Toddler Easel
Posted in Articles, Uncategorized on April 17th, 2010 by admin – Be the first to commentA toddler easel is a useful item to have in the house. Toddlers are just beginning to explore their senses and the areas around them. Toddlers like to experiment with new items and delight in watching the effects of these new items. A great way to foster this natural need to explore is a toddler easel. This way they can smear the paint and draw on the paper instead of smearing food on the floor or drawing on the walls. Toddlers can delight in having their very own possession: a toddler easel.
Parents will love how quiet their toddlers get when they are busy mixing colors on their toddler easel. They will be able to work or make phone calls while the toddler makes pretty pictures for them to hang on the refrigerator later. Toddlers need to feel loved and appreciated, and showing what a good job they did fosters this need. Toddlers also like to create presents for their parents, and a picture that they created by themselves is important for developing early notions of self esteem.
Art stimulates the brain and neural activity which reinforces learning the activity they are working on. When art is combined with things like writing and learning shapes, it speeds up the process of learning. What seems to be play time is in fact a creative way to foster learning. Parents will be helping their toddler to get ahead of the class before they even go to school by showing them simple concepts like colors, lines, and shapes. When they are ready they can go on to harder concepts like letters and making the connection between a word and the thing it represents. For example, if the toddler draws her pet cat the parent can show the toddler what the word “C-A-T” looks like and point out that those letters relate to the drawing she or he just did. Simple tricks like these help to facilitate learning.





