Creative Learning: Lets Draw

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Encourage your child to trace and draw.

Copyright 1992, 2015 Margaret Millet Tracy


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Right-brain, left-brain development depends on practicing

shapes. Programming shapes into memory is facilitated by

tracing and drawing with both hands. Encouragement by

adults who also trace and draw will make the experience

happier.


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A baby practices movements over and over until it can perform them

smoothly. Nature nurtures the baby's development, nudging it step by step until

it unfolds into a mature, functioning human being.

Babies grow so quickly and develop in their own preordained form. We

have no control over their natural development. Sometimes, this inherent,

natural patterning is interrupted. The baby is unable to complete the patterning

Nature intended. Mainly, this happens when the baby is actively getting into

everything, pushing and pulling, scribbling on walls, furniture and everything,

creating havoc. Then, adults take away the pens, pencils and crayons and objects

baby is handling and chewing and their development is interrupted.

Experience with shapes is an essential for Right brain, Left brain

development. Tracing, imprinting and drawing are superior tools for remedialbrain programming. Adults can play an essential role if they do the tracing and

drawing too, encouraging the children by example. Especially, the mothers, ofthe

children. It is nice to bask in reflected glory when our children do something that

brings public praiseI remember my father's proud smile as he watched me

dance. And my mother's proud, pleased expression as I tinkered at her piano,

picking out pleasing sounds at age 3. But, the best, most lasting good

impressions for me are those of working and creating good memories together

as a family.Help your baby by smiling at all progress hemakes.

Help your baby achieve with whatever effort it

takes.

Your approval of each little success is needed

and fine

But most important of all, is your love divine!


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Knowing simple shapes will help you

draw. They will help you program your

brain. When you master simpleshapes, you can draw anything if you

persist in practicing. God will bless

your sincere efforts!


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To stave off Alzheimer's and other memory losses, see the PBS special by Rudolph

Tanzer, a Harvard researcher titled, "SuperBrain. He found new brain cells and synapse

connections are made at any age by keeping activephysically, socially and mentally!


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The method used in these books is to TRACE OUTLINES, IMPRINT the

shape pattern by retracingalways concentrating on continually improving

the shape as you do so, more closely to the perfect shape you picture in your

mind. Line drawing is the first step.

RIGHT-BRAIN, LEFT-BRAIN learning depends on the

available shapes in your memory. Programming shapes

into your memory is facilitated by learning to trace and

draw with both hands. Also, by physically handling shapes

and using your eyes or finger in the air to .trace. around

distant objects such as mountains.

Doing it as a family brings great joy and happiness as

each one's work and progress is encouraged and admired.


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It never fails to capture a small child's attention when they look at a

smiling face on a sun or moon, when you want them to practice drawing

circles.

Smiling faces on smiling suns is a sign that a child is happy in whatever

activity they are engaging in at the moment, an eminent psychologist

concluded years ago.

Many smiling suns appeared on old school papers I saved when my

children were young. They had some good teachers who understood that

children need joy to succeed at learning.


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Two more circle shapes to choose from. Point out the

triangles representing the sun's rays on the sun. Show the

children other ways to represent the sun's rays. Usually they

pick the straight lines, but squiggles are a good variation.

Point out the U-shape of the flower petals.


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Slight changes in the circle shape makes ovals. I think they are easier to draw,

especially since more of the fruits and vegetables we handle and draw are altered

ovals. We have more shape experiences with them.

We learned all about Humpty Dumpty's sad accident from the nursery rhymewhen we were very young. It is fun to draw Humpty, before and after his great fall.

Especially if he's dressed on the wall. We saw him in old-fashioned clothes, but I'm

sure the children will update his look!

And tomatoes are just squashed ovals. We handle and eat them almost every

day. I like to draw tomatoes. I think that they are the most familiar, easiest shape to

draw of all.


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Here's a fish with a modified oval for a body and u-shaped

scales. The curves of the fish make an egg-shaped body.


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Many children have a pet gold

fish.

Many children get to go fishing

with Dad and Grandpa.

Fishing usually brings back happy

memories of family outings and playing

in the water.


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Hearts are wonderful shapes to draw,

and the most familiar because of all the

hearts we've drawn and cut out for

Valentine' Day.

Try this exercise. Draw a heart half in

the air with your right hand. Next, draw a

heart half with your left hand. Then put your

pointer fingers together and draw the heart

with both hands. Do it again and notice it

makes your brain happy, because both

hands are engaged. I tell people doing so

that it makes their brain '"smile"!


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You can think in terms of real dogs. Just take the next step

and round out the boxes. Draw a more life-like dog.


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