Pick and Draw Card Game Receives the National Parenting Center Seal of Approval

FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. - Nov. 20, 2013 - PRLog -- Children’s book illustrator, Rich Davis, has taught thousands of kids to draw. From years of illustrating books and teaching art in schools and libraries, Davis developed a simple card game called Pick and Draw to use as a fun teaching aid.  Since then, parents, teachers, occupational therapists and counselors have successfully used Pick and Draw to teach drawing, writing and to build confidence in children. The National Parenting Center has awarded the Pick and Draw(http://www.pickanddraw.com) card game with its 2013 Seal of Approval.

According to the National Parenting Center(http://www.tnpc.com) review, “The Pick and Draw card game impressed testers as being both brilliantly simple and wonderfully creative.  In a nutshell this is a drawing game.  There are five colors of cards and each card represents an element of a face.  Players begin by drawing a face shape then the different facial features.  Players don’t need to be artists to draw hilarious cartoon faces and they don’t have to be able to read to participate.  This makes it a fun activity for the entire family.”

The National Parenting Center was founded in 1989, with the goal of providing comprehensive and responsible parenting advice. Their Seal of Approval is used to endorse the best products and services as determined by a panel of parent and children reviewers. This means the products they endorse are thoroughly tested, and parent approved.

The review continued, “The only equipment needed is the included cards, a pencil and paper.  There are several game variations all of which contribute to keeping the experience fresh and fun.  The game celebrates the creative artistic spirit no matter the level and gives everyone the tools to succeed. It is easy to set up and clean up.  Its size makes it ideal for family vacations. Finally the very reasonable price makes this a great value.”

The game has been used successfully around the world and is available for purchase from the PickandDraw.com website for $10.00.  As a published children’s book author, Davis also decided to create a compilation book “THE BIG BOOK OF PICK AND DRAW ACTIVITIES” Educator’s Special Edition that highlights some of the additional fun activities that can be done with the Pick and Draw game. Various professionals in fields related to children and education have written each chapter of the book available now at Amazon.com (paperback $12.91; ebook $5.99).

The game’s simple shapes allow anyone of any age to take on drawing a fun cartoon face. This activity gives confidence to those who make the effort and makes “success” possible in a short time.  Because people want to repeat it, continued learning happens. With over 60,000 different cartoon face possibilities, students can come back to it over and over.  It is designed to develop fine motor skills, enhance cognition, and stimulate creativity in a fun and easy way.  It also is an easy lead in to creative writing. In five minutes or less, anyone will know how to play and will have made their first drawing.  It’s an addiction that is helping people, not hurting them!

About Pick and Draw
Popular illustrator Rich Davis developed the Pick and Draw card game to use in art presentations to children of all ages at public libraries and schools. As a professional artist, Davis wanted to help children unlock new pathways of visual thinking to empower them, and do it in an unsuspecting fun way. The wide acceptance of the game has led to the www.PickandDraw.com e-commerce and fun activity website.

The simple drawing game has proven to do much more than provide entertainment; it opens up creative thinking and builds confidence in children. Pick and Draw is currently being used in autistic spectrum clinics; occupational therapy clinics; Christian missions; youth work in churches; public schools; homeschools; pre schools; children's grief counseling clinics and art education classrooms. The popularity of the game led to the “THE BIG BOOK OF PICK AND DRAW ACTIVITIES” Educator’s Special Edition with chapters written by professionals in these areas who have found effective ways to use Pick and Draw with children. Visit Pick and Draw at www.pickanddraw.com, Draw with Rich Blog or on Facebook.