These are just 3 ways in which our activity boxes can help your child to prepare for school and life beyond! Let's face it, as adults who have been through school and beyond already; We all need to learn how to relax more, focus, and resilience helps us all when we are faced with the challenges that life can throw at us.
1.) Fine Motor Skills
Using paint brushes, pastels and modelling tools etc. Children will strengthen the muscles in their hands and fingers. This will help them to have control over their hand movements which will help them to develop their handwriting and strengthen their handwriting so that they are prepared to write at length.
2.) Experimentation
Trying a wide variety of art materials such as clay, watercolours and pipettes etc. This helps children to learn more about what they can create and effects that they can achieve. They can see the cause and effect in the decisions that they make. This will help them to develop their imagination and will prepare them to be more resilient learners. This means that they will be less likely to give-up when they find things difficult because they will know that they need to think about the problem in a different way, and they might need to tackle it from a different angle.
3.) Focus
Threading, Painting, Collaging etc. Children will be able to focus for longer periods of time, the more that they practice it. Our arts and crafts activities sometimes require concentration and patience. A lot of our activities are relaxing and encourage children to work mindfully on a creative project.
Order one of our boxes and see for yourself how our nature inspired arts and crafts activities will help your child to continue learning this Summer; Whilst having LOTS of fun!
