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Handwriting for Students
Student handwriting used to be a topic of great concern for teachers of all grades. Elementary school teachers spent hours helping their students to perfect their beginning handwriting using printing worksheets. Later, hours of handwriting instruction were given trying to help older children learn to write in perfect cursive. Sometimes, students were even graded on their samples of handwriting provided on tests. Today, thanks to the onslaught of computers and the ease of typing, teachers don’t devote nearly enough time to helping to improve student writing capabilities. However, learning to write handwriting is still important, and students themselves are encouraged to go the extra mile to make their writing both legible and beautiful.
Elementary school handwriting is very basic. Up until about the third grade, the main focus should be on forming letters correctly and clearly. Even if they border a bit on the large size, this is okay at that point. In the later years of elementary school, students will learn cursive handwriting, which should help them to get a handle on size. High school handwriting should be neat and pretty and is often done in cursive. It is around this time and throughout the college years that students may first begin to encounter foreign language handwriting. This can be a wonderful challenge, as well as a lot of fun, especially when it comes to character based languages, like Chinese. In this case, handwriting can be considered somewhat of an art form.
It’s important to remember that just because most people prefer to type these days does not mean that learning good handwriting skills and constantly working for better handwriting abilities is not important. There are many careers, such as creating font handwriting and doing hand edits, that require excellent penmanship. Also, it’s just nice to be able to write a legible note or letter.
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