Art and Craft Activities in Preschool

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Updated on May 14, 2013
HOw important is to teach art and craft as part of core curriculum in preschools?

| May 14, 2013
Arti it's so nice of you to actually think about such issues as it clearly point it out that you would love to figure out worth of things in the core curriculum to understand their significance. To put it simply I would point out that ART and CRAFT activities are crucial for development of right brain which is highly creativity oriented so art and craft is almost essential for nurturing creativity, moreover they go a long way in developing crucial skills like hand and eye co-ordination, fine motor muscles and skills, moreover it provides an excellent medium to boost learning in a fun way :)

| May 14, 2013
Well I completely agree with Gaurima and wud like to add tht art n craft make us adults come up to d level of kids. In other words it gives us a medium of making them understand concepts thru colorful, simple, interesting n attractive methods. Children like colorful things n variety keeps them engrossed. when my daughter was in playschool she was taught one shape every month for

| May 14, 2013
Hi Gaurima and Shikha, Thanks for your feedback and thoughts on this. My son is 9 months old and I too have started doing some very basic things with him to develop his skills. Being from fine art background, I understand the core of this requirement. To carry this thought forward, i have even created some DIY kits myself and now approaching to preschools so that adopt them.

| May 14, 2013
Which she was supposed to take one same shape object from home. So instead of Giving her a readymade object I used to make one craft at home which made her n other kids too learn things easily n the impact wud b long lasting as wat they like they tend to remember it longer. For ex- for square shape day I had made a square shape robot, for circle shape I made panda with circle eyes, ears, feet, hands .












| May 25, 2017
Hi Arti, Check out the benefits of arts & Crafts in early education of your child. https://www.parentcircle.com/article/benefits-of-arts-and-craft-in-early-education/