Welcome to Building Blocks for Pre-K–5

Before a child learns to write, they need to build pre-writing foundation skills to prepare them for successful handwriting in the classroom. Pre-writing activities are designed to foster body awareness, build fine motor skills, and promote good posture. Once children have mastered these important steps, they can begin to write with automaticity—without having to stop and think about the mechanics of handwriting.

As the school year gears up, the leaves begin to change, and students fall into a routine, your lesson plans and writing activities may need an autumnal boost! Check out our fall-inspired ideas for narrative, information, and opinion writing activities:

Happy Digital Citizenship Week! We’re celebrating the importance of smart, safe, and responsible behavior in the digital world from October 15–19.

You already know it’s important to evaluate your students periodically. But what’s the best way to assess? And how do you interpret the data? Assessments aren’t the end of the learning process. Once you’ve evaluated your students, it’s time to start remediation based on the data gleaned from assessments.

Now that you’ve identified your students' developmental skill levels, you can lay a solid foundation for learning how to write and type.

Teachers of the world, today is dedicated to you! It’s World Teachers’ Day