Ways To Boost Your Child’s Drawing Skills

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Ways To Boost Your Childs Drawing Skills
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Drawing skills improve muscle development
control


Its important that children are physically ready
to begin drawing activities for kids at home.
Focus on exercising shoulder and arm muscles
(gross motor skills). Here are some great ideas
to get your child moving. Get her to climb a tree
or pull herself up using her arms, swirl and
dance with a coloured ribbon stuck to a stick in
wide arcs, sweep with a broom, fill and empty toy
buckets, draw giant chalk circles on the
driveway, in fact, anything that will get your
child stretching up or across her body!
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Most of what your will be needing can be found
around in your home itself. As muscles and
control develop, your child will automatically
progress to using crayons or chalk to draw big
circles and straight lines on paper. This type of
drawing is often dismissed as squiggles and
doodles but is actually an important step in
learning to draw. Remember, for a toddler
learning to control any tool, such as a pencil,
crayon or paintbrush is hard and requires a lot
of practice. Hand-eye coordination is also key
for drawing as is the need for your child to
build up control in her hands and fingers. Many
of these skills can be supported by ensuring your
child is physically active through play for at
least an hour and a half, daily.


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Instill drawing skills and make it fun


Parents can be most supportive by providing some
basic art material. Drawing can become a major
part of kids activities. It does not require
expensive inputs just a pencil, an eraser and a
few sheets of paper and then leaves your child to
get on with it. The importance of drawing and
painting in child development becomes even more
meaningful as drawing stimulates and nurtures the
imagination. The best way to encourage your child
is when you avoid comparing your childs drawing
to another childs work. Do not push or put your
child under pressure to draw.
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Instill drawing skills and make it fun


Improve how your child communicates As stated
earlier, toddlers and young children cannot
always find the right words and actions to
express themselves. But by looking at what they
draw, parents can gain insight into their childs
thoughts and feelings. Apart from this, being
able to express freely helps boost a childs
emotional intelligence.
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Instill drawing skills and make it fun


Help your child think clearly When your child
begins to draw, she is faced with multiple
decisions and choices whether its what colour
should I use here? or How do I draw an
aeroplane and connect one part of its body to
another? How many petals should my flower
have? Should I make each petal look different?
All these questions require her to solve
problems. You can learn a lot by asking questions
such as, why did she draw certain parts of the
flower the way she did? Why she used one colour
and not another? See what answers your child
comes up with to justify her decisions.
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Instill drawing skills and make it fun


Stimulate your childs imagination Drawing sets
your childs imagination free. Each time she
draws, she learns to access her imagination and
is able to put down on paper what she has in her
mind. As she becomes more adept at drawing, your
child will be able to create all the things she
imagines and notices around her. You really
cannot fathom what your childs boundless
imagination can bring to life!
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Instill drawing skills and make it fun


Make your child future-ready Drawing lays the
foundation for logical thinking or abstract
thought. Whether your child is still at home with
you or at school already, drawing helps her
prepare for understanding difficult concepts and
ideas. Learning creative ways of thinking at an
early age prepares your child for future
education. Dont forget to provide a variety of
materials to draw with, and dont ignore digital
media tools. It makes sense to help your child
get used to tablets and other smart devices she
will be using frequently in the future.
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Conclusion


Process Art learning experiences inspire toddlers
and young children to think different, be
innovative, and devise ways to learn about
interesting things found in the real world.
Changing the way a child discovers and imagines.
Igniting her mind to think, play and learn like
never before. If you like to enrol your child in
drawing classes for kids or participate in
cognitive learning activities, give Abrakadoodle
a call. Or better still, make an appointment with
the head of a centre near you. Get hands-on
exposure to an experience that will make you see
art in a way that adds value to your childs
life.
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