HOT TOPIC
PENMANSHIP

Should penmanship be taught to young children? How much time should be spent on it when keyboarding is the skill most children will need in the future?

Links to sites on the net that address this topic:

• Handwriting Exercises to Music, Includes discussion of usefulness of handwriting instruction
• Handwriting and Penmanship, Links to major penmanship vendors and to ERIC's article about selecting a penmanship program
• Have Computers Forced Handwriting Out of the Picture? Education World site
• Many Believe Penmanship Is Losing Out to Technology
• Handwriting Without Tears: Supporting Research
• Dysgraphia: Causes and Treatment, Book for sale, but some content online
• Teaching of Handwriting Knocks School for Loop
• Reading Recovery: Letter Work, Text of chat session with some discussion of handwriting in the context of Reading Recovery

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