Reading through internet some information about how painting affects developing on our children I have found that fingerprints were used long time ago, almost 13000 years ago, children used to paint on walls and were drawing not only simple lines but also symbolic shapes. This makes us understand the importance of painting in children´s development.
This week, from nursery I received a booklet with all of works done by our kid. I have seen that they used to do different fine motor activities like painting with fingerprints, with a sponge, with an apple, drawing with cryons and so on. All these activities help him continuously to get used with colors, shapes, forms. Apart of that, when they work in group, doing the same thing together, they learn to share and to interact with each other, they learn to cleanup and to put materials away.
At home I try to find time to draw together with my child, usually he asks me to draw something, like a butterfly or a dog or a cat. Even if I don´t draw professionally, I try to show him how these animals or things look like. In this way he creates associations and understand that a picture means something in real world. I think this kind of toddler activity helps my toddler to be creative and develope his imagination. As well it is easier through painting to teach him colors and shapes.
In conclusion I would like to enumerate all advantages of painting with your kids.Through painting they:
- develop fine motor skills, get their fingers used to handling
- get used to texture of crayons, watercolors, sponge, apples, etc
- how to paint while paper moves and to handle this
- express their thoughts and feelings
- learn basic colors, and their mixture
- develop sensitive skills like: smelling, touching, hearing and sometimes tasting
Sometimes it is a messy work, but please do not think only on that, your kid will have a lot of fun.
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