How Drawing Develops Young Writers IMPORTANCE OF DRAWING: We all know about the benefits of drawing for children. It’s an ideal way to develop motor and mental skills. It also strengthens their exploratory, psychological, and emotional development. I found that during lockdown we did guided nearly every single day and the results are amazing - just by doing something "fun". When we started with this, some of the students were saying they don't want to because they can't - but man did that change!! I assume it is because there was no interruptions, distractions or other little eyes watching and they didn't have the feeling that they might fail or make a mistake!! I am so proud of what they have achieved. My thought behind this was that if they can draw with confidence it will lead to having confidence in their oral language and finally lead into writing about it!! A child can make magic with a few crayons, coloured pencils and paper. Sometimes, they just scribble...
Year 4/5 teacher and Team leader for Year 4-6 at Glen Taylor School on Auckland, New Zealand