First Drawing

Vivian loves her colors both the markers and colored pencils. She loves to take them out of the box one by one and unfortunately likes to put them in her mouth, which is why she doesn't have crayons. I have been encouraging her to hold them in her hand and showing her that when she uses them on the paper there is an effect. Teaching her that she is actually producing something when she colors. I tried for about a week and she wouldn't even hold the markers in her hand without attempting to eat them. So we took a break and I let her do some more independent exploration of them. We came back to them a few days later and tried again. Mind you, I'm not sitting down with her and forcing her to hold the marker. Rather, while she is playing, if she hands me one to share I take the cap off, model how to hold and use it, place it in her hand and draw her focus to the paper. It took several more days until she finally began to make marks on the paper and then she went to town. Coloring back and forth and making dots.

This is her first master piece.

And her second a couple of days later.