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Mona Brookes has her degree in psychology, but after 20 years in that field she decided to focus on her passion of art. The serendipity of a few events led her to help others to teach children how to draw. She developed a way to help children draw by noticing patterns in all of what we see in her book Drawing with Children: A Method for Teachers and Adults, Too. I have used her methods as I taught elementary and secondary and it helped my students remember and feel good about their entries in their journals. Art improves the observation skills to help the brain make sense and it stimulates the brain's ability to remember. I decided to learn how to help teachers with helping students' brains learn and remember what they learn.
Since I am now the Social Studies Curriculum Specialist for Elementary, my focus will be on her newest book, Drawing Thru Geography for teachers of students about 6 to 8.
