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TikTok mom’s simple hacks for teaching kids to write thank-you notes

TikTok mom shares fun hacks to make thank-you notes easy, teaching kids gratitude while spreading holiday joy!
Business Insider

My kids stopped being appreciative of gifts. Now I make them write thank-you notes before they can use them.

I grew up being told the importance of writing thank-you notes. My children began resisting the task, seeing it as tedious and unnecessary. Now, they must write thank you notes before they are able to ...
USA Today

How AI is affecting the way kids learn to read and write

For Lisa Parry, a 12th-grade teacher in South Dakota, the students' essays were getting stale. Her solution: get the students to turn to ChatGPT ‒ which serves up fresh ideas. Before her students ...
The Star

How to teach kids to write by hand, and why it still makes sense to do so

Learning how to write takes time, whether it is holding your pen properly or ensuring all the letters are on the same straight line. These days, some children roll their eyes, wondering why they still ...
Yahoo

5 reasons children should write to Santa

(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 ...
The Conversation

From shopping lists to jokes on the fridge – 6 ways parents can help their primary kids learn to write well

Debora Valcan, Deborah Pino Pasternak, and Susan Ledger do not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and have ...
The Conversation

Our research shows children produce better pieces of writing by hand. But they need keyboard skills too

Deborah Pino Pasternak receives funding from The Ian Potter Foundation, and the ACT Education Directorate via the Affiliated Schools Funded Research Projects. Susan Ledger received funding from Ian ...