Kids these days will inevitably have to read and write a lot. But what if drawing combined with handwriting could make the studying process more fun?
What if their notes looked so good the notes themselves could be a presentation or part of their portfolio?
What if we could inject a little fun and creativity into their most tedious school work?
Could learning, no matter what the material, be as fun as their favorite game?
Is it really possible that one note-taking technique that combines art and language could achieve all of this?
And even if it IS possible, how much would it be worth to learn it?
All it will cost you is the 5-minute hassle of checking your schedule for a block of time for your son or daughter to learn.
But surely it will lead to some expensive offer in the end right??? "There is no free lunch" as they say.
If your son or daughter likes the lesson and wants to learn more in the future then I have other classes and collaborative art projects I can offer them. But ONLY if your son or daughter ABSOLUTELY LOVES this first free lesson.
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So you must be wondering...
How could mixing art and notes possibly get MY SON OR DAUGHTER excited about studying?
Schools always emphasize reading and writing, and rarely implement active use of drawing or visuals outside of art class.
Reading and writing only uses the language and listening parts of the brain.
Traditional learning fails to engage the most useful tools of the human mind.
University of Rochester researchers found that our brains dedicate more than half of the surface of our brains to processing visuals.
Maybe this is why so many of us end up doodling in our notes and feeling bored even while trying to focus on a lecture,
or why we find it so easy to drive while listening to something completely unrelated.
Even language itself started out as pictograms--the clever creation of visuals, symbols, and images.
That's why I teach students to DRAW their notes and use their CREATIVITY to study.
This approach is new, but it borrows techniques that are as ancient as our oldest human ancestors illustrating stories on the walls of caves.
The human brain is very slow to read words and sentences. Yet it can read images and visuals almost instantaneously by comparison.
Even the most rudimentary drawings can contain so much more information for the person who drew it. This is why in every form of storytelling it is always better to show than it is to tell.
An image is worth a 1,000 words. This is why notes with 5 drawings is better than 5,000 words, but far easier to review and remember.
I love to draw. I studied animation at art school. I worked as a professional animator, graphic designer, web designer, and game artist at different studios across the world. In fact I drew and created all of the graphics on this webpage. So of course, I love this technique.
But many of the high school students I taught could draw no better than kindergarteners when they began my classes. But even drawing their notes POORLY transforms studying into a positive experience.
This technique doesn't require almost any drawing skill at all. In fact, I encourage my students to draw like kindergarteners. Maybe that's why they learn to enjoy learning again like kindergarteners.
Below are some different examples of notes taken by students during my interactive online 50-minute one time tutoring session. During this workshop students learn to use their visual spatial intelligence to render notes that are
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According to parents this lesson is great for...
500+ students took this workshop in 2022-2023. We received 164 positive response reviews.
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This lesson is critical for students to learn so I am also making a full PDF of the lesson materials available to everyone who takes the workshop.
Here's a preview of the PDF. This is just the illustrated outline, but the PDF will include the full instructions.
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