Cursive

[KitSileya]

4. Being taught to lead a pen over paper teaches more than just writing.

It creates neural pathways in the brain that will stand you in good stead the rest of your life. Learning to write is but one dimension of what you learn when you are taught to write.

In fact, I am becoming more and more convinced that using computers isn't the only way to help dyslexics. Today, that seems to be the only accepted method of getting dyslexics to write. However, I wonder whether programs that focus on the muscle memory could be of help too. Not only doing extra phys ed, but also learning to write, say, the 500 most common words in the language by hand, by muscle memory rather than focusing on each letter would make it easier to write in general.

Writing on a keyboard is a boon to some students, I know, (like children with cerebral palsy who do not have the fine muscle co-ordination necessary to write pen to paper,) but I believe that the process of learning to write with pen on paper unlocks more than just the ability to write a post-it note.