Developmentally progressive instruction allows children to learn handwriting. An open-educational resource by literacy and writing experts supports instruction for kindergarten to Grade 3 children.
A student practises cursive handwriting at P.S. 166 in the Queens borough of New York in 2017.
(AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)
Handwriting is a learned skill that must be taught through direct, developmentally progressive, consistent and sustained instruction. Teachers will need professional development and resources.
Is it important that we can write? Or that we can write nicely?
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