I think all states are different in what they teach now days.Cheyanne was taught printing and cursive almost at the same time.They started with printing in kindergarten and half way thru kinder. They started with cursive.So by the time she started 1st grade she had a good understanding of both.Or at least that's the theory.It worked in Cheyannes case. Linda,back in CA out of PA's snow ------Original Message------ From: Belle Shepherd Sender: [email protected] To: [email protected] To: [email protected] To: [email protected] To: [email protected] To: Jen LaBonte ReplyTo: [email protected] Subject: [SOUTHERN-CHAT] School subjects... Sent: Feb 22, 2010 11:07 PM Are 'penmanship, Handwriting being taught in today's schools?It was very important to be able to write well in my school days. They taught the Palmer method and we had many drills and practice sheets. Many of the young folks today can't spell or write their own name clearly. I learned to write very well and spelling was not a problem. Today, words of more than one syllable are hard to spell and pronounce. What about the multiplication tables? With all the electronic gadgets I guess they don't need to know them anymore. Punctuation marks ? Forget it!! Belle ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message Sent via BlackBerry by AT&T