Trips to the playground and jigsaw puzzles: five surprising ways to help children learn to write
This article in The Conversation (1 April 2025) describes how spatial awareness is a key prerequisite of handwriting development.
Scottish Wildlife Trust launches Nature Writing Competition
Young nature writers can win prizes including a trailcam starter bundle and a £200 NHBS voucher. One adult (18+ years) and one junior (under 18 years) winner will be selected by a panel of judges. New to nature writing? Click here to see top tips and nature writing prompts. Find more information [...]
The Guardian is on the hunt for young nature lovers – do you know any?
Do you know a child (8-14 years old) who could write a winter piece about the natural world? The Guardian has posted (20 December 2021) that it is seeking submissions for its Young Country Diary series. The deadline for entry is Thursday 13 January 2022.
Tell your story in nature competition!
The Tree Council along with The Week Junior Science+Nature have launched an exciting new writing competition, open to all children in the UK aged between 8 and 15. Your story can be a poem or a piece of prose and can be fiction or non-fiction. Closing date 25th November.
Have a go at nature journaling
Grow Wild invite you to get creative and connect to nature in their free, online nature journaling workshop, Weds 24th November at 5:30pm. You don't need any previous experience or artistic talent to get involved! If you are an educator, why not share these skills with the children you work [...]
