A slanted
surface on an easel helps younger toddlers and preschoolers improve their grasp patterns for holding crayons and markers when they learn to write.
Not exact matches
We OTs love getting kids to work
on vertical
surfaces (think:
easel or chalkboard) because of how it forces them to bend their wrists back (called «extension») as they play, something that is critical for good handwriting skills.
And you're clearly painting
on a big
surface that doesn't have all the connotations of, you know, traditional window or
easel painting, just....
The Horizontalists distinguish themselves as a group from the «Bellport School», which pours, paints, drips, scrapes, and abrades pigments
on horizontal
surfaces as they bear down from above onto floors or tables rather than
on easels or walls.
This was done using an ultra-low tech method involving a concave
easel that allows them to cross their eyes and trace images
on a spherical
surface as the image drifts into their vision.
You can stand it up
on a flat
surface like an
easel.