Letter formation joined up writing

[teafor1]

I'm working with my kids this summer with their joined up writing. Some of the letters make me weep! They are terrible! Why have some of them changed from traditional formation? The r, s, f and z are the worst. r, s and z are just printed letters and f just looks like shit. I've convinced them to do a normal cursive f but the others they refuse to change. Anyone know why they've changed them? To me it's just made writing more awkward.

There are literally hundreds of different styles of cursive writing (always have been) so it really depends on the version you were taught and the version your children have been taught.

My DS has had some difficulty with the neatness of his writing, although not difficulty with joining as such. He was taught not to join the letters you mention and resisted all attempts from me to make him join them. The good news is, that of his own volition, he has decided to join these letters and developed his own style. Ok, yes, he is now at a different school, but he is not necessarily following their form of cursive either.

Although schools may teach a certain style in the early days, you will see very many different styles of writing amongst the children. I would n't worry about it.

Wombler that makes me laugh your son resisted joining those letters as well. I'm glad to hear they eventually get their own writing style.

I don't understand how/why all French children use the same style. Why don't THEY develop their own style? My DC started school in France and all wrote the same.

How does a child not writing in cursive affect their SAT score?

Statutory requirements

Handwriting
Pupils should be taught to:

use the diagonal and horizontal strokes that are needed to join letters and
understand which letters, when adjacent to one another, are best left unjoined

increase the legibility, consistency and quality of their handwriting [for example, by ensuring that the downstrokes of letters are parallel and equidistant; that lines of writing a re spaced sufficiently so that the ascenders and descenders of letters do not touch].

Mrz I see now, they are going for legibility over writing speed with some of the letters non-cursive and partially not joined. I understand and can get on board with that.

The style we use joins all lower case letters but not initial capitals

Which letters are best left unjoined? We join all lower case too.

Which letters are best left unjoined? We join all lower case too.

Which letters are best left unjoined?

Apologies for the multiple posts!

It really depends on the writing style taught/ used all our letters are joined

If school teach z as zigzag shape very difficult to join letter after the same applies to x formed as two straight lines

My kids school teaches x and z with straight lines and the r a regular printed version and it is awkwardly joined. Mrz what r do you teach?

Our r is fully joined hard to describe but lead in stroke to top of straight beginning of letter - straight down back up over and into next letter - taking care not to for letter n