[mass55th]

I'm in my 60's and I remember being taught to read phonetically in school. I was reading before kindergarten as my mother read to me all the time, and helped me sound out the words along with her. When I had my own sons, I read to them all the time too. They are both avid readers.

On another note, a friend of mine said that her first grade grandson is not being taught cursive writing in school. She said they are only teaching printing. If I recall correctly, we started learning cursive in 1st grade. This is in the NY State school system. I don't have any grandchildren, so can anyone tell me if it's like that in their schools too?

[muawiyah]

I had my kids typing 65 WPM by third grade YET they were still graded on their skill at cursive for 4 more years.

How ridiculous. Neither one of them could avoid what's called "writer's cramp" so that was always an automatic "-" grade.

It's probably the same now but we were well on our way to getting "typing" substituted for "writing" in the grading structure 20 years ago!

[irishtenor]

Well, my grandson is homeschooled, so I don’t have first hand info, but that is what I heard, too.