From Junior school to Junior High school, every single students is sharpening pencils. All writing genres are being explored; articles, letters and even horror stories.
Top 5 reasons why writing is important for kids and adolescents:
1. Writing builds confidence in a child’s sense of herself and her voice.
2. Writing helps kids create and strengthen their identities.
3. Writing fosters a child’s emotional growth and gives him coping skills for dealing with life’s many highs and lows.
4. Writing helps kids develop critical thinking skills - it helps them understand and communicate complicated ideas.
5. Writing leads to guaranteed improvement in academic achievement.
As humans, we all want to belong and feel connected - it is in our very nature as social beings. We want to be able to share our stories meaningfully and to hear other people’s stories in a way that resonates with our own lives. Do not forget that language is and will be the tool that brings us together. So let´s write on!
