I must admit that I was bored to death watching Susan (my supervisor) provide handwriting interventions to her clients at the beginning of last week. But, I think I'm starting to "get" how deep and wide handwriting really is, so it's making things a lot more interesting. Earlier on, I was determined to understand just how someone could be as passionate about handwriting as Susan is, so I read several of the articles that she wrote on handwriting, and I asked her lots of questions along the way. Monday, she grabbed chalk and a chalkboard and gave some history and information on how to teach handwriting.
Much to her chagrin, Susan teaches children how to "print" legibly when they go to a school that does not allow them to use cursive, but she prefers cursive because it is a more natural evolution from scribbling and does not allow for as many issues with spacing or letter height.
I asked her to explain the difference between her program,
Write Incredibly Now, and other handwriting programs. She said that she does not require that letters be retraced (like in the vertical part of the first "k" below) and allows for more flow and variation (like the second "k").
