In the hands of students, a curved piece of wood becomes a smile, a crown, an oversized ear. The shape’s “meaning” changes with its position or role, a message that also holds true in learning to ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Good handwriting is not an end in itself. Rather, it is a means to literacy that fundamentally transforms the human experience.

Learning Curve 2.0, from designer Jess Latham of Blue Vinyl Fonts, actually includes two similar fonts—one solid, one dashed—in both TrueType and OpenType formats. Both demonstrate the beautiful ...

With the introduction of the Common Core Education Standards, elementary age students are no longer required to learn cursive handwriting. In response, California is among the states leading the ...

Should you be concerned about the current rage for keyboards in kindergarten to replace crayons, pencils, and paper? Are you worried if your third grader can’t write or read their name in cursive?

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Generation gaps are real. What is viewed as completely normal and expected by one generation can have a very different reaction by ...

A new state law calls for old-fashioned cursive handwriting to be taught in elementary school – but the Princeton Public Schools is ahead of the pack. The legislation, whose co-sponsors include state ...