Learn how BIC is on a mission to save handwriting
Activities, ideas & items to download to inspire writing
Browse through the many great BIC® products available
Sign the petition to encourage writing in schools
MISSION
Why Fight For Your Write with BIC?
Join BIC on our mission to save handwriting and Fight For Your Write. Writing is an important vehicle for communication because it distinguishes us and promotes individuality. Did you know that writing is also a critical learning tool for children? Writing helps kids become better readers, boosts their confidence and sparks their creativity. Together we want to show children just how great writing can be…and how great they can be!
Help Us Save Handwriting Because...
had college-level courses that prepared them to teach handwriting
grades 4-12 were writing below grade level on a national writing exam
were unprepared to write at a college level
Handwriting engages 14 different abilities
Mental Attention
Organized Physical Movements
Receptive Language
Inner Expressive Language
Memory Recall
Concentration with Awareness
Organization
Integration
Eye-Hand Coordination
Motor Planning
Tactile Input
Crossing Midline
Find Out What BIC Is Doing
Writing is an exciting learning opportunity for children. At BIC, we think it should also be fun! The Fight For Your Write campaign promotes the importance of writing, and gives parents and educators a great source for ideas and activities that encourage and inspire writing.
Click below to download the BIC Fight For Your Write press release and learn more about the importance of handwriting!
Handwriting
Hand for Better
Long-Term
Comprehension
Fight For Your Write
TOOLS & TIPS
Celebrate Writing with Fun and Creative Activities!
BIC believes in inspiring kids to want to write, because writing is such an important step in a child’s development. With cool tools and activities that make handwriting fun, we can all help kids learn to love writing. Don’t forget, kids are watching you. Let them see you writing, talk together about something you’re writing and ask their opinion. Being engaged in writing is key.
Five Tips That Will Inspire
Kids to Write
Get Your Downloadable Tips for
National Handwriting Day Here!
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Links/Info for Parents & Educators
Check out some of these great writing resources!
Why is writing important? Writing affects many developmental areas that are essential to how children learn and process information. The practice of writing activates a child’s mind, aids in memory and hones fine motor skills. Writing is by nature, personal and individual. Kids form their identities through writing. They use it as a tool for expressing their emotions and feeling and for discovering their own imaginations and creativity. Check out these terrific resources for more information on why handwriting is so important. Click a link below to learn more!
Expert Profile - Pam Allyn
Pam Allyn is the Executive Director and founder of LitWorld, a global organization advocating for children’s rights as readers, writers and learners. She is also the Executive Director and Founder of LitLife, a national organization dedicated to school improvement. She is the author of the acclaimed and award-winning What to Read When: The Books and Stories to Read with Your Child – And All The Best Times To Read Them (Penguin Avery), Complete Year Series (Scholastic), and Your Child’s Writing Life (Penguin Avery) among many other titles.
Pam is widely known as a motivational speaker advocating for reading and writing as human rights that belong to all people. Her personal quest to bring literacy to every child stems from a deeper desire to bring dignity to every child, and to empower children to read and write powerfully, effectively, and with passion in ways that will change their worlds and the worlds of others. Her work has been featured on Good Morning America, The Today Show, Oprah Radio, The Huffington Post and in The New York Times. Pam has been the recipient of many awards, including the 2013 Literacy Champion Award from Scholastic.
Products
Transform Boring Into Fun with These Amazing BIC® Products
Colorful and Bold Pens and Pencils with Personality
The perfect BIC® pen, pencil or marker can make a child feel inspired to write. At BIC, we understand how our products can reflect a child’s personality, express what they want to become one day, or just let the world know, ”Purple is my signature color.“ We offer so much variety and style; kids and adults will be amazed by what they find.
- Smooth writing pens and pencils
- Bold, classic and fashionable ink colors
- Precise writing instruments
- Variety of shapes and point sizes for that perfect fit
- Incredibly comfortable grips
- Forgiving smudge-free and erasable mechanical pencils
Check out some of our products!

From ballpoint pen to gel to roller, this awesome variety of pens provides endless hours of fun writing!

An amazing mechanical pencil that writes 2 ½ times longer than wood case pencils? Now that’s smart!

Bold and brilliant colored markers and highlighters for all of your marking needs.

Correcting mistakes has never been so cool!
JOIN US
In Our Mission To Save Handwriting
Thanks to everyone who participated and signed our petition! We received over 27,000 signatures through 12/31/14, and are donating a total of 104,420 pens and pencils to AdoptAClassroom.org. Your signatures have made a difference in helping kids in need have the right tools to reach their potential. While you can still sign the petition and show your support for our mission, the donation time has now closed. Please check back later this year for more chances to get involved and Fight For Your Write with BIC!
Click below to sign our petition and help save handwriting!
WHAT IS THE PETITION ABOUT?
Fight for Your Write and join BIC on our mission to save handwriting!
- Writing is an important vehicle for communication because it distinguishes us and promotes individuality.
- Writing is also an important learning tool for children. Writing helps kids become better readers, boosts their confidence and sparks their creativity.
- Together we want to show children just how great writing can be…and how great they can be!
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