This is Tao Bao's first graffiti. With a pen in both hands, he scribbled on the paper without any rules and the finished product without any image, but he was very happy when he painted, mumbling and laughing out loud. He enjoys drawing with a brush in his hand, and his eyes see that the picture on the paper is constantly changing because of his paintings, which is amazing. I can feel his happiness, which is from the heart.

Dad Tao came back from work, and I showed him the graffiti, and he said, "Four unlike". I said that forcing children to draw a certain standard shape is killing their creativity.

We all hope that children can draw well. What we mean by good is to draw like real things. If the child doesn't do it, he says the painting is not good. If all children draw according to the standard, where does their creativity come from?

I remember the first time when I was a child, I took an art class and learned sketch. The shape of the apple I drew was not very similar, and the teacher said it was not like it, which was not good. After that, I never dared to draw again.

I don't want Tao Bao to be hit and hurt like this, so I consulted some research on children's graffiti, hoping to better protect Tao Bao and let him doodle freely and happily.

In the eyes of adults, graffiti is a messy painting, which has no value, but it is of great benefit to children:

① Children feel happy in the process of doodling. Research shows that children's early graffiti is spontaneous, their paintings have no specific shape, and they just enjoy the pleasure brought by graffiti. I think this is also the reason why Tao Bao, who is one and a half years old, is very excited in the process of doodling. As parents, we must support our children because they can feel happy in the process of doodling.

Graffiti can exercise the coordinated development of children's hands, brain and eyes. The growing baby's finger control is not particularly good, and he can draw all kinds of messy pictures with his drawing strokes, which is a great progress for them. Therefore, no matter what kind of pictures children draw, they should be applauded and praised.

In Tao Bao's age (one and a half to more than two years old), most of them can only draw coherent lines. And through constant practice, children can control their own brushes more and more and draw some simple shapes.

3 artistic enlightenment. Art enlightenment is to let children appreciate and like art and express themselves with art, and graffiti is the bud of children's artistic creation. In fact, it is a very important ability and needs special protection.

Graffiti can also enhance children's observation and aesthetic awareness. Children will find out how to draw more beautifully through constant attempts. What color combination is the most beautiful? What's the difference between different colors? Unconsciously improve observation and aesthetic consciousness.

Observation and aesthetic consciousness are very important abilities in artistic creation. This is why many foreign parents often take their children to visit museums and art exhibitions.

Graffiti is a kind of self-expression of children. Due to cognitive limitations, children can't express themselves well in words, while graffiti can. Graffiti is the truest expression of children's inner world. Parents can communicate with their children through graffiti and understand their inner world.

Sometimes children lose their temper, and we don't know why or how to solve it. We can try to get children to express themselves with graffiti. This is very helpful for children's mental health development.

⑤ Improve the ability of daily living. The research also shows that the graffiti expression in the critical period of graffiti develops its creativity and imagination, making it more competitive in life and study. This stems from the adjustment and mobilization of subjective initiative by graffiti activities, which enhances the ability of exploration and cognition.

Children's hands, eyes and brain are more and more coordinated, and their ability to control spoons and chopsticks is getting better and better. They can also eat better and write better. Today, I was surprised to find that Taobao can feed rice to his mouth with a spoon every time. This is something that has never happened before.

Since graffiti has so many benefits, how can we encourage and cultivate parents?

1 Let the baby try more. Provide children with brushes of various colors and materials, let them paint more and feel the difference of different materials. What's the difference between painting in different colors? Children can also be taught to draw with different tools, such as labels and balloons.

2 Let the baby doodle freely. We don't evaluate the baby's drawing, and we don't interfere with the baby's drawing, so that they can freely use their imagination and draw freely. If the baby asks for help, give help and encouragement in time.

Collect children's graffiti, take it out from time to time, or hang it on the wall as home decoration. The purpose of doing this is to make them feel that their paintings are valuable and respected.

In fact, graffiti is a child's game. Games that they will never get tired of.

I hope every child can like graffiti! Happy graffiti!