Art at school

Here we have a happy toddler, officially two years young, painting at Day School.

Timothy enjoys painting. I suppose most children do for the free hand strokes or touching and seeing the bright colors – exciting and new wonders. It is great sensory and motor skills development for little humans.

I put him in his bath tub for paint play when he was a baby and an infant. Ooo, such messy fun to create and learn. I enjoyed watching him look at the colors and squirm his chubby face at the slimy paint between his tiny fingers. I despised the mess but proudly displayed my baby’s artwork in our living room in the apartment.

I also noticed then as in this picture that Timothy uses his left hand to hold the brushes or to scribble and draw. My maternal grandfather, Peter Belfon, was a lefty. Both Deon and I are right handers. I would be delighted to have Timothy be a lefthanded boy. An ambidextrous child would be even cooler.

Here is the finished project that his teachers had him painting umbrellas earlier. Spring showers! G