There's a reason I loved Australia when I visited - progressives! Quite honestly, if you paired typing with auditory feedback for what letters sound like ('s'

There's a reason I loved Australia when I visited - progressives! Quite honestly, if you paired typing with auditory feedback for what letters sound like ('s' from 'c' from 'z' from 'sh' and 'sp'), you'd not only help the kids to learn the letters but also how to read. Handwriting doesn't offer that dual modality approach. Further you could pair typed words with the objects to which they refer (think animals), the sounds they make, and other facts about them. I'm actually shocked there aren't teaching programs like this. There must be that I'm not aware of.