The house of joy in Penza

Does your kid love to draw? Of course, he loves, - almost every mother and any dad will answer. We are really ready not only to be touched by even the very first drawings of our children, but also to see in them future brilliant painters. Of course, few will become professional artists; and yet drawing is a wonderful method for the comprehensive development of every little person. Elena Shuvarina, teacher and psychologist, head of the Development Center for Children and Parents "House of Joy", speaks of children's drawing as follows: "This is an important element in the development and knowledge of the world and itself." And he notes an interesting fact: a child, no matter what nationality he was, on what continent he lived, passes the same stages of the formation and development of drawing. And all because drawing is very closely related to the development of the child's intelligence. But what do our children paint? Home, mother, beloved cat? Not really. Children do not represent objects - drawing, they express their emotions, feelings, experiences. Therefore, dear moms and dads, you do not need to teach children to draw. "When children are just beginning to draw, do not at this stage purposefully teach the child this: correct mistakes or insist on a certain way of depicting the subject. This only slows down the creative and psycho-emotional development of the child. You need to let the child express their emotions, feelings, experiences, their ideas. Let's not interfere in this creative individual process, "advises Elena Shuvarina.

How to instill a child's interest in drawing

Tell me, did you like to draw as a child?Of course, because drawing is one of the most favorite activities of a child! And how are things now? Most likely, most of us will refer to the lack of time or that nature has deprived him of artistic talent. In fact, at some point - we ourselves did not notice at what point - we lost interest in this wonderful activity and now we are able to depict only a banal house, a flower, a sun, and only in one way - a template. "The thing is that we begin to teach our children to draw very early. As soon as the child begins to express himself more or less meaningfully on the sheet, we have a huge desire to correct him or show him, to tell him how exactly to draw, how to draw correctly," explains educational psychologist Elena Shuvarina. But with our comments, we let children understand that we are not happy with their drawings, that they are not like anything else, that only we, adults, know how to draw correctly. "This leads to disastrous results - blocking drawing, creative thinking, self-expression of the child. Children simply begin to be afraid to draw, because they will not be able to do it like us," continues Elena Shuvarina and invites us to a drawing lesson at the "House of Joy." This lesson is led by a wonderful teacher Irina Shchelokova. The principle of Irina's lessons is not to compare, not to evaluate, but, on the contrary, to emphasize the individuality of each child, which helps to preserve the natural, innate interest of children in drawing. "Dear parents, do not start purposefully teaching your child to draw at preschool age, but only create conditions for his self-expression," advises Elena Shuvarina to parents who are not indifferent to the issues of raising their children. Even more good advice from Elena Shuvarina on the website of the Development Center for Children and Parents .