I was just sent an article that was in the 4/28 issue of the
Hartford Courant in Connecticut. The Assumption School in Manchester, CT,
has a student who won the State Level and is eligible to compete in the Annual
Zaner-Bloser National Handwriting Contest (I didn't know it existed).
More than 285,000 students entered this year's 22nd annual contest with the
winner to be awarded later this month.
In the article, it explained that
at the Assumption School, students learn manuscript and cursive by the 3rd
grade and receive 15 minutes of daily handwriting instruction - the amount
recommended by experts. A teacher at the school stated that there is
significant research showing handwriting instruction enhances both cognitive
and motor skills development and activates regions of the brain associated with
thinking, short-term memory and language.
Irene Lambert
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