Re: Waldo/Low Reader Connection

["The Austin's" <whest177@WHEATSTATE.COM>]

This is an interesting topic. Since I am also a K-12 art teacher, I have
long been interested in the relationship between drawing/reading ability. In
my K-2 classes, I can tell when they begin to fully grasp the concept of
reading as their artwork also improves. I don't know if there is any
research to support this, but I haven't been proven wrong yet! Yet,
interestingly enough, by the middle school years, some of these same
students become some of my most talented artists. I am wondering if by this
age, they spend more time "practicing" their drawing because it is something
they are successful at. Of course, a "good eye" is imperative to being an
artist.

I have very mixed emotions over the Waldo type books, because those visual
skills are important, yet so is reading! Just pondering......

Michal Austin
K-6 LMS/K-12 Art
Flinthills USD 492
Rosalia KS
whest177@wheatstate.com

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