
Reason #4 Doodle Art: Doodling & Tangling Helps Kids Relax

It’s a relaxing way to focus, think, concentrate and memorize. They are best known as “zentangles” or lines and circles that repeat in patterns. The goal: encourage the development of non-cognitive skills! (that means non-thinking skills which open the door to amazing spontaneous creativity)ĭoodle art can combine different methods and techniques. Still, in the development process, the website will offer free creative lessons, a chance to earn “doodle dollars,” behind-the-scenes “field trip” videos to movie sets and recording studios, as well as first-person accounts from women about their industries and career paths. Backed by Yoko Ono, Sarah Silverman and Arianna Huffington this website’s focus is to create a place for teen girls to develop their imaginations and learn about creating opportunities for themselves. (I need to tell my mother!) Reason #3 Doodle Art: Doodling Builds the Imagination & Non-Cognitive SkillsĪ virtual boot camp, called “The School of Doodle,” has sprung up online and is a platform for the imagination to bloom. Whatever the reasons for doodling, it is fast becoming a respectable pastime. When people were encouraged to doodle while listening to a list of people’s names being read, they were able to remember 29 percent more of the information on a surprise quiz later on. Scientists have also found that doodling actually improves memory especially when coupled with listening to classical music. it allows the pondering new frontiers of thoughtĬlearly, it’s a powerful way for preteens and teens to think.doodling is a way of expressing creative energy.take random thoughts and solidifies them into a purposeful whole.

According to Brown, doodling can affect how we process information and solve problems.

“They are a thinking tool,” states Sunni Brown, author of The Doodle Revolution. Those little spontaneous, random marks on the page appear to be more meaningful than originally thought. When I asked him what he liked best about doodling, he said that they were ‘relaxing and helped him to think better.’ Reason #2 Doodle Art: Doodling Is A Thinking Tool for Kids & Teens and Improves Memory I gave him cardstock paper and a few sharpies and he was off and running.
