Art lets the child find expression
“Creativity is more than just being different. Anybody can plan weird; that’s easy. What’s hard is to be as simple as Bach. Making the simple, awesomely simple, that’s creativity” –Charles Mingus.
Can one challenge the creativity of children? Those little humans who don’t know what it’s like to be tied down by chains of insecurity, judgment, competition and perfection. We all want the best for our children. When doctors, teachers, and experts tried finding a way to make that happen, the answer was creativity. Learning by means of music, craft, painting a picture, knitting, kneading the dough, solving puzzles and playing simple board games.
The activities children participate in up to the age of ten are what help develop their learning pattern. Research says that children when exposed to creativity learn faster.
Art and Child Development
Science claims that creative learning helps develop the right side of the brain which captures music, images, colors, intuition and the expression of emotions. When considered from a different aspect, we see that art teaches expression. It has been observed that children who tend to be reserved express themselves through creativity. To them, creativity is what wings are to butterflies. Art teaches discovery. For example, while painting when children mix red and yellow together they create orange. Thus the child’s brain becomes engaged in the discovery of “how” and “why.” Art teaches us that our language does not limit our thinking.
Creativity in developing Motor Skills
Tying knots, or cutting paper to form shapes, squeezing paint from a bottle, and making small dough balls might look like insignificant tasks but they are worth a lot more. These seemingly insignificant tasks are what develop the child’s motor skills enabling him/her to do things like turning the page of a book or filling a paper with words.
Tactile Learning and Child Development
Tactile learning is based on the concept of learning by doing. The fact that it helps in our development is proven in our daily lives. For instance, how would you learn to play cricket? By reading a book about it or by actually using a bat and ball?
Music and Dance
Psychologists, neuroscientists and experts in early childhood development have demonstrated that music and dance does more for children than simply bring them joy; it helps their brain cells make the connections needed for virtually every kind of intelligence. It develops the child in various aspects- intellectual, social, emotional and their language skills. It helps them learn the sounds and meanings of words. Music strengthens memory while dance teaches self expression. Children learn to cooperate, compromise, share, and concentrate- while making music together- which become invaluable as they enter school, face new challenges, and begin to form new relationships. Research has shown that students taking courses in music scored higher in the SAT when compared to students who don’t.
But creativity goes far beyond the statistics measured by studies. It can become a crucial mode of uninhibited self-expression and amazement for a child. It is a fundamental component of what makes us uniquely human.
When a child creates, one witnesses magic.
– Donut Art & Craft Kits
Be a kid – Create something today!
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