Bilateral children's easel: which one to choose?

At preschool age, drawing is one of the favorite activities of the child, it is not only interesting, but also useful. Having given the child a two-sided easel, parents may not worry about what he will paint on the walls or furniture.

In the classic form, the easel is a special stand for fastening the canvas or any other basis for drawing. In a conventionally vertical position, working with an image is much more convenient. Children's bilateral easel complies with this concept. In addition, it expands its capabilities and adapts the functionality to the interests of a young age.

Bilateral easel promotes the use of various techniques and types of tools when drawing - not only watercolors, pastels or gouaches, but also crayons. At the easel, one of the sides is an ordinary slate magnetic board, and the second is a white smooth surface on which you can draw with color markers or fix a sheet of paper. This opens up unlimited opportunities for creativity for your child.

Children are usually unable to concentrate on one thing for a long time. Therefore, products for them are trying to produce with additional developmental functions that are not related to the main purpose.

For example, a manufacturer can easily equip a children's easel with abacus for parallel learning the basics of arithmetic. And it can add magnetic numbers and letters to the set, which will make reading and even spelling more simple.

The main purpose of the easel, even a child, still remains just drawing. And it, as children's psychologists have proved, is capable of exerting a very beneficial effect on the mental abilities of a child. Fantasy and creative thinking are actively developed in the creative process and can be seriously used in adult life, and in some cases even determine the future profession: designer, architect, engineer or the same artist.

To draw something meaningful, the child will have to learn many special skills that will help him become more dexterous and neat.

Children's easel is not necessarily equipped with additional bonuses such as accounts or magnetic alphabet, but if they are there, it will further broaden the horizons. In addition to learning to read and count, memory is also developing - the child has to memorize what seems to us very simple, and for his mind is a serious task.

The easel will help you gain the skills you need for school. In an unobtrusive form, the kid will master the features of work at the board and many other, at first glance insignificant, techniques. In a new unfamiliar environment, the student will feel confident, knowing the purpose of many objects and being able to use them correctly.

Finally, an easel is also a concern for the health of the child. He will draw in any case, even if his parents do not bother to buy him such a gift. However, only a “growing” easel ensures that In the process of creativity, the child will not develop disorders of the musculoskeletal system. Professional artists in one voice with doctors say that drawing is better standing or sitting.

A few years ago, child easels were classified into one-sided and two-sided ones. However, the first today are almost out of use, because there was a need for more detailed systematization of the second. Differences usually lie in the exact purpose of both working parties and additional equipment.

In particular, an ordinary drawing board is needed for drawing with chalk, but for better color rendering it is recommended to choose models equipped with a white surface for such needs, rather than the classic brown one. Consumers often complain that separately bought crayons spoil the board, scratching it and leaving stains. Manufacturers have taken into account the problem, and now sets of crayons, designed specifically for the easel, are attached to the easels.

The second side is usually designed for markers and felt-tip pens, but the difference may lie in whether it is magnetic or not. If so, then we are most likely talking about the so-called 3-in-1 model, because manufacturers often produce a complete set with the alphabet, bills, and even mosaic.

In this case, the child gets an additional, very unusual opportunity to create visual images using multi-colored magnets. They in combination with a magnetic board give one more unexpected advantage. With their help, a sheet of paper is fixed very easily in an upright position., so you can immediately buy paints and colored pencils.

Modern industrial products are characterized by the maximum use of several materials for the production of their products - the same happens with children's easels.

For example, the legs are most often made of ordinary plastic, which can significantly simplify the design and make it more transportable, but this does not always guarantee an adequate level of security.

From an ecological point of view, a wooden easel is much better, but weighs much more. And most importantly - will cost much more.

For the manufacture of the tablet and all can be used a variety of materials. Ordinary slate can be made of wood, metal or even glass, provided that it is coated with special enamel of the desired color.

The magnetic board in its composition very predictably contains a magnet, allowing it to attract to itself the letters and pieces of the mosaic from the set. Occasionally you can meet and transparent glass easel - its use gives children's drawings an unusual effect and teaches the child the concept of transparency of the barrier.

In pursuit of consumer interest, manufacturers today produce children's easels of almost all possible colors and even use combinations of several colors. Choosing an easel for a child in color, one should either consult with the future owner himself, or simply make a start from the elementary aesthetic appeal of the product and its ability to harmoniously fit into the interior of the apartment.

Psychologists say that the color palette that constantly surrounds a person helps him to tune in a certain way. Parents can successfully use this feature to impart certain traits to the character of their children. For example, overly active children are not advised to give bright things flashy shades, they need something calmer, more peaceful - a green easel is perfect.

If the child is inappropriately quiet and you need to stir it up a little, you should give preference to the brightest tones and shades.In this case, you should always make a discount on the interest of the kid in the drawing process, it’s no secret that children like everything bright.

Unlike adult easels, children's versions are produced by manufacturers who focus not so much on creativity as on the production of children's furniture. There are quite a lot of brands under which such products are manufactured. Each manufacturer is able to boast its own advantages, so it’s easier to look at them globally, in the context of the regions where they come from. In this case, the choice of a particular model still needs to be taken as seriously as possible, because the creative development of the child depends on it.

Judging by the reviews, the highest quality is predictably offered by foreign manufacturers of easels from Western Europe and North America. As a rule, these are names that are well-recognized by modern parents, such as CrayolaHowever, there are relatively little-known names like Smoby.

Another very well-known brand, which specializes not only in children's products, has become a part of this company. Ikea On average, imported products are called fairly high-quality, and most importantly, safe for the child, but they are also quite expensive.

Those who are looking for cheaper goods should pay attention to domestic products - these include easels from Nika Kids and Intechproekt. It would be correct to call such models for creativity averages for all indicators. They cost not too expensive, in general they are quite safe for babies, however, as a rule, they are not distinguished either by strength or durability.

A high-quality alternative can be a children's easel from a neighboring country: a Belarusian company "Polesie" managed to properly establish itself in many countries around the world. As for Chinese products, they are always purchased at your own peril and risk. Its clear advantage is the price, which is even lower than that of the domestic manufacturer. But the quality may vary radically.

Such purchases are best made solely on the recommendation of your friends who have experience in operating the model.

When deciding on a particular model of a child's easel, you should not forget about the following points that are of fundamental importance:

• The stability of the design is one of the main guarantees of the baby’s safety.
• The tablet should be approximately at the level of the upper body of the child - the only way to protect it from spinal pathologies.
• The kid is constantly growing, so the possibility of adjusting the height and position of the tablet will not be superfluous. At the same time, such a product is still not suitable for serious occupations, and therefore you should not purchase a model with an eye for use at an older age.
• If the child really loves to draw, he will surely want to do it everywhere - even at the cottage or at the grandmother's place. Assuming that such trips are very likely with considerable frequency, one should prefer the folding model of low weight.
• Additional opportunities for the development of the type of account are needed only if the baby does not yet have such skills as other similar educational toys.

In the next video you will find a presentation of the kid's two-sided easel KidKraft 62026.