Writing and drawing are two activities that can help promote literacy in young learners. When children draw pictures and write letters, they are also expressing their thoughts and ideas. Encouraging ...

Comic books, graphic novels, sequential art narratives—call them what you want, but the words-and-pictures genre is here to stay. Slowly but surely, graphic novels are becoming more widely accepted as ...

Young children are writing even before they are reading. Steven Yeh, CC BY-NC-ND We typically think of writing as something that is out of reach for preschool children. After all, young children can’t ...

We love our kids’ first drawings. They draw before they write, so their drawings seem somehow miraculous in those early years – their first communication that is permanent and there for all to see.

Michael Gough, like many other creative types, was one of those schoolkids who couldn't stop doodling. "I've been in trouble all my life because I'm actually a compulsive drawer," says Gough, head of ...

A lot about drawing reminds me of how the creative process works with writing. If your goal is to loosen up and shut up the inner critic while you get something on paper, both artists (including those ...