Did you know that research indicates that students who drew or doodled while learning had improved memory recall over students who did not? If you need to practice drawing skills, visual perceptual skills, visual motor skills and handwriting practice give some of these activities a try. You can download the sample pages here https://www.yourtherapysource.com/doodlediariesfree.html Reference: Drawing to Learn in Science, Science […]
Here are a few quick, simple activities to practice drawing, pre-writing strokes and/or letter formation: 1.) Squiggle Drawing: Draw a squiggle line on a piece of paper. Pass it to someone else. Let them add to the squiggle line to create a picture. 2.) Themed Squiggle Drawing: Draw a squiggle on a piece of paper. […]
This is a wonderful drawing card game called Pick and Draw. If you are looking for a compact, easy to travel with, learn to draw tool, you should check out this activity. I received a free copy of the card game and the book to review this product. The card game comes in a plastic case […]
Here is a fun, simple activity – painting, drawing and writing with baby oil. Materials: baby oil, small cup, cotton swabs, different types of paper and dotted shape cards from Alphabet, Number and Shape Cards – https://www.yourtherapysource.com/alphacards.htmlPurpose: To encourage prewriting skills, handwriting skills and drawing. Promotes visual motor skills.Activity: Just dip your cotton swab in […]
Check out the latest ebook – Let’s Hang Out. You can play hangman, learn how to draw and sneak in some handwriting practice! Get your free sample Doggy Hangman at YourTherapySource.
Practice drawing and handwriting skills with this printable to help design a new toy. You can download and print it at YourTherapySource.com.
Check out this latest freebie – add to the doodle picture or squiggle and write a story about it. It is available on dotted line and double line paper. You can download the freebie at YourTherapySource. Here is a picture of a completed doodle and story –
Health Psychology will be publishing research on drawings that children with cerebral palsy created of themselves walking. Fifty two children (ages 5-18) were asked to draw a picture of themselves walking. The drawings were then analyzed to see if there was any association between drawing size/ content with clinical walking tests and children’s self perception […]
A recent study indicated that students who drew or doodled while learning had improved memory recall over students who did not. The researchers reported that students applied more effort when they drew pictures to indicate they understood text that they previously read. This appears to be especially helpful during science class to motivate and engage […]