Jan. 23 is National Handwriting Day, invented by the Writing Instrument Manufacturers Association in 1977 and pegged to John Hancock’s birthday. On this day, Big Pen encourages you to “use a ...

Practice writing each letter over and over until you can make the same shape consistently. Lined paper helps you to keep the parts of the letter in proportion to each other.

Developmentally progressive instruction allows children to learn handwriting. An open-educational resource by literacy and writing experts supports instruction for kindergarten to Grade 3 children.

From the beautiful ornate script we associate with days gone by to the rise of texting—handwriting has come a long way in the past century.

Most people can't even write in cursive with their hands, but new technology is training those who have lost motor control to write with their eyes.

Cursive, in particular, aids in making handwriting more efficient, and therefore faster and more legible. When writing becomes automatic, student’s working memory is freed up, allowing for ...

Cursive writing is in decline, says the New York Times. Should we panic? In a much-emailed article published Wednesday, Katie Zezima chronicled the hand-wringing of school administrators over ...

A proposed law would require New Jersey elementary schools teach kids how to read and write in the graceful, flowing loops taught to previous generations.