Monkey's Doodles: Free Drawing

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This week end has been another busy one for us and crafting and art of any kind have been at the back of our mind. So instead of sharing an activity we have done this week I have a drawing my daughter did at school lately.

P always surprises me with her drawing skill's, P will sit and draw for hours thinking up great ideas using her imagination and I think this has helped to develop her hand eye coordination and hand writing at school as well.

Encouraging your child to do drawing and allowing them to do it without being adult led is important  to let them express themselves and explore their imagination using marks and movements on paper. An easy way of making this more avaliable to your child is setting up an area where your child can go to through out the day when ever they like to sit and explore using a variety of drawing media and equipment.

Here are some examples of what you could include in this area, but make sure you judge the suitability according to your child's age: 

Pens, Pencils, ruler, rubbers, stencils, different size or patterned paper, chalk, crayons, stickers, labels, note pads, sticky notes, envelopes, stamps, hole punch, pencil sharpeners, scissors, prit stick, clip boards.

Dont forget to share your ideas below we would love to see what you have been up to this week and if your stick for ideas feel free to check out our blog for ideas or our sponsor Galt have a great variety of ideas HERE