Making Your Own Flash Cards

By making your own Flash Cards teachers can save money. All you need is

Microsoft Paint so that you can draw the idea very simply.
And Photoshop Elements so that you can enhance the image and add text in the way you want it to appear.

The two software programs are suitable for different aspects of the task.

MSPaint is not only simple but it forces the artist to stay simple and uncomplicated. This is visually appealing for little kids and it is easy to convince them that they are capable of drawing like pictures too.
Photoshop Elements is more versatile and the text is much more easily manipulated and positioned.

When the image is transported into Photoshop the Filter Tools can be used to enhance the image

The Crop Tool can be used to crop away any unused areas of the illustration so that the children focus on the content desired

Below you see two pictures

Image One has been drawn MSPaint whilst telling students the purpose of the Flash Card. Students drew there own version - asking what the time was in a different way. Some drew themselves out at night sleeping under the stars.
Image Two is the original cleaned up and enhanced. Flash Card with a different slant and one with adifferent orientation.