subject: Learning through drawing [print this page] Irrespective of the fact that whether a child is good or not at drawing some of the earliest doodling of a toddler consists of drawings. This tells us how the brains cells function by capturing the images and associating sounds or images associated with it. Starting from the various basic shapes like round, square and circle etc., the child progresses further to incorporate complex shapes and other attributes of the figures like animals and humans etc. Drawing is a fun way of learning as it allows people to bring to life and see the results of their creative thinking and out of the box imagination. Making use of the basic shapes and structure knowledge the individuals can add further details to their drawings, creating figures and cartoon with the distinct feature with its own signature attribute. The basics of learning to draw are relatively simple in contrast to the belief otherwise. It includes making the use of the fundamental shapes like round or oval as heads and other related approaches to draw out the other parts of the body. This is the reason most of the pre nursery children are taught the essential concepts and the names of the fruits and vegetables through drawing, so that they are able to recognize and associate it with the real ones easily. However, with the advancement of the technology our tools of educating have also been modified and offer a contemporary approach to learning.Instead of making use of the time taking process of showing the collection of real things to the children and then making them practice to draw; the teachers make use of the computers to show the virtual collection of the animals, fruits, vegetables and so on to the children. This way they are able to observe the live pictures of the animals and memorize the details pertaining to the same easily. Also when it comes to reproducing the concept they have grasped, instead of making use of the traditional ways, the schools are making use of the drawing software to allow the child to bring to life their imagination using the drawing tools. This serves a multiple task in education. Not only do the children learn to draw, but also learn how to handle computer at a very early age. Moreover, they get to know a lot about animation as well, since most of the drawing software allow the children to animate the characters that they have created through simple tactics. This is the reason many online drawing games like the sketch heroes etc. are becoming popular among the children and their parents in the recent era.
