Writing

I can't remember when Marcus started using crayons. Maybe when he was around 16 months old. Then he moved on to using pens when he realised what we were using. These days, he prefers markers, like the ones which papa uses. And he has personalised all his favourite taxi, buses and cars by scribbling on them... and he told me after that his buses are very pretty!



After his months of scribblings, he has evolved and now he draws. Really draws. Most times, we can identify the subjects of his drawings and he will tell us stories about them. That bus has wheels so it can move on the road, that the road is straight...that the bus goes to our house or not.. that a bus has lots of people or very few people, .. that the sun is out, so it is very hot.. etc etc... I showed him how to draw clouds, birds and trees recently and once in a while he will draw clouds for me. And now he is beginning to introduce colours into his drawings with crayons. I can't wait to see more colourful drawings from him. Should start scouting for some drawing/colouring competitions for him.

Recently he has shown huge interest in writing too. Ever since he came back from school one day writing some letters on his own and announcing to us proudly, he has made incredible improvement. Now he can write lots of letters and numbers and would concentrate really hard sitting at his red table, writing with a giant marker every night after his bath. I have never expected a kid so young to want to write so much, especially when we have never actively encouraged him to write. I suspect watching the older kids in class writing has fanned his interest somewhat and he must have picked it up just by watching them.