Before every important test, teacher Nancy Barajas dims the lights, turns on a disco ball and blasts music from her playlist. Her sixth graders dance together as a “pre-celebration” to boost their confidence, then take their exam.
Cursive is likely useful for developing fine motor skills at an age where that’s really important, it probably has benefits for general handwriting legibility while possibly being slightly less boring than just practicing print writing. I’m of the opinion that we should keep cursive, but integrate it into an expanded art class and add calligraphy.
Cursive is likely useful for developing fine motor skills at an age where that’s really important, it probably has benefits for general handwriting legibility while possibly being slightly less boring than just practicing print writing. I’m of the opinion that we should keep cursive, but integrate it into an expanded art class and add calligraphy.