Oh, good heavens, of COURSE! Though I had no understanding of it when we brought our daughters to a K-5th grade Montessori program in the early 1990s, I've since become a complete convert: All children learned to write "cursive" before they learned to print.
This seemed crazy at the time, but over time we could see how sensible they were. Cursive is more natural to the hand and actually easier to write. They started with sandpaper letters as toddlers.
Kids worked hard on their penmanship because they were rewarded with a fountain pen for their success. (Imagine that!) I'd love to pull true Montessorians into this conversation and better yet bring their world views into curriculum development for more classrooms in more public schools everywhere.
Oh, good heavens, of COURSE! Though I had no understanding of it when we brought our daughters to a K-5th grade Montessori program in the early 1990s, I've since become a complete convert: All children learned to write "cursive" before they learned to print.
This seemed crazy at the time, but over time we could see how sensible they were. Cursive is more natural to the hand and actually easier to write. They started with sandpaper letters as toddlers.
Kids worked hard on their penmanship because they were rewarded with a fountain pen for their success. (Imagine that!) I'd love to pull true Montessorians into this conversation and better yet bring their world views into curriculum development for more classrooms in more public schools everywhere.
Your kids have been very lucky!!
And yes, this is the way it should be done everywhere.