Coloring Issues

[SilverSabre25]

Now you see my scribbles, which one day will turn into circles, and later into lines. Eventually over time you will see my scribbles morph into words, pictures or drawings. Love them as much now, as you would then. I am the best artist I can be, I am me!!!!

That's awesome! I want that on a poster/banner near the "art gallery" I'm going to put up on one blank wall.

[allsmiles]

i need to print this for my co caregiver. She is VERY creative and it really irks her when our 3 year old SCRIBBLES esp using onlyONE COLOR LOL.. and she does most of the art projects and is almost heartbroken when the kids do it not to her liking.. smh..i have told her, hey..its kids, no big deal.. but i know its the artist in her LOL

[daycare]

That's awesome! I want that on a poster/banner near the "art gallery" I'm going to put up on one blank wall.

Thanks I made this up a few years back when I had a parent of a two year old upset that this is the way the art came home and that they were not writing their name yet...so on and so on.....

It didn't get that mom to stop complaining about it, but it did the rest!!!

[itlw8]

As an artist, I HATED being told how to create art growing up. It's not natural. Let your little express themselves how they want... .

I am not an artist but I am creative. I remember a 9th grad art teacher doing something on my art one day. I almost smacked her. ok she was right but she could have told me and had me fix it. I did not ask her to touch my picture.

[LK5kids]

Yup, free form process art is best for young kiddos. I rarely have coloring sheets and sometimes I have product art (still with some process), but it is mostly process, even at 3. Don't push the product art or staying in lines, stifling their creativity.

Same here....I do have coloring books available because some kids love them. We do LOTS of process art.

[LK5kids]

They are doing exactly what they are supposed to do at 3. coloring in the lines is a late 4 to age 5 skill and really serves no urpose except busy work

Just givethem plain paper to draw on. soon you may see circles. or single up and down lines. now those are prewriting skills and ar important. late 3 is about when those start showing up but it may be later and that is fine.

Agree, agree, agree Coloring in a coloring book can be quite calming and relaxing but the kids that do that are older. Some kids love to color, but yes they are older. Just think how young a 3 yr. old really is. They've only had a very short time to develop skills and one year of it was as an infant.

[LK5kids]

One thing I've noticed over the years is kids staying in one spot to paint or color. They will end up with a hole in the paper. This must be a developmental stage but I've never read it to be one. They just don't see the whole page.

[Country Kids]

One thing I've noticed over the years is kids staying in one spot to paint or color. They will end up with a hole in the paper. This must be a developmental stage but I've never read it to be one. They just don't see the whole page.

Mine do that also if they are when they don't stay in the lines. Its always, always in the middle of the page.

[SilverSabre25]

One thing I've noticed over the years is kids staying in one spot to paint or color. They will end up with a hole in the paper. This must be a developmental stage but I've never read it to be one. They just don't see the whole page.

sure! The stage of "what happens if I...."