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August.2.2011 · 2 Comments

Creativity and Child Development

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I decided I would try to write 30 consecutive meaningful and diverse blog posts in 30 days. So, this one will be Day 1! My goal is to really determine the direction in which my blog is heading…even if that direction is a bit scattered. I hope I’m up for the challenge.

Since Lydia was about a year old, she’s been really into Arts & Crafts. I started to think about how her artwork as evolved over the past year, how she has explored different media and materials, how her grasp has improved, etc. I thought I’d arrange some of her creations in chronological order to compare them.

Lydia’s first marker drawing at 14 months

Lydia’s first painting at 17 months

Lydia’s first ‘food’ collage at 18 months

At 21 months, Lydia painted a picture for daddy for Father’s Day – First time painting on a canvas surface.

Lydia’s 1st set of finger paints at 22 months. She was hesitant at first, but then dove right in!
At 22 months, this is the first drawing Lydia identified as being something. She said this was Daisy (our dog). You can see where she has drawn the head, body, and legs.
Lydia made these at 22 months. I applied the glue to each piece, but Lydia placed the pieces where they went. She had a model to refer to for the owl, but we talked about where different parts of the face go as she pointed to them on herself and on me.

I think it’s pretty fascinating to look back on how her pencil/paint strokes have changed, her interest in creating a variety of projects has expanded, and her desire to work with different textures has increased. I hope she always enjoys being creative and expressing herself through artwork!

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    December.25.2013 at 6:00 am

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      January.7.2014 at 8:49 am

      Happy New Year, Lenora! Thank you so much for your kind words. I am so glad you enjoy my blog. I certainly enjoy writing all the posts that I share with my readers.

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