My cousin home schooled her children and she told me about this research years ago when she was deciding how to teach them to write. The Cherokees had a cursive script that was quite complicated and the missionaries changed it to block script so that they could print the bible. Humm.
REH -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of D and N Sent: Tuesday, February 22, 2011 5:27 PM To: RE-DESIGNING WORK, INCOME DISTRIBUTION, EDUCATION Subject: [Futurework] place of penmanship Should have sent this out two weeks ago: Lately, I've been drawn toward calligraphy, perhaps as an interlude to other writing, but cursive (if only pretty) effort, nonetheless. Drafting was easy, by comparison. I used to write all my stuff out by hand first, and eventually just notes from the radio or TV. I think the urge has been sending me a message. Then, I hear an interesting show on CBC. First, I'm missing out on brain development, better memory and exercise by simply typing on computer, and second, I'll become all the more creative if I practice cursive more often. MRI's are showing it's the better way to go, and this is significant in today's world of visual-only writing. They've verified that cursive writing enhances neural activity better than visual only, that it works thinking language, enables the expression of more ideas, more unique ideas, helps one to write faster with better retention, adds to visual identification of characters, too. Natalia http://www.cbc.ca/q/blog/2011/02/09/do-you-write-better-when-you-write-by-ha nd/ _______________________________________________ Futurework mailing list [email protected] https://lists.uwaterloo.ca/mailman/listinfo/futurework _______________________________________________ Futurework mailing list [email protected] https://lists.uwaterloo.ca/mailman/listinfo/futurework
