tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3891434218564545511.post6603574685964650014..comments2024-03-28T19:56:42.305-05:00Comments on Alexander Pruss's Blog: Hour of CodeAlexander R Prusshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05989277655934827117noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3891434218564545511.post-69171318559453529482013-12-08T16:29:14.095-06:002013-12-08T16:29:14.095-06:00I saw a comment from a teacher in some online venu...I saw a comment from a teacher in some online venue about how reading cursive is much more useful than writing cursive, and how reading cursive can be taught way faster than writing cursive.<br /><br />I do think there would be a value to teaching calligraphy, but that would be in art class.Alexander R Prusshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05989277655934827117noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3891434218564545511.post-33228197675975076812013-12-08T15:49:06.233-06:002013-12-08T15:49:06.233-06:00Seems like your daughter is having a good time. H...Seems like your daughter is having a good time. However, keep up the cursive writing. It is becoming a lost art, and it would be nice to be able to read Washington's personal letters someday. (I think Mozart's personal letters to be more interesting. However, you really really want to wait until the kids are older before they read them.) I think kids would also be well served by learning to ride and care for a horse (when they're older and stronger they should learn how to properly shoe one). How to paddle a canoe. How to hand milk a cow (something my mother learned when she was a kid, and she hasn't forgotten how). They should go fishing and go on a youth hunt. I think youth hunts are the best educational tool. My hunting buddy's son, Zachary got himself a very nice ten point buck, that way back in 2010. All of these things are mind expanding and confidence building. I find that hunting is the best confidence builder of all.<br /><br />Don't worry. Your kids will get tech savvy enough otherwise on their own. Today most teenagers are more tech savvy than their parents anyway. That's scary.Dagmara Lizlovshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14744785407281199347noreply@blogger.com