Insights from Children’s Art Expert Bette Fetter: Top Blog Posts for January 2014
visual learning
Matt’s Success with Motion Graphics
Last night I saw my son working on a project for his Motion Graphics class. He is a college student now, studying for a degree in Digital Film and Video Production.
Tonight as I looked over his shoulder at his computer screen, I saw a vibrant red rectangle, with golden words moving in and out of position, all to the sound of Morgan Freeman’s voice.
The colorful words and movement were part of a Kinetic Type Project he was working on for class. The words he used were from the movie ‘Shawshank Redemption’.
Organizing: It’s an After Christmas Plastic Sale!
I’m sure you’ve noticed that the stores we shopped at for holiday gifts have replaced the stocking and wrapping paper with rows and rows of plastic containers.
This seems to imply we have so much stuff – we need to buy more stuff – to put our stuff in. The good news is, with all this plastic for sale, its a great time to organize our kids ‘stuff’. When our kids were young, we spent some time before the holidays cleaning out the old to make room for the new. Together we decided what was old, broken and ready for the trash. We reorganized and tidied up the keepers and donated some old toys as seed for the new to come.
Brayden’s Christmas at LEGOLAND
We have a kindergarten boy in the family and he loves building things and making things.
His Christmas gifts included a lot of hands on activities and plenty of Lego’s. Brayden loves to build, take apart and rebuild the Lego sets he already has, but the addition of several new pieces have already brought hours and hours of time spent in detailed assembly work. As much as it seems we’re living in Legoland, we’re excited by his passion and interest, knowing it’s reflective of his strong spatial skills. Building these colorful three- dimensional puzzles is also a powerful way to focus his boundless creative energy.
Last Minute Kids Gift Ideas: 10 Presents under $20
Kids of all ages love to find art supplies under the tree. But don’t feel like you have to spend the big bucks to give your kids hours of creative fun. Here are ten things you can find at your local arts and crafts store – all for under $10.
The iPad can be utilized as a valuable teaching tool for their children, and its mobility means it can go anywhere a child does. Here are our top iPad app picks for Elementary school learning by grade, from Education.com.Brandon’s Story: Living with Dyslexia
I was talking to a friend about the HBO movie, Rethinking Dyslexia that aired recently. We had both been very impressed by the movie. I’ve researched and written about dyslexia in relation to being a visual learner, but my friend has first hand experience with a son who is dyslexic. As we talked about Brandon and his learning experiences, I was enormously impressed by the success he’s found in his career because of his perseverance and the ways he learned to make things more visual for himself.
A Mother’s Story: Vocabulary and Spelling Success
I have been driven for many years, in all I do, to find ways to help children be more confident and successful. Writing Being Visual was a long, labor-intensive process, especially for me as a visual learner, but I truly believe that when we understand the way our visual kids think, can help them be more successful. When I hear from parents that have read and applied visual learning techniques, I am enormously grateful to be a part of this important conversation.
This is what one of our reader’s had to say:
Bette Fetter: Visual Organization
This is a never before seen peek into my home office. I wanted to share how I have visually organized my office. 
Bette Fetter: Writing for the Young and Old
This is a picture of my home office. Notice the rows of notecards taped to my wall.
After writing several posts on making the process of writing, more visual for kids, I wanted to share some thoughts on using the same techniques – the slightly more adult version – as a visual adult.
