Why ‘Use Your Words’ Can Be Good for Kids’ Health Studies show that writing or expressing what we are feeling can help adults mentally and physically. Kids are no different ...

Learning to write is one of the defining milestones of early childhood, but it doesn’t happen all at once. Children build ...

500 Words has partnered with Beano, who have shared their 'CIMOC' process - which breaks down story writing into smaller chunks by drawing.

Encourage children to start writing with the best kids’ journals, available from Amazon, Not On The High Street, Waterstones and more ...

Becky says she'll go to a writing tutor only if she doesn't have to do too much writing. Or reading. Her freshman essays are misspelled and bloated with words like "good," "cool," "a lot" and ...

Studies have also shown that kids who learn cursive rather than simply manuscript writing score better on reading and spelling tests, perhaps because the linked-up cursive forces writers to think ...

BBC 500 Words creative writing competition returns for children across the UK Celebrating the best homegrown storytelling, the competition allows children from all over the UK to submit their own ...