WHY SHOULD A CHILD DRAW? First - and most importantly - for joy and pleasure. All children, without exception, love to draw. If we talk about the little ones, then for a child, bodily sensations are the main channel for getting to know the world. Yes, the child sees and hears, but in the first years he mainly gets acquainted with the world through the body and taste. It’s not for nothing that children put everything in their mouths and try to pick them up. Finger painting becomes a very harmonious continuation of a child’s exploration of the world. At one and a half years old, the child is still very small and is not able to hold a brush, but is remarkably capable of placing his fingers in the right places on a sheet of paper. Children of this age attend classes with their mother, and it can be very interesting to watch how mothers gradually become involved in the process of joint creativity with the child and also begin to have great pleasure. When the child gets a little older, closer to three years old, you can give him a brush. During this period, children really enjoy mixing paints and drawing color spots on the sheet. This is a normal stage in a child's development. There is no need to strive to necessarily and urgently switch it to drawing some simple shapes and recognizable objects. The child needs to enjoy this process to the fullest. Starting from birth, the emotional sphere of the child develops. The emotions he experiences gradually become more complex and acquire nuances. But the child does not speak yet, he does not recognize his feelings well, and he does not yet have words to name what he is experiencing. Speech gradually develops, the child learns to name his feelings, but he still has not developed ways to express them. The child does not yet know how to manage his states, such as strong anger, resentment, grief, fear and even intense joy. Imagine, for example, a two-year-old girl who waited all day for her mother to get home from work, fearing that maybe her mother would not return at all. And then mom finally comes... You and I can easily understand that the girl is very happy that her mother is home, but she is also very angry with her for being gone for so long. But for a child to comprehend such an “emotional cocktail” is simply impossible, and hysteria can be a way of expressing it. Drawing with paints allows the child to express his emotional state and harmonize it. At a later age (6-7 years), children are able to express their emotions not only unconsciously through color, but also consciously using certain plots. When it comes to drawing, fine motor skills cannot be ignored. Perhaps drawing is the best way to develop it. As you know, the development of the brain is very closely related to the development of the hand. Therefore, by developing a child’s fine motor skills, we, without a doubt, contribute to the activation of brain development. For particularly practical parents, I would like to say that drawing perfectly prepares a child’s hand for writing. Drawing and developing attention are very friendly. Concentration develops, since with each lesson the child is able to work on his painting longer and longer without being distracted. The ability to switch attention develops, since you need to look at the sample and return to your picture, then again to the sample, and so on. Drawing classes contribute to the formation and development of the child’s volitional sphere. Such qualities as perseverance, patience, ability to finish the job started, accuracy. Accuracy? Many parents will be surprised, because the child’s apron is multi-colored after the first lesson, and the child himself is multi-colored after each lesson. This is true, all artists - both small and large - are always in paint. But, the child learns to be careful in his paintings, tries to paint over pencil lines, not to splash dirty water on his painting, learns to handle his paints and brushes carefully and carefully. Children are emotional, and when they are carried away by the process, they often forget to wash the brush and climb, :)