Living in the early years of the digital age, many people say that children learning handwriting is useless. However, handwriting is still important and research shows its effect on the brain versus typing is even more so. The Wall Street Journal reported on the research. http://on.wsj.com/p2ztiO
I just don’t see how you can get by with just typing or even text typing in all situations unless you just don’t do things you should, like leave a note, like make drawings in notes because it’s easier to understand, etc. Frankly I think as tablet technology improves the value in handwriting will once again become obvious. Since we’re talking handwriting if you haven’t yet seen it, after a long search (actually about 2 years and being told repeatedly it wasn’t in this cemetery which gives as a founding date a full year and a half after he died) I located Austin Palmer (the founder of Palmer Method of writing)’s grave in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Here’s the video.
UPDATED August 30, 2023: I checked the links and updated my signature block.
Sarah S. Uthoff is a nationally known Laura Ingalls Wilder authority and has presented at five of the Wilder homesites, many times at the Herbert Hoover Presidential Library and Museum, many conferences and numerous libraries, museums, and events around the Midwest. She is the main force behind Trundlebed Tales fighting to bring the History, Mystery, Magic, and Imagination of Laura Ingalls Wilder and other greats of children’s literature and history to life for a new generation. How can you help? Attend one of her programs, schedule one yourself, watch her videos, listen to her podcast, look at her photos, and find her on Facebook , Twitter , LinkedIn , SlideShare, and Academia.edu . Professionally she is a reference librarian at Kirkwood Community College and former director of the Oxford (Iowa) Public Library.
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