Cursive, Printing, and history.

There are many views on teaching writing basics to children.  Some parents like to teach cursive writing and skip printing altogether.  Others like to start with printing and graduate to cursive.   And, still more, want to only teach printing and not cursive.
After considering all the options and arguments for each, I will explain why it is important to teach both.

Teaching  both cursive and printing is our responsibility.  It is our responsibility as  citizens of America and the world.  We should teach both to give our children every tool they could possibly need to have, as the rulers of tomorrow.  Every citizen  should be able to read the newspaper and the Constitution.

Do you remember back in time when the Barbarians invaded the Roman Empire?
The Barbarians destroyed all the books in the libraries.  Not only that, but they had no interest in reading or writing because they were barbarians!

The barbarians did not know how to write, and the Roman citizens that were conquered soon  forgot that they had ever known, for they no longer had educated Greek slaves to teach the art to them.    Except in a few places where the Church remained at work, writing became a lost art.  (The Old-World Beginnings of America By Mary G. Kelty)

History has already proven that writing can become lost art.

It is our absolute duty to teach the basics to our most beloved children, our leaders and thinkers of tomorrow.

Happy Home Schooling!

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