Doodling is an inborn ability of any child. All of us have doodled when we were kids. In fact, we would have doodled on everything we could set our eyes on if we happen to hold a colour pencil in our hands. However, colouring activity cannot be seen as just a messy phase which the kids will grow out of, at least many of us will. What needs to be noted is that that activity was a stepping stone to most of our innate abilities that we use in our daily lives today. How can colouring activity build your kids creativity and character?

Activities that involve colors have the power to develop and influence those abilities in children. When children take part in such activities, both the right and left part of the brain is being exercised. What does this do? It helps strengthen and develop creative thinking in children. This is a good approach to developing the child’s innate character.

When it comes to colouring or doodling, it raised the potential of developing the right and left side of the brain. Why is this so? Because it requires both coordination and thoughts. The left brain guides the hand eye coordination that is required to place a picture on the paper. The right side of the brain is provision and development of thoughts. Now, do you see how it works?

When one draws, it not only requires a lot of understanding of the parameters, but it also includes a great deal of concentration. The left part of the brain has been designed to give us this ability. The left side of the brain also gives us the ability to know where to start and where to finish. It also tells us which area we should work. When the child holds the crayon or pencil to colour or draw, the pincer point is also going to be strengthened, which is a pretty big benefit.

The drawing part of it is controlled by the right side of the brain. This is the side that decides what we will be drawing and how we will be drawing it.

It need not be a rainbow to be exact. However, you need to understand where he is coming from and what he is trying to do here. He has noticed the rainbow in his environment and captured in his mind and have started using his right brain to help him decide how to draw what he saw.

They remember that those pair of lose lines is a rainbow, even if it does not appear to be a rainbow to us. It is important that you gain an understanding of where the child is coming from. They noticed a rainbow in their environment, captured it in their own mind and by using the right side of the brain, they decided that they would put it on paper. It is all from a child’s perspective.

Children love drawing what they see in everyday life, even if it does not appear exactly like they saw it.

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