2-6 years old is the active development period of children's brain
Neuroscience research shows that ages 2-6 are a period of active brain development in children, especially in the majority of the prefrontal cortex, which is responsible for emotions and creativity: functions such as thinking, memory, generating ideas, controlling emotions, making judgments, and applying knowledge see a significant increase in activity by 58%. This period is a golden time for the development of brain connections related to language, emotions, and learning ability. Artistic activities such as doodling, hand modeling, and music can directly activate the emotional centers of the limbic system.
If you think that artistic creation is only for the purpose of training artists or art-related workers, that is a wrong understanding!
So how does artistic creativity help the development of early childhood:
✅ Build an emotional dictionary: Children in early development are not yet able to fully express themselves with words
Artistic creativity can transform abstract feelings into visual symbols
For example, red swirls can express anger, and cool colors can express sadness. Colors can help express and communicate.
✅ Develop body awareness:Flowing through the paint, Clay squeezing, experience the connection between physiology and emotions
✅ Unlimited creative imagination:Painting the day through color graffiti, Music can stimulate the brain and help children develop endless creativity
As a parent, how should you prepare art tools for your children?
- Let colors help express emotions
When young children are not yet able to use words to express complex emotions, color can serve as a medium to help express emotions.
Use visualization to observe emotions and cultivate「Former Cognition」Ability refers to improving a person's awareness and control over his or her own thinking process
Parents can put stickers on the refrigerator every day and teach children to use mood puzzles to express their current emotions.，Understand your child's thoughts and emotions
🔴 = Volcano Moment (Angry/Excited)
🟡 = Sunny Moment (Calm/Contentment)
🔵 = Deep Sea Moment (Sadness/Lonely）
- Preparing safe art tools for children
- Children's art folding drawing boards should use magnetic suction + silicone anti-pinch design to reduce the risk of pinching fingers
- The portable dual-purpose drawing board can be folded into their mobile studio in one second.
- Choose a drawing board that can easily store drawing tools. After folding, it is only the size of an A4 paper, which is especially suitable for small households like Hong Kong.
- The drawing board can be easily folded up at any time, which is convenient for storage, space saving and easy to carry out
- Choose non-toxic, environmentally friendly and very safeWashable Crayons, for young children
- Even when there are dirty stains on clothes or other places, it can be washed with water and is easy to clean
3. Choose a flexible conversion tool
🎨While traditional drawing boards are still hanging on the wall, foldable drawing boards have become a mobile fortress of creativity.
Children’s creative space is not limited to the A4 white drawing board, but can also be taken with the drawing board when traveling.
We now recommend practical and safe folding drawing boards for parents and children:
Hape - Little Artists. Double-sided drawing boardclick
Hape - Foldable Portable Drawing Boardclick
Hape - Flip-up Double-Sided Easel | Blackboard + Whiteboardclick
Even in the cramped space of airplanes and trains, the folding drawing board can provide space for creation.
Just open the foldable drawing board and it can be used as an outdoor sketching tool in the park
The flexibility of scene switching allows children to have creative ideas anytime and anywhere
Listen more and empathize with children's feelings and thoughts. Art is the best medium. Give them more time in early childhood and primary school.kidPositive feedback and encouragement
Let children and parentsEstablishTrust, increasekidself-confidence,Help them unleash their endless creativity, draw your own beautiful new world
