I am writing on, which could potentially be something that I am turning
Does anyone know what the leading cause to less cursive writing is? Well, I'll tell you! Studies show that teachers have no time for cursive, teachers are too busy readying kids for the next level of teaching. They also have to worry about grading and teaching cursive the right way. In my experience of cursive writing we spent about 10 minutes a day for probably only 3 days and we never got finished, until we moved on to something else more important. Upper level teachers are wanting kids to be ready at any cost and that leaves us why we don’t have time for cursive.
Maria Konnikova states in her article “What’s Lost as Handwriting Fades” that “[I]n alexia, or impaired reading ability, some individuals who are unable to process print can still read cursive, and vice versa.” This fact proves how vital at least a few lessons on cursive writing could be. Children suffering from various learning disabilities will be more successful if they are taught more ways to succeed. For some children cursive will be a real challenge and they would much prefer to use standard writing. For others, cursive will help them remember things more
Zimbler, Suzanne, Yusuf Halabi and Bridget Bernardo. "Should Schools Teach Cursive." Time for Kids 21 September 2012.
If teachers teach kids cursive at a young age, it will help them throughout the rest of their school years. A few years ago, the College Board found out that students who wrote in cursive on the essay portion of the SAT, scored slightly higher than the ones who printed. Writing in cursive can help you in your future tests. Writing in cursive can help you focus more on the test/essay. It will also help you because when you need to sign things, you will have to write in cursive.
Cursive handwriting can also "reduce the effects of brain injury or weakness", which sometimes damages the ability to read, write, and type. People with brain injuries that do prevent them from reading, writing print, and typing are still capable of reading and writing in cursive. This proves that writing in cursive, writing in print, and typing on a computer access extremely different areas of the
In an interview with the Huffington Post, Dr. Laura Dineheart explains that motor functions are increased with cursive writing. Along with increased motor function comes better academic achievement and retention of the information being written. Moreover, she believes that if children learn how to write cursive proficiently, then the child will be a better
Cursive in School “When children are exposed to cursive handwriting, changes occur in their brains that allows a child to overcome motor challenges” -Dr. David Sortino psychologist and current director of Education Strategies (3). On average a child in the United States learns cursive in the third or fourth grade. Students practice day in and day out perfecting the loopy writing style.
“I believe that I’m at least competent as a writer as I can usually fluidly express ideas, but those technical skills will be even further crucial once I enter college and the adult world. The sooner I can learn these skills to better my writing, the better prepared I’ll be for any writing situation I find myself in the future.” When I entered the class of Front Range Composition on January 10th, I was armed only with my expectations of what I hoped to learn and the basic writing knowledge I had gained from other classes. Writing had never been my strong suit in my academic years, but I was capable enough to work my way through and still pull off an A in the class. Not this class.
Most importantly, if you’re ever going to make a back account or something import in business my prospective I’m sure they are going to being need your signature and for having that our generations should be learning how to write cursive. Those are my reasons and if you think cursive should also still be taught and not banned from schools then you should keep on reading. To begin with, cursive actually helps us with our knowledge. While writing cursive you’ll most likely keep writing because the writing feels so fluent for the reason of that you don’t have to pick up your pencil for any word.
Grace Dupuy Mrs. Bauch Speech 13 May, 2016 Cursive Writing How many of you remember your elementary teacher telling you that you would write in cursive all of the time in middle and high school and that cursive is very important to learn? I do, and I am going to ask, how many of you actually still write in cursive? Today I am going to be informing you about teaching cursive in school and if it?s still worth students time.
Cursive writing is nice and beautiful. At Blackshear Elementary School, a Texas school is failing academic condition by focusing on handwriting, the teachers noted that excellent handwriting was a goal
One of the points that I would like to add to is that good handwriting makes the young learner to use his hands properly. Some people would say that they can learn from other different things. Truthfully, for a young kid what is the easiest thing he can try to learn from how to use his hands, it’s surly not a knife or a scissor both are dangerous for kids. And surly not carving, it’s a very hard thing to me and many other people too. Only professional carvers can.
Some in opposition go as far to claim that developmentally delayed students would benefit from continued practice with manuscript (Wallace, & Schomer, 1994). One piece of information that seems to contradict the claims of proponents is explained by Virginia Berninger, professor of educational psychology who cites an article written by the National Association of State Boards of Education. The article explains, that there is “No clear research evidence [that] supports one [form of writing over] the other (Heitin, 2016, para. 26).” Those in opposition to cursive also cite that with the inclusionary classroom cursive can be problematic especially for English Second Language (ESL) students and English limited Language (ELL) students (Vi, 2009). It can take some students several months to learn how to write cursive.
Some people are lucky enough to discover what they are meant to be at an early age. I was lucky enough to find out what I was not meant to be—a writer. I first suspected that my writing abilities were subpar during the regular assignments I was given in the fourth grade. While my classmates easily filled up sheets of notebook paper with descriptions of their summers and weekends, I could barely (and sometimes didn’t) meet the minimum length requirement. I struggled to find the words to express what I wanted to say, and I often found myself hastily scribbling down a conclusion to a half-finished argument as my time ran out.
Hand-eye coordination is one of the most important parts of early learning process. In handwriting you need it for the eyes need to be able to form the letters readable and in-between the lines. When you are guiding your hand to do the loops and curves onto the paper the brain has to track visibly rapid changes. To learn a not so easy skill has cursive your brain must have excellent coordination, because cursive is different than another writing or painting that you may perform throughout your life. It might not seem hard for you to learn cursive, but the movements of going up and down and around is what makes cursive a greater neutral activator.