Many people these days fail to see the importance of art education for children even though studies worldwide have irrevocably proven just that. In fact, being exposed to art is crucial for kidโs overall development, including understanding human experience and communication. Art is shaping and sharpening important skills same way as math and other sciences do and should be seen as one of the key elements for boosting childrenโs academic success.
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Out-of-the-box thinking
Creativity can be learned. Children who draw or sculpt from an early age learn to see things from different perspectives, they craft using their memory or imagination or both. Their young brains face various obstacles and are challenged to overcome them using diverse approaches. Art engagement is one of the best ways to practice creativity & problem solving that will ensure childโs โThink-out-of-the-boxโ habits later in life.
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Confidence & Tolerance
Thereโs no wrongs and rights when doing art. That makes it a great subject to practice from an early age. Children are encouraged to be more imaginative and innovative trying out new things while finding ways of solving same problems in a new light. This gives them a certain degree of freedom they arenโt usually allowed to have while learning other subjects. Art makes children more confident and less judgmental.
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Motor skills
Even though least expected, turns out that art can even help childโs physical development. Small children often struggle to make precise moves because of their still underdeveloped motor skills. Seemingly simple tasks such as trying to hold a pencil and to color a certain area without crossing borders in fact provide quite a valuable practice that greatly contributes to childโs motor skill development.
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Concentration
Working on a painting or a sculpture requires a lot of focus, something that small children usually lack. When child is trying to craft from her imagination or her memory, it requires to be greatly consumed by the task. Often there are many different aspects to take care of while painting or drawing, so child learns how to split focus and concentrate on multiple tasks at the same time.
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Team work
Having to work on a project together with others grants children a precious first experience of teamwork thus making an art class a great environment for a kid to learn collaboration. Art is the most personal subject and therefore not so easy to compromise on. Through this experience your child will come to terms with cooperation with other kids, respecting and valuing their views and ideas. This will prove very useful later in personal as well as work life.
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Visual language
Visual perception is the first language babies master. Itโs the fastest and most informative way for them to learn about the world. Children have been said to learn from visual sources more now than ever before. No wonder that art is the very language they start expressing themselves in at the earliest age.
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Discipline
Dedication to finishing the work rewarded by the satisfaction they receive from subsequent accomplishments nurtures right work ethics at the very beginning and children wonโt struggle with it later in life.
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