A Gary couple reached into the past for a new venture: Teaching cursive handwriting to children.
It’s a “lost art,” to hear Chelsea Whittington tell it.
Cursive has pretty much disappeared from the curriculum.
Not everywhere.
But handwriting in general declined because of technology.
Whittington and her husband, Terrell, who attended grade school together, were recently talking about those days.
“And we had some kind of encounter once where we asked a child to read something and she said, ‘I can’t read that,’ and we kind of walked away like, ‘that’s tight, they don’t teach cursive in the schools anymore and so students aren’t necessarily familiar with that and then my husband said, ‘what if we brought cursive back.?’”
That led to the creation of Cursive Academy.
The first session was Monday.
For 30 students aged 7-to-14 taking part in a summer camp.
6.1 “You should have seen them, they were so in tune and excited.”
Whittington works for a school district and runs C WHITT PR.
And she’s signing up organizations
Those interested in hosting Cursive Academy sessions can call or email Whittington at 219-712-3182 or Chealsea@cwhitt.biz.
There is a charge, depending on the group size and the length of the sessions.
Cursive Academy expects to have a Facebook page up and running soon.