dd is in the Nursery year at her primary school. While they don't do any formal lessons, they do encourage the children to write their own names, and have recently implemented a cursive writing policy in Nursery/Reception.
Dd was writing her name and a few other words pretty well at the start of term, but since they have been teaching them cursive writing it has become a pretty much unreadable mass of ticks and flicks.
I know it will get much better over time of course. However, I'm really struggling to see how teaching writing this way can be anything other than confusing for 4 year olds who are just grappling with the rudiments of reading and writing.
Does anyone have a more positive experience of this either as a teacher or parent?
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Is teaching cursive writing to Nursery/Reception pupils a good idea?
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ZephirineDrouhin · 21/12/2009 11:35
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