We all have fond memories of finger paints and play dough from our childhood, but we don’t realise how much of an effect that early creative expression had on our development, nor do we think about how it could help our own children. According to Samantha Davis, an art psychotherapist based in Cape Town, scribbling with crayons or painting with finger paints develops your baby’s sense of touch and encourages visual and kinaesthetic exploration. This means that your baby’s brain learns how to identify her body’s position and to regulate and control her movements.
She also says, “Scribbling develops your baby’s motor coordination, which is needed to help her develop writing skills in the future and her cognitive