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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Don’t teach him, just draw with him.  He’ll watch what you do and either he will ask for help or he won’t.  If you take it upon yourself to formally teach him, it will turn into a power struggle that it sounds like you already know will go poorly.[/quote]

Plus, what he will learn is how to draw houses the way that someone else draws houses.  It's better to let him figure it out.  So just draw with him, and only show him how you drew something if he asks.  [/quote]

Another early childhood educator here - yes to both!  Don't teach him that there is only one way to draw a house, AND don't tell him he isn't doing it correctly. Sit with him and draw together. Or encourage him to draw, paint, use playdough, clay, etc. in really open ended ways - or in ways he's interested in.  Hey, do you want to make a book and send it to grandma?   Work with him to staple blank copier paper together, then let him go to town!  If he wants to narrate what's happening on each page then you can write the words he dictates.  If not, then that's fine, too.  Then mail to Grandma!  She'd love it and he has a "reason" or "mission" in doing something today.

he can also make signs to hang around the house "remember to brush your teeth" on the bathroom mirror or "exit" on each door.  give a 4 year old markers, crayons, blank paper and TAPE (protip, get blue painter's tape - it will stick paper up but won't peel paint usually) and that 4 year old is SET for LIFE!  (or at least an hour!)[/quote]

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