Random side-comment - high school is probably the time to do it too. I'm in the middle of teaching my kids how to read/write (the older one) and recognize lett

Random side-comment - high school is probably the time to do it too. I'm in the middle of teaching my kids how to read/write (the older one) and recognize letters (younger one). I reflexively crossed the "z" when writing out the alphabet the other day and thought to myself, "should I be teaching this?" I decided to erase it and write how they normally see it. I started crossing z's and doing a few of the other tips (some taught, some natural) in this page when it became necessary. But the pedantic in me really wanted to instill it in my kids from the get-go. I suppose experience (going through the problems of mixing up symbols) is the best teacher for the mathematical handwriting solution.