DS just turned 4 last month. He has never shown any interest in drawing, let alone writing. I’ve always made a good selection of materials for these activities available to him but he has rarely chosen to use them independently. I’ve just been trying to encourage him this afternoon to scribble something for Father’s Day tomorrow, yet he was done after two minutes. It’s always been like this.
His nursery are very chilled and have always just said not to worry and that it will come when he is ready. They don’t have any concerns about him. Yet I see others his age sit and colour in pictures neatly for quite long periods and, with school looming in September, I’m now wondering if I ought to be doing more to address this.
What was your child(ren) like at this age and was there a point where it ‘just came’? Or did they need some encouragement/pressure and it would have been better to start this sooner rather than later?