| Teaching cursive in a homeschool setting is a joy. | | | | There are three main components that homeschool |
| Setting your child off on a path of good writing will | | | | students must learn in order to master cursive: letter |
| prepare your child for college essay writing and filling | | | | formation, letter size, and letter slant. Homeschoolers |
| out applications for the workplace. Nothing makes a | | | | will need to learn these elements in that order. To |
| worse impression than sloppy or illegible handwriting. | | | | teach letter formation, you can have your |
| Homeschool students need to learn how to write | | | | homeschool student focus on specific writing samples |
| properly. The first obstacle is proving to your | | | | that showcase common mistakes in letter formation. |
| homeschooler that handwriting is still a necessary skill. | | | | Give them a spot on the page to rewrite the words |
| The personal computer has nearly made writing | | | | correctly. When it’s time to move on to spacing, |
| obsolete. The key word here is nearly. Although | | | | you can use a popsicle stick. Your homeschoolers can |
| today’s students and workers spend most of | | | | then study letter slant by actually adjusting the angle |
| their time hammering away at a keyboard, we still | | | | of their page and drawing lines through the middle of |
| use cursive in dozens of situations. You can mention | | | | each letter. The more parallel these lines are, the |
| the above situations to your homeschool student. If | | | | better. |
| he or she is still skeptical, you can remind them that | | | | Your homeschool students will be writing cursive in no |
| we still have to jot down quick notes, memos, and | | | | time if you follow this guide. |
| write letters to friends. | | | | |