Drawing Helps Children Write

While writing is a skill many people spend hours honing, some believe that starting off by drawing as a kid can help with their story-writing abilities.

Though most kids draw often at a young age, the craft tends to dissipate as they get older. In fact, unless kids are taking an art class, they may not draw much, if at all.

Though drawing and writing are completely different things, they go hand in hand when it comes to teaching kids to focus on the material at hand. Drawing increases the creativity in their brain and helps them to visualize what they will write later.

Some people claim that children who learn to focus on drawing something before they tend to write about it can do so with a deeper level of understanding.

Likewise, it's found that students who draw develop a more sophisticated vocabulary.

A lot of these good outcomes come from supporting children in their creativity. If adults don't try to understand how the kids are communicating when they draw, they might cease drawing all together.

While reading and writing are inherently important for children, especially in school, perhaps teachers and parents should spend more time allowing children to be creative in any way possible.

In fact, I think teachers should add art to their school-work curriculum. Even as adults, it's fun to draw, though it can be stressful if the communication in the art isn't clear enough.

Perhaps we as adults should focus more on making sure our kids can communicate clearly, and allowing them to use art in their writing to do so.

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