Why Penmanship Should Have More Attention in Schools

Cursive handwriting is slowly being pushed out of our child's grasp. As a child growing penmanship was a daily part of our schooling. Technology has taken over this beautiful craft. Texting, or typing on a keyboard has become the way our children communicate with the world. It is becoming a lost art form. The beautiful curves of the handwriting isn't seen much anymore being practiced in our schools.

There are so many benefits to why our schools need to bring back this beautiful craft. Technology is a wonderful tool that has become an necessity to survive. As a parent myself of a three old, I hope he too is able to learn penmanship as I had to do in school.

Benefits of penmanship-

Handwriting is much faster than it is to type on a keyboard. The flow of the pen against paper is less time consuming than to type on a keyboard. Cursive writing you are barely lifting your pen or pencil off the paper than typing on a keyboard.

A child's brain activity has been shown to increase in activity with the craft of this beautiful art.

Those who have learned penmanship in school have succeed much better grades than those who have little or no experience in handwriting. Handwriting helps kids to pay more attention to their work instead of completing all the work on a keyboard.

A child can learn more and absorb memory with the craft of penmanship. The more you write, the more the information tends to absorb into your memory. Note taking is apart of our schools. However the way they teach note taking isn't specified. In most cases, kids either type their notes or print them. Cursive writing is rarely used.

Confidence in how you present yourself on paper is achieved through this craft. Teachers have often complained of how a child's paper is usually isn't eligible. If they are complaining, they should teach more handwriting skills to our children.

Our children need to learn this craft. It is a necessity for them. The benefits are overwhelming. Penmanship is loosing its battle in the educational system. Schools are not requiring their students to learn and use handwriting skills. Printing or typing has taken over completely. Cursive writing should become before learning how to print. With the benefit of writing cursive first is that the penmanship of print will more beautiful and legible.