Finland scraps cursive writing lessons in schools | ABC

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-02-03/finland-scraps-cursive-writing-lessons-in-schools/6066826

Finland is scrapping cursive writing lessons in schools from next year and will instead teach children how to type.

On consideration, I think it’s good to have this discussion. Of course students need to be able to write legibly, and at a fair speed. But cursive writing is not the only way to achieve that.

Keyboard and mouse skills are very important as well – the awesome GCompris suite (approx age range 2-10) has games for even very young kids, getting to grips with the mouse and learning their way around the keyboard. Kids love it.