ds really reluctant to draw/paint or colour...anyones similar?

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Can't understand it really,why does he want me to draw?Won't paint,just plays with the water and brushes.Nursery are also trying to encourage it but not having much success.Did anyone elses child do this and did it improve?

ggirl... is the nursery concerned at all? If not then I wouldn't worry too much

I've got a dd and a ds and both are developing completely differently... e.g. dd never could be f'd with e.g. the sorting cube even aged 2y+. Ds on the other hand nearly mastered it at 15 months! Ok so he threw everything else in there as well as the shapes but hey he likes putting things into things.

Have to say he loves 'drawing' - preferably on the carpet. But I think he's simply copying dd - though she's drawing on paper ;)

how old is he?

DS2 was the earliest talker of my three boys, has learned to read and write really quickly etc etc...but has never had any interest really in painting or drawing or anything like that. I guess some kids just don't!

he is 3.6 yrs and the nursery aren't particularly concerned yet as he's a september baby and won't be at school until he's 5

Ds hated it, still hates it (now 4). He liked dressing up, building, racing around, playing with cars and animals, but NOT drawing. Couldn't get him to hold a pencil until he started school. Writes just fine now though.

how old is he?

neither of mine particularly liked drawing

however, it has lead to them being a bit slower at starting to write then their peers (not below average, just not particularly interested). Dd has got into it now (and she's about to be 6) for the first time really.

Other ways of encouraging drawing are doing finger drawings in sand, doing hand and foot painting etc.

If he's under 4, then you probably don't have to worry!!

My dd didn't - there were too many other things to do that she found more interesting. Her nursery teacher would ask her to do a drawing or a painting, and she'd do something really quickly just to get it over and done with so she could do something else. She'll be 5 next month, and over the past three or four months has begun to enjoy painting and drawing, and will spend hours doing it.

They have personal preferences from a very young age; if he doesn't enjoy it I wouldn't force it.

foxinsocks he's 3.6yrs