This fall cursive booklet is designed to give your students handwriting practice with an autumn theme.
You can provide students with handwriting practice using this fall cursive booklet.
This is another free resource for teachers and homeschool families from www.freewordwork.com.
Teaching cursive in the classroom
While standards have moved away from the requirement of teaching cursive in the classroom, research is beginning to tell us that it might have a purpose.
Cursive has been show to activate different pathways in the brain in comparison to typing on a keyboard. It might improve hand-eye coordination along with developing fine motor skills. Also, it can assist with overall cognitive development.
We already know that handwriting can help us remember things better. Some studies even show that writing in cursive can help improve reading comprehension.
This Fall Cursive Booklet
With so much to accomplish in a classroom each day, it can feel impossible to add one more thing to the day. This cursive booklet was created with the hope that it could be something students can go to when they have a few extra minutes in between tasks.
The booklet contains beginning strokes to help children get ready to write in cursive.
Writers can practice the letters of the alphabet in both upper and lowercase forms.
There are individual words and two small sentences.
Beyond the writing, the pages are decorated. Coloring can provide a little extra fine motor practice for those students who are interested.
As always, this is created to be a free resource for teachers and homeschool families. You may print and copy for your home or classroom.
You may not sell or modify and sell these pages in any form.