How do I get my ds (3) interested in drawing?

[AttillaTheHan]

Our Ds is three and has no interest whatsoever in drawing or colouring in. Not a major worry I know but at his recent 3yr development check the health visitor commented that his drawing skills were 'behind' and his finer movements were clumsy (cheeky cow)...

Anyway has anyone got any ideas of fun ways to introduce drawing and colouring to him? Have tried drawing faces etc and asking him to copy but he refuses to join in.

Thanks

I wouldn't worry about it, my dd2 is nearly three and has only just started to get into colouring. She is absolutely fine. Your HV has probably been on a course about it recently

my ds was just like this,I started a thread about it aswell as I was worried.
He is now 4.6 yrs and has caught the bug!
He started using crayons and pencils about 4 months ago now and he's even writing his own name now!
I would say don't worry,he'll become interested in it in his own time.
You could encourage fine motor movements by playing certain games;
stitching cards
picking up small objects with tweezers.

I wouldn't worry about it either. Neither of my children had any interest in drawing at all until they were about four and a half, and from what I undestand that's pretty common. My dd could barely hold a pencil at age three, and the marks she made on the paper were very rudimentary ... and so were the drawings made by 90% of the children she was at nursery with.

You don't worry about it. All through pre-school, ds1 was COMPLETELY uninterested in drawing and painting. We had all the worries about fine motor control etc.

Started school, suddenly a switch was turned on and he likes nothing better than doing "drawing". Can't get enough of it. His handwriting was dire to start with (teacher commented that in many boys, the bones in their hands don't form properly until nearly 6 years old, meaning that they don't have the strength to hold a pencil properly - or something like that anyway), but with a short course of "Write Dance" (lots of big actions to help them have the control over the smaller ones when writing) he's come on in leaps and bounds and has now caught up with the class.

Your ds will get there in his own time

(I do know how you feel though - I remember at nursery all these mums coming home with beautiful pieces of "art" and ds1 would NEVER have done anything. Much preferred playing with the trains, the sand and the playdoh!)

here's my thread
ds was 3 yrs one month when I started it.

Thanks for all the advice - its great to know that we're not on our own. I'll relax about it now - Ta

Have you tried doing finger painting and sponge painting? My dds love getting paint out, (we cover the place with newspaper first) - dd1 is older so is at the age where she loves drawing, but being able to play with paint and crayons and pens has definitely encouraged dd2 who is 2, and now she loves it. I do think its totally normal and nothing to worry about - they all have different interests, but was just thinking that maybe if you had a fun time doing it too your dd might find it fun and get up some enthusiasm?