Comments on: The Benefits of Drawing for Toddlers https://mommyevolution.com/benefits-drawing-toddlers/ Mom Smarter! Wed, 27 May 2026 14:38:43 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.1 By: Jennifer https://mommyevolution.com/benefits-drawing-toddlers/#comment-49723 https://mommyevolution.com/?p=9800#comment-49723 In reply to Lucy.

We bought coloring books early on, but guess what my boys prefer…. yep! Just regular plain paper 🙂

]]> By: Lucy https://mommyevolution.com/benefits-drawing-toddlers/#comment-49667 https://mommyevolution.com/?p=9800#comment-49667 Your post is interesting because of people’s comments. Children can’t always transpose the ideas in their head onto paper because their brain isn’t ready to link it to a developing motor skill. You’ve got to understand the physical shape of a table before you can draw anything on it! But practice and encouragement will improve the link and skill. They ask adults to help because they assume you’re more capable than them. Everyone develops the same understanding of how to translate their ideas onto paper but reach a stage where it then becomes about style and teachable artistic skills. Anyone who thinks they can’t draw, weren’t encouraged to continue once they reached the basic brain standard.
The other point is to avoid colouring books. They’re someone else’s creative ideas and stop children developing their own style. Plain paper, patterned paper or cardboard boxes with crayons, pens or paint lead to creative children.

]]> By: Life Breath Present https://mommyevolution.com/benefits-drawing-toddlers/#comment-49455 https://mommyevolution.com/?p=9800#comment-49455 I just wish I could get Baby Boy to actually draw/color for a bit instead of attempting to take all the (1 or 2) drawing/writing utensils and running around with them instead! 🙂

]]> By: Ana Lynn https://mommyevolution.com/benefits-drawing-toddlers/#comment-49389 https://mommyevolution.com/?p=9800#comment-49389 Both my kids love to draw, however they also like to come to me for help when they don’t know how to draw something. Unfortunately for them, my drawing skills never developed past the stage of a two year old so everything I do try to show them resembles stick figures and geometrical shapes.

]]> By: Don https://mommyevolution.com/benefits-drawing-toddlers/#comment-49358 https://mommyevolution.com/?p=9800#comment-49358 I so suck at drawing that it’s hysterical, honestly. Still, I love doing it, especially with the kids.

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