Cursive Writing in Kindergarten???

Why are we choosing to teach our children how to write in cursive?

Here are some good points of thought from this article below that we agree with:

• A Beka Book uses a more traditional approach to writing. Before the 1940s, schools across the nation took this approach and, as a result, most American school children developed beautiful handwriting. Ball-and-stick manuscript came about as part of progressive education reforms in the 1940s. The change was made primarily to help children recognize the letters in the “Dick and Jane” look-say readers.
• By starting with cursive writing rather than manuscript printing, we help the child develop
  good writing habits from the very beginning. This means that habits acquired from manuscript printing do not need to be unlearned.
• We also strengthen the child’s reading skills. By joining letters, cursive writing
  reinforces the blending of sounds within words.

If this is too small to read even after you click on the picture, please visit:

http://www.abeka.com/Resources/PDFs/CursiveFly.pdf

We know this may not be for everyone and that's fine. (Please don't feel like we're pushing it, we're simply answering questions about our family). It seems to be working very well for Caleb and Caroline and so we're going to stick to it. They both love to write in cursive and perhaps that has to do with the fact that they are pretty "art-sy" anyway :)

~Have fun writing~