Shadowing Practice: How to Teach Drawing to Kids | Basic Drawing Tricks! - Learn English Speaking with Video

Hey guys, welcome back to my channel

and today I want to just briefly talk about how to teach drawing to kids, specifically drawing.

And I have another video that I will link down in the description below

that is how to teach art to kids and that's art specifically in broad spectrum.

whereas today I want to talk about specifically drawing for ages like 7 through 10 this age bracket

and I want to I want to emphasize

that giving them the drawing tools and tricks and skills like

that are really gonna set them up well for the future

and being able to express themselves more

so at this age they definitely want to copy things

and they want to make things look right

or look like the picture they're drawing or the animal they're trying to to create.

I've found that the best tips and tricks for this are a step-by-step drawing process.

So giving them a grid, starting with a grid, teaching them how to divide their paper into half, both directions or thirds, whatever you need for the specific subject you're drawing,

and then breaking things down into basic shapes.

And then once you've done the drawing process literally piece by piece with them, teaching them how to use a grid teaching them how to

see basic shapes then you give them the freedom to color

it texture it add materials whatever they want to to it

so you're still incorporating a level of play and a level of experimentation

but you're giving them those valuable skills of learning to look at something and draw it.

Copy what I do and draw it.

Watch your spacing, you know, copy the spacing that I'm doing and put it on your paper.

Those types of skills are just so, so important for bringing your child to the next level.

I have had students that after the step-by-step drawing process, they will remember the steps.

And actually, I've had students go home and draw that over

and over and over again I actually had a student do we did a step-by-step toucan drawing

and she just loved it and she went home

and she drew like 20 toucans of all different sizes

and all different colors and I was so proud of her

because she now has that skill yes it's very structured

because it was like only the one direction of the toucan for every picture

but she had the skills and then she had the confidence to create that same toucan we did in class

at home by herself because I gave her those tools of using a grid, using basic shapes, and then she had that confidence to do it on her own

and then to color them and have fun with bringing them to life the way she wanted to.

This whole process, grid, basic shapes, drawing step by step, is great for a variety of ages.

It works great with adults.

I mean, we do step-by-step painting processes,

you know, that just really help the student understand the order of operations,

so to speak, of creating a painting or creating a piece of art.

And so it works with pretty much everybody, but, and obviously the outcome is going to be different, right?

The end result of the painting or the picture is going to be slightly different from student to student.

And of course you're giving them the freedom to color and express what they just drew on their own.

So it just works great for really teaching those basic drawing skills,

giving them confidence, and setting them up for the future with expressing themselves and expressing their creativity.

Obviously the older the age, the more accurate their drawing will be.

It'll look more like yours, but again they can't get there until they've had practice to look at what you drew on the board

or on the paper and copy it

On their paper with the same spacing and length and thickness

and all of that again You learn so much through

that process So that is my little tip

and trick for you art teachers out there wanting to teach

drawing to kids I really highly recommend this method of the step-by-step with the grid with basic shapes

and then giving them the freedom to color it and and express it how they want to.

So I hope you found this video helpful.

If you did, please give it a thumbs up and subscribe to my channel if you haven't already.

I do tons of art content like this, instructional videos, how-to videos, I mean, everything and anything.

So, and feel free to reach out at any point.

I'm here to answer any questions and to be of assistance and inspiration.

So thanks for watching guys and we'll see you next time.

Bye.

Thank you.

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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson

This B1 speaking lesson is built on the video “How to Teach Drawing to Kids”. The speaker keeps coming back to these words: drawing, step, grid, skill, student. This video has 61 sentences and 823 words to shadow. The speech runs for 4:47. The speaker talks at a natural 172 words per minute, close to everyday conversation. 89% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English, so the vocabulary is easy to follow.

Key vocabulary in this video

The 15 most advanced words in the video, with pronunciation and meaning:

Word	Pronunciation	Meaning
grid noun	/ɡɹɪd/	A rectangular array of squares or rectangles of equal size, such as in a crossword puzzle.
toucan noun	/ˈtuːˌkæn/	Any of various neotropical frugivorous birds from the family Ramphastidae, with a large colorful beak.
experimentation noun	/ɪkˌspɛɹ.ə.mənˈteɪ.ʃən/	The act of experimenting; practice by experiment.
instructional adjective		Intended for purposes of instruction, for teaching.
emphasize verb	/ˈɛm.fə.saɪz/	To stress, give emphasis or extra weight to (something).
thickness noun	/ˈθɪknəs/	The property of being thick (in dimension).
bracket noun	/ˈbɹækɪt/	A fixture attached to a wall to hold up a shelf.
incorporate verb	/ɪŋˈkɔɹ.pɚ.eɪt/	To include (something) as a part.
texture noun	/ˈtɛkst͡ʃə(ɹ)/	The feel or shape of a surface or substance; the smoothness, roughness, softness, etc. of something.
thumb noun	/ˈθʌm/	The shortest and thickest digit of the hand that for humans has the most mobility and can be made to oppose (moved to touch) all of the other fingers.
creativity noun	/kri.eɪˈtɪv.ᵻ.ti/	The ability to use imagination to produce a novel idea or product.
subscribe verb	/səbˈskɹaɪb/	To write (one’s name) at the bottom of a document; to sign (one's name).
divide verb	/dɪˈvaɪd/	To split or separate (something) into two or more parts.
briefly adverb	/ˈbɹiːfli/	In a brief manner, summarily.
spectrum noun	/ˈspɛktɹəm/	A range; a continuous, infinite, one-dimensional set, possibly bounded by extremes.

Grammar in this video

The structures the speaker uses most, with the exact words from the video:

Structure	In the video
Present perfect have/has + past participle — a past action that still matters now	I've found · you've done
Present continuous am/is/are + -ing — something happening right now or around now	they're drawing · you're drawing · you're still incorporating
Future with “will” will + verb — a decision, promise or prediction	will link · will remember · will be
Future with “going to” be going to + verb — a plan or something you can see coming	gonna set · is going to be

Pronunciation to watch

The speaker uses 17 contractions and reduced forms, such as you're, I'm, I've. Say them the short way, as you hear them.

The “th” sounds: thickness /ˈθɪknəs/, thumb /ˈθʌm/
Long words — get the stress right: experimentation /ɪkˌspɛɹ.ə.mənˈteɪ.ʃən/, incorporate /ɪŋˈkɔɹ.pɚ.eɪt/, creativity /kri.eɪˈtɪv.ᵻ.ti/

How to practise with this video

Listen to the whole video once without speaking and note the words you do not know.
Start at 0.75× speed, shadow it sentence by sentence, then go back to normal speed once it feels easy.
Record yourself and compare with the original, paying attention to words like grid, toucan, experimentation.

What is the Shadowing Technique?

Shadowing is a science-backed language learning technique originally developed for professional interpreter training and popularized by polyglot Dr. Alexander Arguelles. The method is simple but powerful: you listen to native English audio and immediately repeat it out loud — like a shadow following the speaker with just a 1–2 second delay. Unlike passive listening or grammar drills, shadowing forces your brain and mouth muscles to simultaneously process and reproduce real speech patterns. Research shows it significantly improves pronunciation accuracy, intonation, rhythm, connected speech, listening comprehension, and speaking fluency — making it one of the most effective methods for IELTS Speaking preparation and real-world English communication.

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