Finger Painting
Some of you might want to have a painting session with your kids but u tend to give it a second thought when ur mind start to picture all the mess that will happen. Do you knot that there are lots of benefits of messy play?
Yes, it can be stressful to clear up all the mess, in fact at times the duration of cleaning up is even longer than the duration the kids played. Messy play stimulates their senses. Thats why you can see that I allow my kids to use their fingers to do the painting. Yes, finger painting! The tactile experience gained during messy play helps little ones experience a variety of textures. During messy play, babies and toddlers are developing eye hand coordination and fine motor skills. What looks like a mess on the surface is truly a learning experience for your child. uZAir started finger painting when he was 10 months old.
Some parents said that their child only spend just a min or two and left the table. Well, just because it is messy and only holds their interest for few minutes, should it be done? My answer is Yes.
Each time is a learning experience for them, we can’t expect them to sit for complete 30 minutes, however each time they may add a minute or two of their attention span. It is part of the process to increase their attention span. Each time you get out that messy project they learn a little bit more.
For now, u need not worry about getting your house messy, coz u’ll be doing it at my place. Yes, will be having Finger Painting classes for younger kids. How old? No specific age but for those who can sit and crawl. If you child is only 5 months old but can already sit on his on without support, he is most welcome. And if you child is already 13 months but have yet started walking, still crawling, he/she is most welcome.
We will place a huge paper in the garden and we let the kids go wild with the colours =) Don’t worry about the colours, it is save,we will have homemade colours for your kids. Let them be in their diapers and crawl all over the paper with the colours.
