Children who draw before they tackle writing tasks produce better writing--its longer, more syntactically sophisticated and has a greater variety of vocabulary. It is likely this is because the act of drawing concentrates the mind on the topic at hand, and provides an avenue for rehearsal before writing--rather like a first draft where they can sort things out before having to commit words to a page.
Posted on: Sat, 19 Apr 2014 04:10:34 +0000
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