Children love to play with modeling clay:they are right, it is a very educational activity, and in addition a game not expensive at all.
Here are 5 good reasons to encourage children to play with modeling clay :and they are not the ones who will contradict me. In class, I often noticed it, it was one of their favorite games .
1. Great for Fine Motor Skills
This is an opportunity to make lots of different gestures :knead, knead, crush, roll, tear, cut, flatten, dig, push! A bit like the kitchen, but more cleanly. And you can enrich the possibilities by giving Loulou tools such as blunt knives, cookie cutters, scissors, molds...
2. Develop the Imagination
Loulou invents objects and characters , creates relationships between them, imagines shapes... Then he sweeps everything away, and starts again. Endless game!
3. A Soothing game
Contact with the material, repetitive gestures, concentration, here are elements that will bring your little one towards serenity . And then, as he sees that he has a certain power over things, that reassures him.
4. Pleasure of the Senses
The touch is the first sense of toddlers, and here they exercise it to the fullest! And with new products like Play-Doh, smell and color are not to be outdone:a real pleasure for the senses...
5. We Play and We Learn
Odd shapes, hair-making machines, stars and sausages, we have a good laugh ! But you can also form letters and numbers, follow paths, count the legs of the animals you create. Learn while having fun , Loulou is happy!
And to make it even more economical, you can even make your own modeling clay.
You have other remarks on modeling clay, ideas for activities, suggestions:your comments are welcome.
