As it is known, there are no incompetent children. Every child is talented in his own way. It is only necessary to notice this talent in time and help the child to reveal it. Therefore, it is so important to develop a creative beginning from a very early age. The best lessons of pictorial activity with the baby will help to solve this problem with the utmost. This is one of the most accessible and interesting ways to interest crumbs, to include it in an exciting game in which it participates equally with the elders.
Drawing or modeling, the child gives vent to his emotions, he develops imaginative thinking, imagination, taste, a sense of color and form, motor skills.
The latter, which is important, greatly affect the activation of mental activity.
Dip your brushes!
When does the child have an interest in creativity? All children are different. Someone already in half a year experiences delight from the Kalyaki-malyaki, traced by an inept hand (of course, with the help of the mother), and to someone this process seems amusing only after 2 years.
Parents themselves determine how and at what age to begin the first lessons of the ISO with the baby. The main thing is not to be afraid again and again to try, gradually releasing the stubborn fingers of the fagot from the fist. As a rule, the active stage of the first scribble begins with children after a year. In drawing lessons, it is very important for adults to create a favorable emotional background for the child. The first drawings of the baby are spots, some vague strokes, lines. But even for them, the crumb should be praised. And do not think that a picture written by a baby is something of a fantasy field. In the West for a long time, and in Ukraine in recent years, there are exhibitions of "masterpieces" created by children under the age of 3. The smallest "artists" do not even have a year!
When a child draws, adults can help him: try to finish the child's "sketches." A little imagination, and you will have a beautiful abstract composition.Do not forget to say your actions aloud every time, so that the kid could understand what you are doing right now. when parents are included in the "game" offered by the child himself, adding with his help to the drawing new elements from everything that is at hand. Not always the baby likes the result of his work - do not bother him to "finish" the picture the way he wants: to finish, crumple, or even tear.
What has the worst impact on the development of the ability of crumbs to visual creativity is the parents' absolutely vain efforts, showing how to draw. Do not put any restrictions before the little man! Change the sequence of work, make it diverse, do not turn the drawing class into an element of learning and training to create certain forms.
This also applies to older children who can already draw specific images (from about 3 years old).
The main thing is that the child always likes what he does, and then you can easily teach the child how to sculpt and draw. Let, in the opinion of skilful adults, he admit inaccuracies and errors. These "mistakes" will be easily corrected in the future, it is much more difficult to make a small artist like drawing.
First tools
Probably, there are no better first instruments than the tiny fingers of the carapace, smeared with paints.
Finger paint
Ideal for the smallest artists. These paints are safe for children's health, they are non-toxic, theoretically edible, but contain harmless bitter substance, so that children do not have a desire to regale. The paints are water-based, so they are easily washed off. If you are still afraid to give them to a crumb who will surely try them on the tooth, prepare the paint yourself. You will need flour, salt, vegetable oil and water, which "paint" is brought to the consistency of thick sour cream.
We pour out the paint on jars and add to each some food color (beet or carrot juice, for example). You can also use fruit yoghurts as a color. Do not forget about gouache, pastels, watercolors and oil paints - in a small amount they are also safe for kids (of course, the child should not remain unattended by adults), not to mention the interest that they can cause them.
Fingers can draw lines, mix colors, leave fingerprints, make blots, smears not only on paper or cardboard, but also on the glass. Take the paint in the bath. Allow the child to paint everything that surrounds him, including himself. Body art is an excellent game for the development of creative abilities. Girls especially like to decorate themselves.
Water-soluble pens Children up to three years are better to buy felt-tip pens with a thick stem. Particular attention should be paid to the construction of the felt tip, in particular the cap, which the crumb can choke. Karapuzam need a markers with a long, large and necessarily ventilated cap. In any case, draw with felt-tip pen should be only in the presence of elders.
