Not even knowing that dyslexia existed, we had a huge learning curve. It wasn’t long before we began to understand that many dyslexics also struggle with handwriting – also known as dysgraphia. To learn the signs of dysgraphia – read this.Īs with dyslexia, we tried many different approaches to teaching handwriting (with many different levels of success) from no handwriting at all in the early years to no cursive and now to cursive as soon as possible. Why I Teach Cursive to My Kids With DysgraphiaĬursive has six main advantages over printing: Cursive is less fine-motor intensive.
With cursive the pencil is lifted only between words and requires less fine-motor movement. With printing, the pencil must be picked up between letters creating more up and down motion and therefore more fine-motor movement. Take a minute to write the word ‘reading’ in print and cursive. Cursive is actually less demanding on the hand than printing.
