| With the proliferation of the computer and the internet | | | | is like everything else, time consuming. |
| it seems writing is taking a back seat to the keyboard. | | | | I like the Montessori method of teaching writing and |
| The when your child starts to write they use block | | | | reading. It is a learning system that has been around |
| letters the same as on a keyboard. | | | | for nearly a hundred years and it is still very effective. |
| I don't know if technology will make pens and pencils | | | | With this system your child traces the alphabet with |
| obsolete, but just in case it doesn't your children should | | | | sandpaper letters to implant the new words and |
| still learn to write their ABCs. I like the cursive style but | | | | phonic sounds on your child's mind. |
| it seems nowadays most kids use block letters even | | | | You can use the Montessori method with your |
| though is it easier and faster to write in continuous | | | | children's school textbooks. That is what I did. You |
| cursive. | | | | make up the words your child is learning at school with |
| Nowadays children are surrounded with everything in | | | | the sandpaper letters. Then your child traces the letter |
| typed letters but it was the same for us, back in the | | | | and says the word. She follows the shape of the letter |
| days when we parents were kids. Cursive writing just | | | | in the sandpaper, the same way you would if you are |
| seems to be going the way of the dinosaur as | | | | writing the word. This implants the flow of the writing in |
| computers infiltrate our lives. But it doesn't have to be | | | | your child's mind so she knows how to write even |
| that way. Learning to write your ABCs is not difficult. It | | | | before holding a pen. |