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Handwriting is fine motor activity and requires precise coordination between eyes, brains and all your muscles from the neck to the fingers. While writing your whole body is involved in the process. While writing, several areas of the brain are stimulated, brain development, activity and function are improved.

 Handwriting is Brain writing
 Writing in Cursive helps to improve concentration
 It helps in the interaction with people.
 Writing increases neural activity
 Cursive handwriting activates parts of the brain that lead increase language fluency.(Rand Nelson)
 Cursive help build pathways in the brain while improving mental effectiveness.
 Writing neatly on the paper is a fine motor activity which requires good hand eye coordination and good fine motor skill.
 Our handwriting is like a pictorial representation of what is going on in our mind, how we think, react and create.
 It helps with other learning disorders like ADD and ADHD
 It stimulates brain Synchronicity
 Sequential finger movements activate brain regions involved in thinking, language and working memory. (Virginia Berninger)
Payal replied. Cursive handwriting is not only helpful for kids but also for old-aged people. My aunt who is more than 65 years old and she had neurotic problem. She started writing a page everyday which is very helpful for her finger co-ordination. Dakshita replied. Really loved reading about the importance of learning cursive writing. It was an eye opener. Loved the way you presented it. Mukund replied. very good information. nice to know so many benefits of cursive writing. I will make sure that my son learns cursive writing.