- 41-58% of the school day is spent doing written work in 1st-5th grade (www.hwtears.com, 2013)
- Cursive handwriting is not part of the Common Core standards so more children are printing
- Illegible handwriting often results in unsatisfactory grades (Amundson, 2001)
- Proficient and legible handwriting is associated with academic success (Graham, Harris, Mason, Fink-Chorzempa, Moran & Saddler, 2007)
- Poor handwriting may result in children not being able to read their own handwriting, being rejected from group work, inefficient note-taking, errors in homework, etc. (Racine, Majnemer, Shevell, & Snider, 2008)
- Poor handwriting is staggering with not only 90% of kids with learning difficulties struggling with handwriting, but up to 25% of the typically developing population having poor handwriting (Moskowitz, 2009)