By kindergarten, children work not only on letter formation but writing simple words, structuring sentences and copying simple, two-to-three-sentence paragraphs, says Elizabeth DeWitt, a ...

How to write letters to your kids at camp circa 1950: Two boys at an American summer camp sitting writing letters together. (Photo by Orlando /Three Lions/Getty Images) ...

“Writing is deeply connected to language networks,” she said. “Once students learn to write letters, if they see one of those letters in print, the same part of the brain that functions when they are ...

Some children enjoy spending hours on end writing paragraphs and stories, but others absolutely dread it.‎ They may have great ideas but struggle to express them on paper. Yet as students move ...

Finally, writing letters to Santa gets your family into the Christmas spirit. Encourage the children to include drawings for Santa, or put stickers on their letter.

When you're a child, the concept of getting your own mail is pretty exciting. Now imagine how cool it would be for your kids to regularly get letters from authors.