Now many mothers are trying to start training their babies as soon as possible. Stores offer a wide selection of educational aids and toys for children up to a year old. You can use finger drawing, picking up mosaics, playing with plasticine and shreds of fabric of different textures. All this will stimulate the play activity of the baby.
Why drawing is useful
Any kind of artistic creation is very useful. Modeling, occupation with paints, plasticine develops imagination, independence, fine motor skills. Active activity associated with the fingers, palm, hand generally stimulates speech, thinking. The use of unconventional materials strengthens the interest of young artists. They enjoy the process of creating a picture.
Benefits of this type of activity
Finger drawing begins from an early age, when the baby's hand is not yet developed enough to hold a brush, pencil or felt-tip pen. Very often, this method is used to refine the finished image.
There are different options: to make white spots on a fly agaric or black on a ladybug, a pattern on a sundress for a paper doll, a drop of rain coming from a cloud. As a result, the kid, having made only a few paint touches to the sheet, gets a beautiful picture, which he made. He is pleased with the result of his work and is proud of the craft.
Finger painting with babies involves the use of safe colors. If you consider that special paints are not cheap, such entertainment is expensive. However, it is not. In fact, purchased kits are not necessary. Any food coloring added to a safe or even edible creamy texture will do. The base may be yogurt, semolina, flour or starch, mixed with water and vegetable oil in certain proportions. Each housewife has such simple ingredients in the kitchen. In addition, finger painting can be done using foods with bright juice, such as beets or blueberries.
What paints to choose
Manufacturers of art materials and products for children offer a wide selection of kits for this method of artistic creation. Ready-made sets of blanks are sold for working with several small cans of paint corresponding to the picture shades. Finger drawing with them becomes even easier interesting and fun.
Options are available with stamps on the covers. The volumes of containers with contents vary significantly, as well as their number in the set. There are sets of two or four colors of 120 ml, 80 ml. If there are many flowers, then each will be 25 ml. Better to start with a couple of jars. When the technique is mastered, you can add shades.
Fingering for children is a very unusual activity. Since it starts with babies who may well taste the colors, it is permissible to use only natural pigments. Here, the best option will be homemade paints, berries, beets. Special kits are sold for children up to a year old, however, firstly, they are poorly washed from hands and fabrics, and secondly, the specific composition on the package may not be indicated. In order not to risk the health of the baby, it is worth spending a little time and making paints with your own hands. This is not difficult. Choose any recipe from the available and be calm for your young artist.
What subjects to offer
It is important for children under one year old to try the process itself, develop a hand, and receive new sensations and impressions. At this age, there is no specific subject image. Drawing in the younger group with fingers may include the following tasks:
- completing samples with multi-colored spots;
- tracks from prints;
- conducted rays, stems, rain;
- use of the palm as a stamp.
Older children will invent complex plots, making up flowers, cars, and animal figures from fingerprints.
So, drawing for children with fingers is not only interesting, but also a very useful creative developing process. Unconventional materials and techniques are always attractive. Considering that for kids safe paints can be made with your own hands, and with big guys using ordinary gouache, this lesson will be relatively cheap entertainment.