Long before children enter a formal education setting, they are developing the skills that lay the foundation for learning to write. From fine motor skills to the complexities of vocabulary and ...

University of Toronto provides funding as a founding partner of The Conversation CA. University of Toronto provides funding as a member of The Conversation CA-FR. Teachers have fewer opportunities to ...

Learning to read and write is hard. Most schools make it even harder by asking students to read and write about topics they know little or nothing about. Education expert Dylan Wiliam has said (or at ...

(WGHP) — Christmas Day is just 42 days away, and boys and girls around the world are getting those wish lists ready for Santa. That’s why this is Dear Santa Letter Week (Nov. 9-15). It started in 1912 ...

In today’s digital-first world, the art of handwritten letters feels almost forgotten. Yet for children growing up surrounded by instant messaging and emojis, letters carry a kind of weight and magic ...

Young readers deserve our best work. The Writing for Children and Young Adults concentration is part of The New School’s MFA Creative Writing program, founded in 1996. Students study with our ...

Educationist and proprietress of Rising Child Academy, Oleanov Wilson, has highlighted the importance of nurturing children’s writing and communication skills from an early age, describing them as ...

If you're like many digitally savvy Americans, it has likely been a while since you've spent much time writing by hand. The laborious process of tracing out our thoughts, letter by letter, on the page ...

The author always wrote thank-you notes as a child, and is making her kids (not pictured) do the same.Peter Dazeley/Getty Images I grew up being told the importance of writing thank-you notes. My ...