Parents the world over are concerned that touchscreen and tablet technology is negatively impacting children’s handwriting. But while some say that technology overuse will impact developing dexterity ...

The Dispilio tablet is a wooden artefact bearing linear marks, unearthed in 1993 during George Hourmouziadis’s excavations of the Neolithic site of Dispilio in Greece. A single radiocarbon date from ...

In an era dominated by keyboards and touchscreens, the ancient practice of putting pen to paper has become increasingly rare. Many view handwriting as merely a slower, less efficient method of ...

A new state law calls for old-fashioned cursive handwriting to be taught in elementary school – but the Lawrence Township Public Schools is ahead of the pack. The legislation, whose co-sponsors ...

Handwriting may seem like a simple everyday skill, but for children, it plays a powerful role in shaping cognitive development. In a world dominated by screens and typing, teaching kids to write ...

Sinéad McCauley Lambe is the author of Move Write - A Whole-body Sensorimotor Approach to Handwriting programme. Move Write is published by Just Rewards Publications. It’s a milestone that leaves ...

In research conducted by Madigan et al. (2019), involving 2,441 children aged 24, 36, and 60 months (50.2 percent boys and 49.8 percent girls), the study reported that “[a]pproximately 98% of US ...

Starting April 12, all public and private schools in Pennsylvania must reintroduce cursive handwriting into their curriculum.