By Jeanette Farmer, Handwriting Remediation Specialist Up until the last 30 years or so, good old-fashioned penmanship was central in gaining a solid education. Today’s reality, unfortunately, is a different story. When compared to the stress placed on its training in the “olden days,” penmanship has largely fallen through the educational cracks due to its [...]

by Jonna Lilly Assume for a moment that your teacher tells you to write a 300-word essay, due next Monday. What do you do? Cringe? Smile? Laugh? Cry? For most students, writing engenders extreme emotions; some love it, while others hate it. If you are in the latter category, you will soon learn some highly [...]

by Andrew Pudewa “Good readers will become good writers!” Is a mantra frequently heard in the lecture halls of academia, echoing along the corridors of Junior High Schools, and boldly preached from the homeschool conference lectern, most often out of the mouths of the more wizened and experienced parents and educators, this statement strives to [...]

by Nan Jay Barchowsky Academic programs customarily follow a plan whereby the goal is adult competency. Too often hand-writing programs bumble and stumble along; at times are ignored all together. The path should be linear, leading students toward the ability to write fluently. A linear path involves no transition from manuscript to conventional cursive, but [...]