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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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10 Websites Providing Free & Cheap Visual Resources

Printing free printable. Are you a teacher or parent struggling to find good visual resources? There are many resources available on the internet, and sharing them all could take several blog posts! Here is a list of some of my favorite websites or resources that offer free or low-cost visual aids. Most of these deal with printables. There are a couple of video resources included as well. 1. Printable Mom Containing, easy, simple, ready-to-print activities, Printable Mom provides parents and teachers with visual resources at a very low cost. Two of the more educational-based resources offered include a student clock and chore charts. The resources sometimes come in Spanish in addition to English. Click here to go to Printable Mom Etsy shop. “I SPY”  printouts from Paper Tail Design. 2. Paper Trail Design Paper Trail Design provides fun printable activities, decor, and organizational material. The “I SPY” worksheets are not only fun but educational in more than one way. They come on...
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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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