When the weather's bad and there's no prospect of a trip to the park, we might well reach for crayons, pencils and paper as a way to keep our children entertained. But drawing is much more than a fun ...

Most childhood drawings have a surprisingly short lifespan. They spend a few weeks attached to a refrigerator door, tucked into a school folder, or displayed proudly on a bedroom wall before ...

Children around the world have stood in front of their homes to show drawings of what they miss most from life before lockdown: grassy parks, playing soccer, and spending time with friends and family.

A child picks up a crayon and begins to sketch a scene from a story, not knowing that this simple act is strengthening the neural pathways responsible for memory. New research shows that children who ...

Children's ability to draw recognizable objects and to recognize each other's drawings improves concurrently throughout childhood, according to a new study from Stanford University. In work published ...

Potential talents of children with characteristics of giftedness are not always seen in mainstream education. Children's drawings, however, can play a role in early detection of their needs and ...

Drawing may look like a simple childhood pastime, but research suggests it is doing far more than filling blank pages. It engages perception, memory, motor control and even early social understanding, ...

When asked to draw their local wildlife, 401 UK schoolchildren aged seven to 11 most commonly drew mammals and birds, while amphibians and reptiles appeared in the fewest drawings, suggesting ...