HDC Headlines
How Handwriting Trains the Brain
Written By Gwendolyn Bounds From The Wall Street Journal October 5, 2010
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Watch How You Hold That Crayon
Written By Peg Tyre From The New York Times February 24, 2010
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Penmanship Becoming Extinct
CNN's Susan Candiotti goes to a NY grade school trying hard to keep penmanship alive. April 24, 2010
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Handwriting: A Lost Art?
CBS Evening News, March 27, 2006
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Handwriting Making Comeback as a Skill: Lost Art Taught Again
National Post, May 31, 2006
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Teachers get child’s-eye view on difficulties of handwriting
The Columbus Dispatch, July 15, 2006
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Is Cursive Out Of Style?
CBS Evening News, March 27, 2006
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Printing / Cursive Program
The Handwriting Detective Club school-age programs focus on teaching print or cursive writing using the Handwriting Without Tears Program. This program is developmentally based. For more information please check out their website at www.hwtears.com
Difficulties addressed during school-age programs include:
- Spacing of words
- Overall legibility
- Letter and Number reversals
- Pressing too hard or soft with pencil
- Letterand Number formation (print or cursive)
- Pencil grip
- Posture during writing
- Upper body strength
