Writing wakes up the brain like nothing else. In fact, learning to write in cursive is shown to enhance brain development. Cursive handwriting stimulates the brain, something you can 't get from printing and typing.

As a result, the act of writing in cursive leads to increased comprehension and participation. Interestingly, a few years ago, the College Board found that students who wrote in cursive for the essay portion of the SAT scored slightly higher than those who printed. Experts believe is because the speed and accuracy of writing in cursive allowed the students to focus on the main point of their essays. Some argue that cursive is irrelevant because it isn 't included in the Common Core State standards. But these standards only