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Everything Visual Aids focuses on current information regarding the use and benefits of visual materials for kids. 

Another focus is to provide some visual aids at low to no cost! This may include some made by us or links to other providers will be provided. 

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5 Useful Types of Visual Aids

Are you still unsure what some good visual aids are? In the How do visual aids help students with learning disabilities? post, we covered six different types of aids that specifically can be beneficial to teaching kids with learning disabilities. Those things included graphs and charts, peer models, photographs, graphics, videos, and objects. These are just as great for kids that don't have learning disabilities. In this post, we will cover five additional visual aids that could help in a classroom setting. These will include posters, handouts, props, presentations, and hands-on experience. Posters Posters are a great way to add colour and variety to a classroom while being educational. Common uses of posters may include calendars, task charts, infographics, maps, and diagrams. Calendars are common in elementary school classrooms. These are great when teaching kids about days, weeks, months, and years. Along with calendars, weather charts are commonly placed beside to help kids id...
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How to Create Effective Visual Resources - Part 2: Principles of Design

Creating effective visual aids can seem hard if you don't know where to start. This two-part post teaches you about the elements and principles of design, what they are and how you could use them to create your visual aids. Now that you know about the elements of design , let's go over the principles of design. Principles of design are used with elements of design to create simple to elaborate work. There is some disagreement among designers of which are the core principles of design. This post will cover the many different ones regardless of how popular they are. The principles that will be covered are contrast, balance, movement and hierarchy, emphasis, pattern and repetition, variety, unity, proximity, and alignment. Principles of Design Contrast Contrast occurs when there is a variation or contrast that makes the visual interesting. Contrast can be created through size (big vs small), colour (warm vs cool), texture (slimy vs soft), value (light vs dark), length (short vs lo...
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How to Create Effective Visual Resources - Part 1: Elements of Design

So you want to create your own visual aid, but have no clue where to start? Have you ever heard of the element and principles of designs? These elements and principles of design are used by artists, designers, and many others to create effective and powerful visual content. This post has been broken up into two parts. Part 1 will cover the elements of design which include: line, shape, form, colour, value, texture, and space. In Part 2 we will cover the principles of design. The principles build upon the elements, so it is important to know and understand what the elements are. Once you know what the elements of design are, you can start using them to create effective visual aids. Elements of Design Line Lines are marks with a greater length than width. Lines can be straight, horizontal, vertical, diagonal, or curved. Straight lines are called structural lines while curved lines are expressive lines. Lines can be thick or thin in intensity. Contour lines are lines that go around an obj...
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