Developing pre-writing skills is one of the most important steps in preparing young children for the writing process. These foundational activities help build the fine motor control, hand strength, ...

Hetty Roessingh receives funding from SSHRC. A Werklund School of Education Teaching and Learning Support Grant provided funding for the development of the resource discussed in this story. University ...

As spring begins to stretch across the United States, classrooms update their bulletin boards with tulips and baby animals, and the paper snowflakes are packed away for another winter. Window clings ...

A recent study published in the Frontiers of Psychology suggests that cursive handwriting might be more effective in promoting learning than typing. The research, involving 36 students, examined brain ...

Researchers explored how manual and keyboard practice influenced children's abilities in their reading and writing learning process. 5-year-olds were taught an artificial alphabet using different ...

Murdoch University’s Dr Anabela Malpique urged parents to pivot away from phones to old-school pencils and paper to boost memory, hand-eye co-ordination and fine motor skills. Children have been urged ...

New brain research shows that writing by hand helps children learn more and remember better. At the same time, schools are going more and more digital, and a European survey shows that Norwegian ...