Tuesday, November 27, 2007

WFMW

My sons are struggling to learn cursive writing. So I got myself a little notebook and declared a 'write to mom day'. The rules were simple; if you wanted anything of mother you had to write them down in cursive, and she answered in cursive AND it had to be in 2 sentences. For example, 'Mom, I'm bored. May I please have a popsicle?' I tried to answer in the affirmative ridiculous, for example, 'I love to have you write to me my most noble son. Certainly you may have a grape juice popsicle.' (It required a well stocked pantry /freezer also.) I would correct any letters they had trouble with but didn't insist they copy it over, I figured the next time they wanted a cookie or lunch or such it would be in front of them to copy. We had fun with it and although it never lasted a whole day they got some practise in reading and writing cursive.
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3 comments:

Amy said...

Great Tip! We have to start learning cursive soon and my kiddo still despising printing. I'll surely keep this idea in mind.

Mrs. Hughes said...

This is wonderful! I'm a teacher and have had to teach cursive before, so I feel your "pain"! I will tell you this.... cursive is often taught in many schools before the children are actually developmentally ready to learn cursive....so keep practicing, but go easy on those boys! :)

Blessed Beyond a doubt.... said...

I have given up on the cursive thing. My oldest boys despise it.

great idea ~

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