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sunny
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Posted: April 18 2009 at 9:50pm \| IP Logged

I can’t find where, but I thought I read somewhere a philosophy advocating cursive for beginning writers. My ds knows his letters and can print them legibly but not beautifully. He has acquired his skill through asking and then practicing on his own. I had planned to begin a more formal curriculum in the fall; however, he wants to learn cursive. Do I skip ahead to follow his interest or is printing necessary first?

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Posted: April 20 2009 at 3:28pm \| IP Logged

I suggest following his interest and go with the cursive.

As he gets older if you find that his printing becomes slopppy you can always have a review at that time.

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Posted: April 20 2009 at 4:37pm \| IP Logged

I think it is a Montessori idea. I remember reading about it, but couldn't remember where, either. Possibly her "Secret of Childhood"? I found this explanation (not what I remember, but may be useful): Sandpaper Letters and First Writing It looks like A Beka Books has resources for beginning cursive in Kindergarten.

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Posted: April 21 2009 at 10:20pm \| IP Logged

Thank you for your replies. I now have the confidence to proceed.

and my next question would have been regarding curriculum so thx for the link! I dug through so many books and finally found where cursive first is advocated - Alpha-Phonics by Samuel Blumenfeld which I was thinking of using and had set aside quite awhile ago.

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Posted: April 21 2009 at 11:58pm \| IP Logged

As the other ladies have said, there's definitely a precedent set that younger kids can learn cursive. And if your son is interested, go for it!

I wrote about this topic awhile ago and got lots of interesting replies, so be sure to browse the comments:

Cursive vs. Printing: Is One Better Than the Other?

Hope that helps!

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Posted: April 27 2009 at 12:03pm \| IP Logged

Go ahead and start cursive. Though my dd is teaching herself to print, the first type of handwriting that I am going to *teach* her is cursive. We're currently using lowercase cursive sandpaper letters, and will move on to tracing in sand, using chalk on a chalk board, etc. soon.

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Posted: April 27 2009 at 6:46pm \| IP Logged

I just wanted to add that Memoria Press has a brand new early cursive program this Spring as well. Its designed for 1st graders...`

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