how we love her!
CJ Mahaney’s Christmas Book List 2017
7 years ago
Sunday, September 26, 2010
Saturday, September 25, 2010
my life
There would be no words to explain how much I love these four. And in just a few weeks, there will be five. I am so thankful to be a wife and mom!
Tonya
Friday, September 24, 2010
Wednesday, September 22, 2010
Thursday, September 16, 2010
cursive first
Here are the reasons behind teaching Mia cursive first. She is doing great with writing her letters and I am so glad we decided to go this route. Cursive is flowing so naturally for her!
"Cursive helps curb reversals letter reversals. It provides a clearer distinction between b and d or p and q. All cursive letters start at the same point (at the base line.) Manuscript letters start at six different starting points. Cursive eliminates confusion and directionality. All letters go up from the base line. Manuscript move in three different directions: straight to the left (e), curving left and up (o), or straight down (h). Cursive requires fewer stops and starts to write a word. To write "broken" in manuscript requires 7 pencil lifts. To write "unbroken" in cursive requires no pencil lift. Writing ball and stick letters is more stressful for someone with newly developing small motor skills.
We were programmed to think that cursive is harder because we were taught manuscript when we were young and introduced to cursive in second grade. We assume there was so reason for this sequence.
That is not the case. For centuries students started with cursive. The shift to manuscript first was not linked to any evidence that this was a better way to teach initial penmanship. The shift came with the progressive school movement. The word "progressive" sounds like some form of advancement, and was used to hide a goal to weaken the education of the masses. This movement gave us look say as a replacement for phonics. With the changes came an assortment of new issues such as dyslexia and remedial reading classes."
by Wanda Sanseri, author of Spell to Write and Read
Tonya
"Cursive helps curb reversals letter reversals. It provides a clearer distinction between b and d or p and q. All cursive letters start at the same point (at the base line.) Manuscript letters start at six different starting points. Cursive eliminates confusion and directionality. All letters go up from the base line. Manuscript move in three different directions: straight to the left (e), curving left and up (o), or straight down (h). Cursive requires fewer stops and starts to write a word. To write "broken" in manuscript requires 7 pencil lifts. To write "unbroken" in cursive requires no pencil lift. Writing ball and stick letters is more stressful for someone with newly developing small motor skills.
We were programmed to think that cursive is harder because we were taught manuscript when we were young and introduced to cursive in second grade. We assume there was so reason for this sequence.
That is not the case. For centuries students started with cursive. The shift to manuscript first was not linked to any evidence that this was a better way to teach initial penmanship. The shift came with the progressive school movement. The word "progressive" sounds like some form of advancement, and was used to hide a goal to weaken the education of the masses. This movement gave us look say as a replacement for phonics. With the changes came an assortment of new issues such as dyslexia and remedial reading classes."
by Wanda Sanseri, author of Spell to Write and Read
Tonya
Sunday, September 12, 2010
why sing so many cross-centered songs?
Excellent response by C.J. Mahaney. May we never cease to make much of Christ!
Tuesday, September 7, 2010
cursive first
Mia is learning how to write her letters! We chose to do cursive first for several different reasons. I will try to find time to write more about it soon. Seems like the hours just fly by now that I have two to teach.
Tonya
Thursday, September 2, 2010
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