As parents, you need to make sure that your children are properly taught in all matters.  We understand that the Core Curriculum, which is interested i making sure that teachers are tested by what their students have learned, has deemed handwriting "untestable" and has removed it from the basic educational requirements that are taught in the elementary schools.  Many schools have opted to keep it in, but do not enforce its practice outside of the 3rd grade.  Here are some suggestions and activities that you can do:

For Parents

To learn more about the Common Core, or to find out about the Legislators, school boards and parent teacher organizations in your area, click here.

For kids

Check out our ideas pages for fun things to do, like a Family Dinner Project, or where you can write for interesting stuff.

Become a Writing Coach.  Whether to each your yourself, own children, your own classroom, or to offer your services to your community, our affiliates offer instructions to help you learn and to teach Handwriting.  From pencil grip to connecting letters, you will learn to teach a skill that will last a lifetime!

Join a Cursive Club or a Writers Workshop.  Many schools and libraries are now offering handwriting as club activities.  Maybe your friends think writing in cursive is writing in code, come and learn how to crack the code!  Learn how to develop a signature. Cursive makes you a better speller, reader and writer.  Join in!  Cant find one, well, ask teacher or librarian to create one! Click here for more ideas

Check out the research, the news articles, and the blogs that have been written by others that share the benefits of handwriting.  Learn more about the increased memory, focused attention, and expressions that tactile connected writing does for your child that keyboarding and even printing cannot.

Practice your writing, and then enter one of many different Penmanship contests for prizes and prestige!