Recently, science and education experts alike have started touting the benefits of doodling and drawing as a means to convey ideas in a more holistic manner. Here are a few of the best reasons to work doodling back into your daily practice right now.
Time to kick back and enjoy the lazy days of summer. But danger lurks. If summer days are consistently lazy – a significant amount of that hard earned learning, will start to leak out. So how do we make the most of summer?
While technology and culture are goading them to work faster and more intensely, tasks such as writing can help right brain thinkers find a healthy balance in their learning and play.
Distance learning has made it abundantly clear that writing is a struggle for our right-brain dominant kids. They are always so busy thinking and have so many ideas, when it comes time to write they’re overwhelmed by possibilities.
Where are the pencils? Why is it that whenever I want a pencil, I can’t find one? This is one of my pet peeves. I want to write a note, draw with a kid or mark on my calendar (yes, I still use a paper calendar). But never can find a pencil when I want one. And it’s my own house!
Kids have an easier time communicating their ideas using pictures and visual kids think in images… lucky for us, drawings are the best story starters! If you need an activity to encourage the love of writing, this story paper package is going to help.
We have a visual learner in the family, who’s also got an ADD diagnosis, and like most visual learners struggles with writing essays. So, this weekend I showed him the sticky note trick and what normally takes him hours to complete was done in 30 minutes!
With all the activity and adventures happening in the summer, there is plenty of material for writing. However, most visual kids struggle with writing.
Writing is a part of every aspect of your child’s education, but writing assignments can be difficult for our visual kids. They have lots of ideas but have a hard time organizing them. Follow the steps in this video to help your visual student learn to organize those brilliant ideas into an essay.
Are you worried about how the kids are going to keep from losing knowledge over the summer? Writing about their day is a great way to keep their brains limber.
