An Interesting Article on the Importance of Handwriting
June 6, 2014
At Forest Bluff School, we are dedicated to helping each child develop beautiful penmanship. As educators with many collective years of experience, we have observed that children in the process of learning to write are doing more than just learning to reproduce letters on paper; they are strengthening the connection between hand and brain and building their intelligence in a unique way that keyboarding simply cannot reproduce. Maria Konnikova, in her New York Times article, "What's Lost as Handwriting Fades," summarizes several recent studies that affirm these observations.
Summer is the perfect time to get children involved in cleaning and caring for your home! Including your children in household chores such as cleaning supports their physical, mental, and moral development. Montessori educator and author Paula Lillard Preschlack shares three simple steps to help families get started: setting up the home environment with child-sized tools, deliberate modeling, and letting go of perfection. Investing this effort in the early years builds independence, care for the environment, and lasting habits that pay off well into adulthood.
Forest Bluff School in Lake Bluff, IL, provides practical Montessori strategies for summer learning at home, covering reading, writing, math, and screen-free outdoor exploration.