Elgin student Rhys Acas has the best penmanship of any kindergartener in the nation, and he has a trophy almost as big as he is to prove it. The six-year-old who attends St. Thomas More Catholic ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Children who handwrite fluently in their first year of school are likely to be better readers a year later, prompting researchers to ...

Writing instruction in early education should be about more than letter formation and penmanship, argue Michigan State University researchers who found preschool teachers don't often encourage writing ...

It could be that the act of writing down values and beliefs is the next big fat-buster, as part of a mental diet strategy. Reuters Do you remember what you learned in pre-school? It probably involved ...

This article about play-based kindergarten was produced by The Hechinger Report, a nonprofit, independent news organization focused on inequality and innovation in education. EVERETT, Wash. — On a ...