Doodle Notes

In an effort to engage the whole child, we utilize "Doodle Notes' in our classroom. This learning technique does not use much “executive” brainpower, but it does activate the brain. It requires just enough cognitive effort to help students be attentive, learn, and remember, leading to an increase in retention. In combination with these newly discovered benefits of doodling, more brain research has also been revealed about the merits of coloring, as well. The brain is divided into two hemispheres. Between the left and the right sides of the brain lies a bundle of neural fibers called the corpus callosum. The goal is to integrate the left brain and the right brain and encourage communication across the corpus callosum. Whenever you achieve a crossover between the two hemispheres of the brain, student learning is enhanced. Integrating color into the classroom experience activates both hemispheres of the brain at the same time. When a student engages in coloring, doodling, or artistic embellishment of their lesson material, the two sides of the brain work together (source).