Blackboards love children. Being able to capture their drawings on a magic canvas, and have it at their fingertips at any time, makes them let their imagination run wild. But, Is it convenient to put a board in the children's room?
It can be a very stimulating game and amusement, but you have to take into account that the chalk gives off dust, and if they use it often you have to ensure adequate ventilation of the children's room.
You also have to get used not to spread the chalk on the eraser, and clean it often (the eraser can be a "homemade" version, a dry absorbent cloth).
If the child has some allergy problem, we will have to find another place for the board, the lounge or the playroom, where it does not sleep. The garden or a balcony or patio, as long as it is covered, can also be a good idea if we don't want the board to be in the room.
In addition there are hypoallergenic chalks and you can also resort to drawing without chalks, with white boards on which it is drawn with special markers.
To start, if we are not sure of the use that children will give them and if they have any type of allergy, it is better not to opt for vinyl or adhesive blackboards, it will be more complicated to change their location if necessary. There are small blackboards type tablets, or the traditional ones with folding legs that go to the ground.
We will not have to spend folios for children to make their thousand and one drawings, from their first scribbles. But watch out for the little ones, because you can't leave them with a chalk that will surely end up in their mouths. And we must also ensure that chalk or markers end up printed in places other than the board ...
The benefits of drawing for children are multiple: they develop psychomotor skills, the brain, it's fun, relaxes them, brings them closer to pictorial art, gives them self-esteem, teaches them to communicate better ...
Anyway, put a blackboard in the children's room It may not be the best option for every home or for all the little ones, but it is one more possibility that turns any corner of the house into a corner for artists.
