Drawing kit. Creativity at a young age

2024 Author: Priscilla Miln | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-16 00:21

Every young mother thinks about when to teach her child to draw. There is no doubt that this must be done - any creative activity develops fine motor skills, imagination, perseverance, which means it will contribute to the rapid development of the baby. But to the question of when a child should buy the first drawing set, many mothers do not know the answer. The opinion of experts is as follows: you can start working with a child from about 9-10 months.

Drawing kits can be found in any toy store, their range is simply huge: special magnetic boards, mats, wax and regular pencils, crayons, felt-tip pens and much more. And how to navigate among all this diversity? In fact, you need to take into account the age of the child - for a 12-13-year-old teenager, it is quite possible to buy a set for painting with oil paints, especially if he already attends art school, but for a preschooler you will have to pick up somethingother.

Child from one to three years old

Children from one to three already know perfectly well how to hold a pencil, and how to drive it on paper. True, the drawings are most often obtained from them in the form of dashes and curls and so far do not look like either houses or cars. At this age, it is difficult for babies to hold small objects, so fairly thick felt-tip pens and pencils should be included in the drawing set.

Alternatively, you can try finger paints - they are completely safe, so if a child accidentally tastes them, it's okay. The only negative is that the baby will then have to be washed entirely, since while drawing, children grab themselves by the face and other parts of the body. Experienced mothers are advised to conduct a session of creating "art masterpieces" with finger paints immediately before bathing.

Child from three to five

During this period, children begin to create quite meaningful pictures on paper, so ordinary felt-tip pens, pencils and, of course, coloring books can be included in the drawing set. The latter help the child develop better, in addition, various puzzle drawings will be useful: labyrinths, connecting dots with lines, etc. But when buying such coloring pages, you must make sure that the pictures in them are simple - children will not be able to colorize small details.

Child from five to ten years old

The recommendations given here are rather arbitrary. If you think your child can handlewith a more difficult task, then he should purchase a drawing set designed for children of the next age group. At this age, a child can buy almost all things for drawing: paints, brushes, stencils, pencils, etc. An important period comes for parents - it will be necessary to determine whether this activity will remain a domestic hobby, or the child will begin to go to art school. At the same time, mom and dad need to try to impartially assess the creative potential, since not all children have a talent for painting. And, of course, it is necessary to take into account the child's opinion on this issue, but in no case should he be forced. Drawing is a creative process, and no one has yet succeeded in creating by order.