Possible Lincoln artifact discovered!

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"Here, print hadn't been taught at all until some years ago." I found the following paragraph online as part of a very long article on why cursive should be taught first. Mainly, it does not require the fine motor skills that printing does and is, therefore, easier on young children.

Although most schools in English speaking countries begin by teaching printing, most other cultures begin with the cursive form. In many non-English speaking countries, popular children’s books are even printed in both print and cursive. Historically, handwriting instruction began with cursive in America and Britain as well; it is only in the last hundred years that we have begun to do otherwise.