10 Secrets to Surviving the School Year
You may be wondering what else you can do to prepare your visual learner for a successful school year.
You may be wondering what else you can do to prepare your visual learner for a successful school year.
Labor day, which is the first Monday in September, signifies the end of summer for most of us. It’s the last hurrah before school starts and the weather starts to cool off.
Visual learners typically have a hard time formulating their thoughts into words when it comes time to write about something they have just read. We have created this simple activity to help them figure out what they want to say by drawing a picture first and then writing.
Summer vacation has begun, now what? I encourage you to take a break but don’t let the kids be idle for too long. Without a plan for maintaining their skills, kids can lose up to 2 1/2 months of knowledge while they are enjoying the sunshine and free time that summer is all about.
The school year is coming to an end and what a crazy ride it has been. Go ahead, take a little time to relax and rejuvenate. You’ve earned it.
But don’t take too long of a break. If summer days are consistently lazy – a significant amount of what went into building your child’s brain during the school year will start to leak out. I have just the thing to prevent this loss.
Get ready for summer fun as your budding artist explores the great outdoors, explores the rich culture and tradition of beautiful New England and celebrates the diversity of our planet’s animal life with Young Rembrandts.
Summer is a perfect time to indulge and immerse in art. The ‘lazy days’ of summer are by design full of opportunity to think, day dream, imagine – all things that can lead to endless hours of creative pursuit.
In honor of Teacher Appreciation week, we have got some deals for you. You work so hard to make every child in your classroom feel special and important and we want to let you know how important you are too!.
May is a month full of reasons to celebrate! Spring is in full bloom. The day to honor our mothers is in the middle of the month. School is almost out for the summer. And, we honor our fallen soldiers at the end of the month. We have gathered a bunch of great activities for each of these occasions that you must try.
For children, drawing is a way of seeing things, thinking about their world or sharing how they feel. Tune into episode 16 of Living Life as a Visual Thinker as i give you a better understanding of the benefits of learning to draw for children.