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.
My 9 year old son fell in love with all the aspects of this program - the simple but still…
Cara, Parent