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[email protected] Red Pants Writing co-owner Angie Ferrier leads a handwriting class for irst graders at the Winlock Miller Elementary school May 1. Penmanship Can Predict Future Academic Success By Amy Nile
[email protected] With today’s kids texting and typing more than ever, teachers are finding less time to help students hone that now seem- ingly archaic skill known as handwriting. Stepping into that gap, two former kindergarten schoolmates from Adna, occupational therapist Cyndi Cooley and health specialist Angie Ferrier, have built their business helping teachers develop a handwriting curriculum. Cooley and Ferrier are developing their program using emerging scientific research that suggests handwriting can engage the brain and predict a student’s future academic success in ways key- boarding cannot. Students collectively give the thumbs up during a handwriting drill in a irst grade class at please see WRITE, page Main 13 the Winlock Miller Elementary school May 1. The Chronicle, Serving The Greater Weather Fundraiser Deaths Lewis County Area Since 1889 TONIGHT: Low 32 Neighbors Shurtz, Duane “Al” Eugene, 81, Follow Us on Twitter TOMORROW: High 72 Rochester