Last week I began teaching cursive writing to the students. There is a lot of enthusiasm about learning this. My guess is that they feel it is another step to growing up. Although teachers no longer require cursive writing in the older grades, it is good for fine motor development. In addition, students need to be able to read it. If they don't know what each letter is, they cannot read the words. Therefore, I'm spending about 10 minutes each morning introducing a new letter. They have a packet that they are currently working in and are very eager to practice.