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> Aside: Teaching kids cursive also still has value in teaching fine motor skills. IMO, it's the most important thing, we have to teach fine motor skills very
by jrimbault 9y ago
> Aside: Teaching kids cursive also still has value in teaching fine motor skills.
IMO, it's the most important thing, we have to teach fine motor skills very early to little humans if we want them to be full humans.
- JumpCrisscross 9y ago> if we want them to be full humans This is a circular argument. You just punted the discussion to "what does it mean to be a full human and why is handwriting a necessary part of that." I ride horses, as people have for millennia; I would never claim nonriders are less than human.
- kurtisc 9y agoIt's not a circular argument because it wasn't an argument at all. It was a fairly conservative opinion.
- Baeocystin 9y agoIt certainly helped me. I struggled with fine motor control as a kid, and it wasn't until a teacher sat me down and made me practice my penmanship over and over again that I got over the hump. I won't say I enjoyed it at the time, but as far as 'educational events I can point to and say this made a difference', it is, perhaps surprisingly, quite high on the list.
- KateGladstone 9y agoDeclaring that some human beings are not “full humans” is a very bad idea.