https://cursivewritingsheets.com/blog/ Cursive handwriting articles: technique, research, history and accessibility. en-gb Thu, 18 Jun 2026 09:00:00 +0000 https://cursivewritingsheets.com/blog/left-handed-cursive-writing/ https://cursivewritingsheets.com/blog/left-handed-cursive-writing/ Left-handed cursive writers face two problems right-handed writers don't: the hand obscures what was just written, and pushing the pen (rather than pulling it) makes some joins awkward. Both are fixable with paper angle and hand position, not a different alphabet. Joe Scarffe Thu, 18 Jun 2026 09:00:00 +0000 https://cursivewritingsheets.com/blog/cursive-and-dysgraphia/ https://cursivewritingsheets.com/blog/cursive-and-dysgraphia/ Dysgraphia is a difficulty with the physical act of writing, not with letter recognition or intelligence. Cursive is not automatically harder or easier than print for a child with dysgraphia — what matters is scaffolding: larger line heights, longer trace phases, and shorter sessions than a typical curriculum assumes. Joe Scarffe Thu, 11 Jun 2026 09:00:00 +0000 https://cursivewritingsheets.com/blog/why-cursive-is-coming-back/ https://cursivewritingsheets.com/blog/why-cursive-is-coming-back/ The Common Core State Standards, adopted by most US states from 2010, did not list cursive as a required skill — and many schools quietly dropped it in favour of keyboarding instruction. Since then, more than 20 US states have passed laws restoring a cursive requirement, driven by research on handwriting's cognitive role rather than nostalgia. Joe Scarffe Thu, 28 May 2026 09:00:00 +0000 https://cursivewritingsheets.com/blog/reading-old-handwritten-documents/ https://cursivewritingsheets.com/blog/reading-old-handwritten-documents/ Old handwritten letters, census records and archival documents are usually illegible to someone who never learned cursive — not because the handwriting is unusually bad, but because a handful of letterforms changed or fell out of use. Learning to recognise these specific forms, not general cursive fluency, is what unlocks most old documents. Joe Scarffe Wed, 20 May 2026 09:00:00 +0000