How to make my 4 year old to do coloring and writing...?

Question

My 4 year old son is not interested in writing or coloring activities, Though this is the most crucial time to start with it as his syllabus in school also include lot of writing and coloring work.What should i do to so that he starts taking interest, I already tried lot many things like blackboard, whiteboard, different attractive coloring and writing books.....Nothing works, Some time i get frustrated and i force him to do as a result he get more and more reluctant to all this.....give me some suggestions....

Answer 1

have you considered that his hand muscles are not strong enough or coordinated to hold a pencil or a crayon? Talk to an occupational therapist to see what kind of hand exercises to do with him. This was the case at my childcare with a 4 1/2 yr old boy, I brought it to his parents attention and his parents are the one who contacted the occupational therapist through the school district. Just might be what he needs.

Answer 2

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Answer 3

You might try these activities closer to bedtime. Maybe – “It’s time for bed now – but if you want – we can stay up and write these letters (or color) for a little while.” Make sure that you are at the table and there are no distractions (television is off, other kids are not playing within sight – etc.) Puppet play might help. Get a finger puppet – or even a hand puppet and let IT tell you child that he will enjoy coloring (use a silly voice). Don’t force him or use coloring/writing as a punishment, as that might solidify those things in his head as negative. Good luck!

Answer 4

Well no more forcing him, he's four hun, he doesn't need to pressured at this age, these are the fun years! Have you tried making it fun for him? Do you sit down and colour in with him? If he see's you doing it, and even if you have to pretend to have fun, he needs to see it as enjoyable.What does your child enjoy? does he have a favourite animal? or activity? How about when you go shopping, you could draw a few things ( they don't have to be great) like apples and bananas, and when he sees them he has to colour them in. Take a few crayons and such.Just make it fun for him! Honestly, never force him as it'll just ruin the experience x

Answer 5

1.Take a line for a walk – see how long the pencil can stay on the paper.

2.Sorting – small objects such as paper clips, screws, bolts, buttons, etc.

3.Clipping things together – using pegs, paper clips, etc.

4.Dressing up activities – involving the use of clothing fasteners such as buttons, zippers and laces.

5.Post-a-shape – matching shapes to the correct opening.

Answer 6

Actually, this doesn't concern me at all. Our job as early childhood educators and parents of 4 yr old children is to provide the varied opportunities. If you sit down and start doing something like this on your own without saying a word to him but having materials similar next to you you will find that he'll eventually join you. It may take several session but the key is not to try to talk him into it and when he does experiement...refrain from making a big deal out of it. You really don't have to say anything.



Coloring sheets- ditch them. He doesn't need them. Use large sheets of plain or colored paper. Use a window or sliding glass door. Damp sand in a tray with a twig, fingerpainting etc. You don't even have to do letters. If your child doesn't have an interest in it he probably doesn't have the skills to write his letters yet so you want to do more explorations with types of lines and shapes. Doesn't me that you can't draw or write on yours but don't expect him to on his. When he is at a point to work on letters, start with the letters in his names.



So he likes cars, hmmm? Work that in. Make a ramp out of cardboard or a block and at the end of the ramp have a paper road that has a road drawn in lines that make letters...zig zags, mountains, valleys, c, backward c etc. It's all in play, vroom, down the ramp, squeal around the road and back up the ramp. He doesn't even know he's creating the brain patterning for writing letters. Another day have him run his car through shallow container of paint and drive through the road. Then on another day have just plain paper for him to paint with his cars. You can also make playdough letters of his name and pretend they are a road and give him cars that have treads on their wheels to make marks as he's driving through the road.



Other "unique" explorations that my students enjoy were

* writing with washable markers on the sliding glass door;

* bundling up markers and crayons with a rubberband

* placing textured paper underneat the regular paper

* writing on a pumpkin with washable markers

* use white crayon to spell his name (pressing thickly) on white paper. Then give him a narrow brush with watercolor paint. Surprise! They love things like this.





Good luck!

Answer 7

He may be reluctant because you have forced him or too desparate for him to reach this stage. Before holding a pencil he needs to develop good fine motor control-



The building of fine motor skills in children will enable them to perform a variety of important functional tasks. So, use playdoh, silly putty, Theraputty, kids scissors, beads, crafts, markers, crayons, learn to dress dolls, puzzles, paints and paintbrushes, finger paints, pencil grips (help you hold your pencil correctly), mazes, coloring books, "quiet books", pegboards, or ANYTHING you can possibly think of, to get those hands and fingers workin'!



Also

All these activities are general and can be used to develop fine motor skills for most children.

1.Take a line for a walk – see how long the pencil can stay on the paper.

2.Sorting – small objects such as paper clips, screws, bolts, buttons, etc.

3.Clipping things together – using pegs, paper clips, etc.

4.Dressing up activities – involving the use of clothing fasteners such as buttons, zippers and laces.

5.Post-a-shape – matching shapes to the correct opening.

6.Bead threading – copy the pattern.

7.Tracking and maze activities

8.Cutting and pasting – patterns, pictures, classification activities, project scrapbooks.

9.Tracing – lines, shapes and simple pictures.

10.Copy writing patterns 1 – using coloured sand.

11.Copy writing patterns 2 – using chalk.

12.Colouring patterns and pictures – using different media.

13.Dot-to-dot pictures – using numbers and the alphabet.

14.Line-links – following the line from one end to the other (e.g. mouse to the cheese).

15.Modelling – with clay, Plasticine etc.

16.Painting and printing – using different sized brushes and different types of printing materials.

17.Jigsaw puzzles – starting with simple peg puzzles with pictures and shapes that need to be slotted into the correct space, then introducing traditional puzzles of varying degrees of difficulty.

18.Peg boards – these can be used to make simple or more ocmplex patterns.

19.Building blocks – start with larger wooden ones if possible and then introduce smaller ones.

20.Constructional apparatus –of varying degrees of difficulty (e.g. Duplo, Lego).

21.Jacks or marbles – children learn to control fine motor movements with these games.

22.Computer-aided picture and design activities

23.Sewing activities

24.Finger puppets

25.Construction activities – involving the use of plastic nuts, bolts and screws.

26.Musical instruments – playing as wide a range as available.

Answer 8

Find a better preschool, one that doesn't expect fours to sit and color and write. Make sure he has plenty of opportunities to exercise his small muscles by providing building sets such as Lego and playdough. Make fat crayons and paper available but don't push him. You'll just make him more resistant.

Answer 9

When my son asked for a new toy we asked him to draw it so we won't forget. We also asked him to draw his favorite toys. It got him into drawing. He also likes comic strips from Lego Magazine (free from Lego Club) and started to draw something similar.

This is a nice website with many ideas for art projects: http://www.toddler-net.com/Games_art_crafts.html

Try hand prints/finger painting and stamps. It's fun!

Answer 10

sit him down in a chair and give him a piece of paper and a pencil and tell him if he colors and writes he will get a treat(popsicle, fruit)