LEAP Cursive Writing

Eastwick Library is hosting a cursive writing session on Thursday, October 22, at 3:30 PM. It's a workshop for school-age kids to learn and practice cursive, and it's part of LEAP, the Free Library of Philadelphia's Learning, Exploring, Achieving, and Playing program. The library lists it under homework help and study aids, so it's as much about getting a handle on a skill that's still on some school curricula as it is about the practice itself.

If you're not familiar with LEAP, it's the Free Library's broad umbrella for its youth and family programming. They put on more than 28,000 programs for all ages every year across the city, and this session is one of the many that fall under that. This particular afternoon is aimed at school-age children, and the focus is straightforward: learning and practicing cursive writing. It's the kind of thing that can feel like a bit of a chore when it's just another line in a notebook, but in a group setting it turns into a shared activity.

For parents, it's a chance to get their kids some extra practice with something that doesn't always get a lot of attention in the classroom. For the kids, it's an afternoon spent working on a skill they'll actually use, and it's all happening at the library rather than as part of a school day. The session is free and open to the public, so you just need to show up with your kids ready to write.

It runs on Thursday, October 22, starting at 3:30 PM at Eastwick Library, located at 2851 Island Avenue, at the corner of Island Ave. and Lindbergh Blvd. in Philadelphia, PA 19153-2314.