“The key to pursuing excellence is to embrace an organic, long-term learning process, and not to live in a shell of static, safe mediocrity. Usually growth comes at the expense of previous comfort or safety.” – Josh Waitzkin
Modern neuroscience reveals that human intelligence is a subjective phenomenon, one that develops over time with inputs that include observation, experience, education, the accrual of knowledge, growth of brain cells, and other faculties. It would make sense to link intelligence with animal instincts, and explore various aspects of this remarkable phenomenon through experiments, deduction, and more. One of the prime aspects of human intelligence operates when we seek to interact with children and young citizens; such activity presumes a clear simplification of thoughts, ideas and concepts to enable a degree of comprehension among young audiences. Such activity would be an attempt to introduce children to the world of ideas – hence, electing to explain sophisticated constructs – such as flowcharts – to children; such a project requires adults to deploy intelligence in pursuit of making flowcharts easier for children’s understanding.
- Integrating Colors
Colors – or a range of tints – when applied to connected illustrations can depict meanings, and describe the fundamental aspects of flow-based diagrams to children. This form of activity would be a primary step toward making flowcharts easier for comprehension in the minds of young citizens. Further, we may apply colors to segments of flow-based diagrams, add connectors between stages, and allow children to interact with this visual construct. Designers may vary the size representations of stages and sub-stages, explore the horizontal and vertical dimensions, or create sequences of uniformly-designed stages within flowcharts. We note such venture must emerge from the minds and experiences of creators/designers; it must also take into account the age of young audiences – as part of pursuing simplification at every level of diagram design and construction.
- Developing Meaning through Text
Text-based instruction (or captions) remains vital to the act of promoting comprehension; we could also deploy numerals, integers, or alphabets within individual stages of a connected diagram designed for children. A diverse set of instructions is therefore necessary in the project of making flowcharts easier for children. Small editions of connected diagram may feature two or three stages; these could perform as a primary introduction for young minds. We may also append colors to texts in a bid to expand the diversity (and impact) of the emerging visual image. As part of the headline project, designers could seek to encourage children to participate in the creation of flow-based diagrams; this could take shape as a trial-and-error method of learning for young citizens. Additionally, designers may eschew text-based instruction and implement a (repetition-based) verbal narrative that boosts understanding in minds of children.
- Using Animation, Images in Diagrams
Animated icons (or pictures of objects, fruits) rank high when we work on making flowcharts easier for children to understand. As part of this initiative, creators may fashion sequences of imagery to convey (or develop) meaning and context. For instance, images can be crucial when we choose to visually explain the many acts of making a healthy breakfast through flowcharts. Children’s familiarity with the constituent images promotes an understanding of the sequence; this method can also enable a smoother visualization in the minds of children, thereby creating early impressions of logic and sequence in young minds. Additionally, designers could elect to position multiple icons or pictures within illustrations in a bid to expand children’s familiarity with the objects commonly found in the physical world.
- Deploying the Doodle
Implementing doodling as a means to attract and retain the interest of young minds in the headline project, could spur creativity. Thus, free scale drawing remains a primary tactic, one that departs from the conventions of flowchart orthodoxy. Doodling injects a playful element into the enterprise, thereby making flowcharts easier for children. We may tailor this form of activity to design a flowing visual narrative in two-dimensional spaces; the activity may feature elements, connections, a brief storyline, stages, and more. Doodling invites children to participate in creation, thereby introducing them to informal systems of exploration, storytelling, and ideation. Further, such activity may encourage young citizens to develop their own narratives, manage the flows, and build early versions of flow-based narratives rendered on paper, slate, etc.
- Building Sub-Processes
As part of original ideation, creators may magnify certain sections of connected diagram for making flowcharts easier on young minds. This technique would be the equivalent of designing a sub-process inside standard versions of connected illustrations. Pursuant to this, creators may infuse a storyline into the attempt at magnification; subsequently, we may seek to illuminate young minds with sub-stages that may radiate round the primary stage. In accomplishing this act, we have attained the design of a subsidiary version of connected diagram; we may request young citizens to explore the magnified image and share their impressions of the endeavor. Additionally, educators may encourage children to collaborate as part of making flowcharts easier for young minds. They may also add their own versions of narrative in a bid to expand the scope of the conversation and promote learning among all stakeholders.
- The Jumble: A Creative Effort
The use of puzzles, or jumbles of alphabets, could prove an interesting visual technique for children’s education; the jumble could represent a potential starting point when we embark on making flowcharts easier for young children. We may view this as part of method of inaugurating learning as a lifelong process in the minds of children. Educators and teachers could encourage children to segregate clusters of words, or parts of a puzzle in a given sequence. These activities contribute to early education, and prime young minds to receive instruction on connected diagrams. This form of training could find implementation inside classrooms, in informal learning sessions at home, or as part of primary education in schools. Such training could also encourage the development of numerical ability in young minds, setting the stage for higher achievements in learning and education.
- Exploring In-Diagram Connectors
We may explore the concept of connectors – and reduce the complexities resident therein – as part of making flowcharts easier for understanding of children. Educators could explain the functions of connectors to children, and encourage an exploration of arrow-based connectors. This technique could help young minds understand the idea of linearity, as also basic versions of cause-and-effect; such learning can help contribute to their general understanding. In addition, educators may encourage children to draw types of connectors on paper, practice the art of connecting stages through linear models, build multiple stages of connections, and apply their understanding to elementary design of illustrations. It would help to encourage young minds to develop verbal ability as part of the exercise of drawing diagrams on paper.
- In Conclusion
These lines of deliberation can expand our understanding of some techniques that can assist in the headline topic. It is important to appreciate the various lines of art and science that help making flowcharts easier for the minds of young citizens. Policy planners may take note of such initiatives and frame new aspects of curriculum in tune with the above. Educators, on their part, could invest effort to design new means of flowchart creation, of creating new techniques for primary education, and enabling higher levels of comprehension in budding minds. We may also develop ancillary narratives that enable older children to embark on designing new levels of complexity in diagram creation. These initiatives could empower contemporary educators to develop new ideas that promote intellectual growth in children.
