How to teach your baby to start using a pen

Let the baby pick up crayons and paint at will Suitable for age: 11 months: training hand movement function and eye-hand coordination ability. Method: (1) The baby sits at the table, give the baby a crayon and a slightly hard paper, encourage the baby to hold the crayon on the paper, you can use any kind of pen holding method, the mother can hold the baby's hand to draw, and then gradually reduce the help. (2) You can let the baby hold the chalk on the ground, or hold a small stick to draw on the sand. Note: (1) When training, let the baby's forearms and hands be comfortably flat on the table, and do not specify in advance which hand the baby holds the pen to write. (2) Only require the baby to be able to paint freely on the paper, do not require to draw a specific picture.

Teach the baby to draw lines, the first four fingers holding the pen method is suitable for months: 14 months: hand gripping ability training, holding the pen with the first four fingers to grasp the direction of the pen is more accurate, and can draw relatively straight lines. Method: Give the crayon to the baby to hold, first teach him to hold the pen with the first four fingers, and then can draw lines on the paper. The mother can hold the baby's hand to help, gradually reduce the help, and let the baby hold the pen to draw the line.

Suitable for months: 17 months: learn to hold the pen correctly (the first three fingers holding the pen), and actively draw straight and horizontal lines, training hand coordination and control ability, which is the most basic function of the human hand. Method: (1) The mother drew straight lines and horizontal lines in the space by hand, and said while drawing: "A vertical line, falling from above, a horizontal line, from here to there." Guide the baby to follow and draw lines in the space with their hands. The mother then draws lines on the blackboard with chalk, and the baby follows in the space, allowing him to create the impression of straight and horizontal lines. (2) Give the baby a piece of paper and a pen and let him imitate the adult to draw straight lines on the paper. To hold the pen correctly, hold the pen between your thumb and index finger, with your middle finger against the pen underneath. A trainer can help when starting to hold a pen. Learn to draw vertical lines first, then learn to draw horizontal lines. The straight line does not have to be drawn very straight, can draw the line, the trainer will praise, say "great!" (3) Take a stick to draw a line in the sand or mud, and compete with who can draw it longer and straighter. At the beginning, the child's drawing is not long and not straight, and in many competitions with adults, it will gradually draw straighter and longer, so that the child can learn the meaning of "long" and "straight".

Age: 18 months: Develop children's ability of observation, analysis and eye-hand coordination, learn the correct holding of the pen and control of the pen point, and train finger movements and drawing and writing ability. Method: (1) The mother draws a horizontal 8 with a pencil on the paper, and asks the baby to draw a small circle in the place designated by the mother. At the beginning, the baby can only draw a point, and it will be out of line, and the mother can repeatedly guide until it will draw a small circle in the designated place. (2) Drawing fish eyes: The trainer takes out a fish with missing eyes, lets the baby see it, and asks him: "What is missing in this fish?" If the baby can't see it for a while, the mother can draw a picture of a fish with eyes for comparison. Then give the baby crayons and ask him to draw eyes for the missing fish in the picture.

Suitable for age: 20 months: train the baby to hold the pen correctly, exercise finger movements, control ability and painting skills. Formula: (1) Hold the child's hand and teach the baby to hold the pen correctly. (2) Teach him to draw a circle, requiring the circle to be closed. The mother can demonstrate first, and then hold the baby's hand to draw, tell him to close the circle. (3) Give your baby a crayon and a piece of paper and ask him to draw a circle. If the painted circle is not sealed, mother can point out with her hand or verbally ask him to draw the circle into a sealed circle.

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Painting on the picture suitable for age: 24 months: finger, wrist coordination training and eye-hand coordination training. Formula: Give your baby a piece of paper with a drawing and a crayon, and ask him to color the drawing with the crayon. The mother can demonstrate first, and give verbal cues or finger instructions when the baby is painting.

Drawing circle, square, cross and double cross for age: 29 months: Training children's fine hand movements as well as observation and memory. Method: (1) With a round, square, cross, double-cross drawing board, let the baby touch by hand, increase the perceptual understanding of these geometric shapes. (2) The mother pastes different shapes of color paper on the white paper, and asks the baby to draw on the edge of the color paper with crayons, while telling him "this is a circle", "this is a square" and so on. (3) The mother put the paper with a circle, square, cross, and double cross in front of the baby, and then cover it with a translucent paper, and ask the baby to draw with a pen, and tell him the name of the shape. (4) Ask the baby to draw a circle in pencil on the white paper, requiring the circle to be drawn without corners and to be sealed. The mother can do a demonstration first, and make a picture for the baby, but do not hold the baby's hand to draw. After being able to draw a circle, learn to draw squares and crosses and double crosses. (5) Put a bottle cap or small bowl or wooden square on the paper, let the baby draw along the side, see what the drawing is? What is the difference between the circle, square and cross that the baby draws himself?

Crayon painting is suitable for age: 30 months: It is the training of finger grip and pen holding method. Children's pen holding has a development process, starting with the palm of the hand, then holding the pen with the first four fingers, and finally learning to hold the pen with the first three fingers. The first three fingers holding is a mature method and a condition for writing in the future. Method: (1) Give the baby a crayon and verbally encourage him to hold the pen on the paper, requiring the first three fingers to hold the pen, the mother can hold the child's fingers at the beginning, so that he can hold the pen with the first three fingers, let him hold the pen on the paper to draw lines. Gradually reduce the help so that the baby can hold the crayon with the first three fingers to draw on his own. (2) Install a three-hole sleeve in front of the pen, you can put the first three fingers on, to help the baby practice the correct first three fingers holding the pen. After a period of practice, remove the three-hole sleeve, and then practice the correct first three finger grip.

Learning to write numbers Age: 32 months: Learn to identify and write numbers, practice writing skills. Method: (1) The mother will let the baby recognize the 1-10 number cards in order to teach him to recognize the numbers on the 1-10 number cards. Then take a random card from the card and let the baby recognize it. (2) Put the number cards with similar shapes, such as l, 7, 4 and 2, 3, 5, 8 and 6, 9, together for the baby to identify. (3) Take a piece of paper and a pen to the baby, let him write numbers according to the number card, first learn to write similar numbers, such as l and 7, and then write 4, these three words are mainly in a straight line, easy to recognize. Then write 2 and 3, 5, 8, and finally learn 6 and 9. The mother can demonstrate while talking, let the baby imitate to write, but the mother should not hold the baby's hand to write, this method often inhibits the baby's enthusiasm for learning.

Age: 34 months: Develops children's powers of observation, attention, and the ability to see things completely. Formula: (1) Give the baby a pencil, the mother draws a person on the paper that is not finished (such as missing nose, mouth, hands, legs), let the baby fill the missing part with a pencil. When the baby is finished drawing, the mother can ask him: "What is missing from this person?" But do not point out the missing parts, let the baby fill in. (2) Show the unfinished painting (missing 1-2 main parts), such as a car without a wheel, a table without a leg, an elephant without a long nose, a white rabbit without long ears, a cow without horns and a tail, etc., and let the baby supplement the picture with a pen.