Experiment. Find a model alphabet Before you can write cursive letters, you have to know what they look like. Search for “letter guides” that show the shapes and the order of strokes.

How many people actually write letters anymore? Letter writing along with cursive script is going the way of the dinosaurs if it is not extinct already. With so many alternative and quicker ways ...

Teaching kids to make those loopy letters is still a priority for Mother Jones Elementary. Another boy, named Dante, says he likes how neat his writing looks in cursive.

One of the main advantages of manuscript is that students encounter these letters in books. “Studies show that spending two years learning manuscript writing strengthens letter recognition and helps ...

As cursive writing gets phased out of schools, private classes aim to teach kids the beauty of good penmanship ...

After being made optional in 2006, cursive is returning as a mandatory part of the Ontario elementary school curriculum in September.

Learning to write in cursive may no longer be popular in American schools, but education experts stress that the craft can be beneficial to students in more ways than one.

In this digital age, who needs to know how to read and write cursive? The State of Georgia says all third through fifth graders will learn again how to do just that. Channel 2’s Lori Wilson went ...

Although cursive is not required in Arizona%2C many schools still teach it. Some say writing in cursive helps develop the brain. An Arizona State University professor disputes the notion that ...

Many teachers nationwide no longer teach cursive writing to students.

A 77-year-old who won an award for penmanship offers a compromise: Old folks teach kids how to write in cursive, and kids teach old folks how to use smartphones.

Writing in cursive might be a lost art in the next few decades. While it was a school staple in elementary grades, it fell out of favor in the last few years. Currently, only 23 states require that ...