Palette and Paintbrush

“Art is to Create”

Benefits

cognitive

Development

· Visual perception

· Eye tracking

· Hand eye coordination

· Visual motor

· Imagination

· Memory skills

· Depth 2/ 3 dimensions

· Proportions and measurement

· Figure ground

· Laterality

· Textures

· Shapes

· Colours

· Fine motor skills

 

language

Development

· Make decisions

· Creates opportunity for conversation

· Improvement in comprehension

· A concrete expression of language

· Helps a child to express feelings when it may be to difficult to express in words

social

development

· Working in a group

· Turn taking

· Patience

· Tolerance

· Gives pleasure

· Self image

· Self esteem

· Confidence

· Safety valve: to relieve stress and tension

· Tidying up

“ Art for your child introduced at the early years may well mean the difference between an adjusted, happy individual and one who in spite of all learning will remain an unbalanced individual who has difficulty In his environment.”                               

Victor Lowenfeld