"Mommy Here's My Lion!"
Your child goes running to you with a scribble and shows you he has drawn a lion. There is no resemblance to lion, not in any way and no matter at what angle you look at it. But through your child's eyes, it is a roaring lion. Should you laugh or cry? Take it like a saint and praise your toddler's efforts. Be happy, this is an important milestone in your child's development. He has depicted one of his favorite fantasies!
Encourage this interest by supplying him with lots of toddler crayons, lots of paper, and get a children's art table to give him his own space. At three years, he'll be showing you Mommy and Dada drawings. A big circle for the head and two long vertical lines for the legs is his interpretation of a human figure. As he progresses, there will newer symbols and more colors.
There will be ears, a big smile, eyes, and a button or elongated nose. Soon these figures will be donning a shirt or dress, and the eyes will resemble a flower with tons of lashes framing the eyes. That lion surely has gone a long way. This clues you into your child's development with his crayons. Do not mind his endless demands for paper and crayons but teach him to keep that children's art table neat after his Crayola sessions.
"Mommy I Have a Story"
The hours spent at the children's art table will soon produce another big change. Be ready for a blast of story . Tell Each design has a history now correspond to feel better. Now, the Picasso is a Hemingway. Everything is scripted match the drawings. Prod him and ask questions. Note the logical arrangement of his stories - his art has finally taught him to think. This is another milestone in the development of the child.
With six years we will still have children's art table. He is now a landscape background or in his drawings. The pins will be replacedwith drawing pencil and more paper will be needed. Use this opportunity to explain why he should use used paper - tell him where paper comes from and he'll understand and again give his interpretation of the world around him.
Give him the chance to view art work. Introduce him to other art media - creating lady bugs, hats, and masks are some activities that will involve eye-hand coordination, and lots of creative thinking. That corner where the children's art table is parked will be a busy corner until he is 8 years old and won't fit into his kiddie chair.
By this time, his drawings will reflect MORE realism. His interest in art will continue to flourish, and as long as you encourage this, you are helping mold a Picasso and a Leonardo da Vinci of the same caliber or even beyond - thanks to the children's art table, your persistence and patience. The unrecognizable lion has a fearful roar and big bad smile.