Important reasons why drawing should be encouraged in kids

by Pooja Late so cut

Drawing is beyond just doodling anything on a piece of paper. Educationists have recognized the importance of drawing books for kids. Giving kids the opportunity of sketching in drawing books, is a way of developing their visual thinking, Recording events in their lives, and expressing their emotions concerning how they feel about their environment. The benefits of using drawing books or clay for kids are too numerous to neglect.

Everyone in their tender age has use drawing books in developing their ability to form shapes and natural rhythm. To give you a picture of what importance drawing can bring to the development of the child’s learning process, we have compiled the benefits of using drawing book.

· Visualization: Drawing enables one to map their mental image of the world. This is important for various reason. Importantly, we can map out diagrams, plans, and concepts regarding what we want to bring into the world. Furthermore, we can also make images of how various system works. Besides the visual aspect, there is also the emotional angle to this where drawing opens up their expression vents. They also express their emotions through drawing and how they feel about things in their environment.

· Coordination: Drawing involves accurate coordination between your hands, brain, and eyes. For instance, if you play basketball, you end up developing gross motor skills and hand-eye coordination. Drawing works the same way, except for your fine motor skills. In order to harmonize everything together, you need to practice more to become efficient in it. The more you practice, the better your brain, eyes, and hand can blend.

· Cerebral benefits: Today, we have become distracted by the new trend of the internet. Our brains get temporary endorphin release from the diversions from social media and other digital devices. Unfortunately, these diversions can make us less industrious during our leisure time. Nevertheless, drawing helps us cool off because we are using our brain. During drawing, both sides of the brain actively participate – the right side of the brain supplies creativity while the left is responsible for logical thinking.

· Analytical Skills: During drawing whether we are conscious of it or not, we are making a decision on how we depict things. This helps in improving our problem-solving and decision-making skills. Peradventure, if what you are drawing isn’t going the way you wanted, all you need is to step back and make the decision on how to fix it.

· Concentration: For the child, concentration is key. If you want your drawing to go the way you want it, being focused is paramount as it will differentiate between success and failure of the final outcome. Furthermore, the relationship between what you are drawing and you is very important.

· Communication: Drawing is another way of communicating with people. It is a visual language of representation and symbols. It does not matter what you are drawing, it is a visual language worth expressing.

Author’s Bio

Johnbull Peak in this piece enlightens his audience on the importance of drawing books for kids. He further gave important insight into the importance of drawing for the development of the child.