Why We Still Teach Handwriting in a World That Types
Video from Memoria Press
Why We Still Teach Handwriting in a World That Types
"Why teach handwriting when everyone types? This Classical Et Cetera makes the case for penmanship in a classical education—and the reasons run deeper than nostalgia. Veteran first-grade teacher Julia Lasoi joins us to explain what handwriting forms in a child that a keyboard never will: from the Norwegian brain research on writing by hand, to the discipline and beauty of forming each letter, to the surprising return of mandated cursive in America." from the video introduction
00:00 Introduction
00:58 What's Great About First Grade
02:26 Mrs. Lasoi's Heritage
06:46 What We're Reading
14:52 Topic Begins
15:39 Norwegian Brain Study
19:28 Why Handwriting Is Formative
34:21 Teachers Modeling Good Handwriting
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