Colour pencils
Their capabilities are limited, but they still like kids. Pencils with a thickened triangular or hexagonal wooden body are suitable for scraps - they, unlike pencils of circular cross-section, are easier to hold in a hand, and they do not slide down from the table. Pencils should be soft enough - young "artists" will be easier to draw with such pencils, but they are not too fragile, they are made of natural wax with the use of food dyes, they are a pleasure because they have a pencil bright, saturated color, do not require strong pressure when drawing, they do not have to be constantly sharpened, although you will not be able to draw thin lines too.
Plasticine
And, of course, speaking of the first artistic impulses of children, we can not say a few words about this wonderful invention of mankind - about plasticine. The material perfectly improves the coordination of the movements of the little fingers, which affects not only the development of speech and thinking, but also the nervous system as a whole. Very small children plasticine can be replaced with edible dough (yeast or sand). To blind something concrete and meaningful kids can not earlier 2,5-3 years. But for children younger modeling - this is very useful and also an exciting activity.
Children in 1,5-2 years with pleasure roll sausages, pinch and attach pieces of beads, roll, roll out, press, pull, flatten clay.
Parents can prepare in advance for the occupation special patterns (a house, a herringbone, an apple), and then with the help of plasticine or a dough to give the child their color.
And if the mother is creative, with fantasy and she has time, together you can make real pictures on cardboard or paper, combining the modeling with application and drawing. Decorate the "masterpieces" with various objects: twigs, pebbles, leaves, as well as cereals, pasta, beans, mangroves and even wheel.
Methods of drawing
At the first lessons of the IZO you can use everything that is in the caring mother at hand and that is convenient to the baby.
You can draw with a cloth, a paper napkin, and even an old toothbrush - in general, everything that your imagination and imagination will last. You can apply the image using various techniques.
Monotype
It's very simple, the main thing is the imprint. A paint in the form of a spot or several spots is applied to the surface of the sheet, then another sheet is applied from above, everything is smoothed out. As a result, unusual patterns appear on two sheets. They can "see" the stars, the month, the magic flowers ... Finish the imprint, make an application (paste paper napkins, millet or small seashells to the sheet).
Diatypy
A kind of monotype. It is a little more complicated, and therefore it is better to use it for older children. Apply an even coat of paint to the glass or any other smooth surface. Top with a sheet of paper. It is intended for drawing with a pencil or other pointed object. On the side that was pressed against the glass, a slightly convex image will appear.
Grottage
This is a very interesting technique of scratching. Take a thick paper, shade it with a thick layer of colored wax crayons or paraffin. Then apply a layer of mascara on the surface. Wait until everything is dry. Give the child a stylus with a blunt end for scratching. Another way: completely paint the sheet of paper (choose bright colors), put on the egg yolk leaf, paint all with ink. When you start scratching the dried out surface, through the black color will be seen rainbow colors - will get an interesting composition.
Nitkopis
At work it is more convenient to use thick threads. Put the thread in the paint, put it between two sheets, and then, trying not to move the sheets, pull it out. Look at what happened. Draw the image.
Kleksografiya
Teach kids to make blobs with a brush or even their own pens. So you will master with the carapace the following kind of technique. It is interesting that klyaksografiya successfully used by psychologists in correctional occupations. This kind of drawing perfectly develops the eye.
Bloating of stain
This is a wonderful exercise in breathing. You will need an ordinary tube for a cocktail. Apply a small amount of paint to the paper. Hold one end of the tube near the spot, in the other blow. Guess what (or whom) you "drew".
Spraying
Take the toothbrush, lower it into the paint and spray on the sheet. Get a very interesting image. Speaking of a toothbrush, you can not forget about toothpaste. It can be used as a paint, especially if you and your baby decided to work on the winter landscape.
It is clear that such pictures should be kept separately from other drawings, so that they are not smeared.
Combine several techniques of the image - this kind of work on the drawing will be one of the most interesting for you and for the crumbs. Doing painting is good both at home and in special development centers for preschool children under the care of professionals. What to choose? Trust in this matter of your intuition. Remember that bright colors and unusual tools will make your child's life much brighter, more fun and more diverse.