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I began using the "Cursive First" curriculum with my twins when they were five years old (we were home schooling K5). They already knew how to print their upper and lower case letters, and now--at age 6 and beginning first grade--they are equally comfortable writing cursive or print.
Posted by: Sandi | August 17, 2009 09:22 PM