Writing is a lifelong skill that children can start developing as early as preschool and kindergarten. The foundation for writing begins with language development and the ability to share information verbally. Activities like Show and Tell encourage this by allowing children to describe items.

When you think about learning vocabulary, what comes to mind? Word lists, dictionaries, writing meanings? Over generations, education has turned vocabulary learning into a reading and writing skill. While vocabulary is a key reading skill, many students can increase their vocabulary through reading.