If you're a homeschool family, you know this feeling: the school year winds down, the kids get a little wild, and somewhere in the back of your mind you're already thinking about next year. What worked. What didn't. What you wish you had done differently. Summer is actually the golden window for homeschool curriculum planning — and if cursive handwriting isn't already on your list for the fall, I want to make a case for why it should be.
Why I Started Simply Lettered — And the Dream Behind Everything I Do
When my first son was born and I left my full-time teaching career to stay home, I thought I was ready for the shift. I had wanted this. I chose it. But a few months in, I realized that the part of me that loved creating, learning, and making things with my hands was getting a little restless. I needed an outlet. I needed something that was just for me, even while I was pouring everything I had into being a mom.
Why I Created The Cursive Connection — And Why It's So Much More Than a Handwriting Curriculum
Do you remember the first time someone handed you a handwritten letter? Not a text, not a printed card — an actual letter, written in looping, flowing cursive by someone who took the time to sit down and put pen to paper just for you? There's something about that moment that's impossible to replicate digitally. The curves of their letters, the way their hand pressed a little heavier on certain words — it's a window into a person that nothing else quite captures.