Rocket ABCs Cursive
Cursive Writing for Ages 14-18
USD 5.99 · Designed for iPad. Not verified for macOS.
Teach cursive recognition and fine motor skills with hierarchical exercises designed by a Northwestern-trained cognitive neuroscientist.
A clinical-grade learning app that teaches children ages 8–12 to recognize and sort cursive letters while building the fine motor and abstract-thinking skills that cursive writing develops.
Cursive is increasingly absent from school curricula, but the cognitive benefits — fine motor control, letter-formation memory, abstract pattern recognition, reading fluency for older texts — remain real.
WHAT IT TEACHES
• Cursive letter recognition
• Fine motor skill development through letter-tracing patterns
• Form constancy across cursive variations
• Abstract thinking via the connection between print and cursive forms
• Reading fluency for cursive texts (historical documents, family letters)
WHO IT'S FOR
• Children ages 8–12 learning cursive for the first time
• Children whose schools no longer teach cursive
• Homeschool environments
• Occupational therapists working on fine motor development
• Parents who want to preserve a vanishing skill
WHAT MAKES IT DIFFERENT
Rocket ABCs Cursive is built on the same three-pillar neurocognitive model — Attention, Intention, Rehearsal — that Dr. Markus uses across her clinical work. The exercises are hierarchical and deliberately structured to build skill rather than just provide practice.
ABOUT THE DEVELOPER
Dr. Donalee Markus has practiced cognitive restructuring since 1983, including 40+ years of work with children with learning differences. Her work is featured in Psychology Today and in Clark Elliott's "The Ghost in My Brain."
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What's New
• Updated cursive letter library
• Improved progression
• Stability fixes
The developer, Donalee Markus, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy .
Data Not Collected
The developer does not collect any data from this app.
Accessibility
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Information
- Provider
- Donalee Markus
- Size
- 438.9 MB
- Category
- Education
- Compatibility
Requires iOS 12.0 or later.
- iPhone
Requires iOS 12.0 or later. - iPad
Requires iPadOS 12.0 or later. - iPod touch
Requires iOS 12.0 or later. - Mac
Requires macOS 11.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later.
- iPhone
- Languages
- English
- Age Rating
4+
- 4+
- Made For Ages 9–11
- Copyright
- © 2017
