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Why is learning to write important when technology is replacing the pencil with a keyboard

      You may ask, “Why is learning to write important?” when all around you people are hitting keyboards and there is not a pencil in sight. Most schools introduce students to the keyboard in the early grades and they soon give up on cursive writing. But researches say students who write in cursive, write faster and express their thoughts more openly. Whereas students using block letters seemed to have limited imagination and their writing speed was definitely slower. 

To Homeschooling Parents And Parents of Children who are having Problems Learning to Read

Have A look At Three Free Videos About How to Teach Your Child To Read 

     Video 1: Introduction To Montessori Reading.

 Video 2: How To Make Sandpaper Letters. 

          Video 3: How To Teach Reading Using Sandpaper Letters

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     Another point about writing verses printing is students who write find it easier to read assignments than students who print. Now is there enough evidence here to justify learning longhand writing. But only about 15% of students who sit the SAT exams used cursive writing, the rest just printed. 

To Homeschooling Parents And Parents of Children who are having Problems Learning to Read

Have A look At Three Free Videos About How to Teach Your Child To Read 

     Video 1: Introduction To Montessori Reading.

 Video 2: How To Make Sandpaper Letters. 

          Video 3: How To Teach Reading Using Sandpaper Letters

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     I think learning to write longhand is important because sometimes we just have to write. And in poor countries where some people cannot afford computers they still write. We cannot rely too much on technology. Sometimes the old ways are better. 

Anyway when teaching longhand writing I like to use the Montessori approach. 

     This method uses sandpaper letters and the child can feel the shape of the letter as she traces the letter on the sandpaper. The action of writing and feeling the texture of the sandpaper help to implant the letter in the child’s brain. This system has been teaching children for nearly a 100 years, but with the advent of the computer will it be around in another 100 years.

     For more information about phonics courses I recommend including a Montessori course see our Teach Reading page.

Thank you for your time

Peter Legrove