We didn't try it, but I have heard that this can work well, as the cursive involves gross motor, while the printing involves fine motor that develops later. Typically cursive is the method of choice for longer passages - although personally, I hate reading even my own cursive, so I don't use it. To my eye, it just looks like squiggles - even the cursive in books. I'm sure it's that I've never used it enought to get comfortable with it.
Good for you for finding a way to make school work for your child, and for getting the tool of writing into his life! Yippee!
smiles,
Trinity
