Have you ever seen your children coloring, painting, pasting, cutting or stabbing? How were they at that moment? You can see how focused they are when they want to color them so they do not get out of the line or mix their favorite colors so they look beautiful and attractive. They were free at that time!
Art and craft activities are one of the good and beneficial activities for children. They will think and imagine what crafts they will do and this will increase their creativity. Not only that! Many more they learn from such activities.
Some have never allowed children to color using the water color and freely paint on paper. Parents may be worried about the kids going to make a step. But can not we put pure values like packing after using them and making them a condition if they want to use water colors. Here are the benefits of art and craft:
1. Skills Communication. When children paint or color, they will definitely communicate with the people around them to help them perform the activity. They will mention the colors to be used, state the shape to be painted or give an idea of where to hang their paintings later. They will also ask whether their paintings are beautiful to us. It all involves communication skills. Indeed, such activities stimulate children to communicate and supplement their vocabulary.
2. Social Skills and Emotions. What is the association of such activities with its emotional and social skills? See how our children share colors with siblings and friends. They will communicate with each other and learn to be patient while waiting for their turn. Sometimes they will be frustrated because their paintings are said to be not beautiful by friends or they may be very happy when praised by the mother for coloring well. This all trains child emotions and makes them mature.
3. Skills solve the problem. When they do craft activities, various ideas come to their minds. What do I want to do? What color is it caticured for this apple fruit? How do I want to make it even more interesting? They will try their best or seek new ideas to make their craft beautiful and attractive.
4. Fine motorcycle skeleton. Art and craft activities are essential for improving the smooth motor skills. Holding small and subtle objects, cutting, pasting between exercises that can train his fine motor skills. This is very important because if small muscles like in the fingers are not moved and trained, children will be difficult to make activities such as writing, coloring or dressing.
5. Focus. Such activities can train children to focus more even longer. This is important to increase their focus especially when they are already going to school later.
6. Exercise self and creativity. Amazingly art and craft, we can see the emotions and expressions of the children at that time. They paint the face of the father and mother because of their deepest desire or drawing the atmosphere of the village because they want to go home.
7. Strengthen relationships. Spend time with the kids. They'll be happy if we can paint and color them together. Feel the freedom and pleasure of this and surely they will share with friends that their parents are the most 'cool' in the world!
8. Tips to reduce unnecessary activities. Anyone who asks, how to reduce television watching or playing video games. Here is the solution. Hold these craft activities with them. they will definitely push television and other gadgets to the edge.
Wait for what kind of a gentleman you are. Plan this activity at least once a month. Buy and collect all equipment and materials. Share joy and close relationships with children. Happy be happy!
Written by ; Aidawati Binti Dahalan
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