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The Benefits of Incorporating Clay in Classrooms:
Te Whariki, the New Zealand Early Childhood Curriculum believes, it is very important to include holistic activities in classrooms. As stated by Blaiklock (2010), children should be able to explore throughout the environment (p.202). This allows children to become actively involved in their learning when using a range of natural materials.
The benefits of including clay in classrooms are that children become motivated for longer periods of time, which enhances their hand-eye coordination, their concentration levels and their fine motor skills. These developments in a child’s life are very important and beneficial, as it is very important to enhance a child’s learning by extending their experiences further. As clay encourages children to be motivated for longer, it therefore increases and broadens their imagination to create a visual image to what they are thinking. Therefore children can explore and experiment using their hands to build and when using a range of tools.
Te Whariki, the New Zealand Early Childhood Curriculum believes, it is very important to include holistic activities in classrooms. As stated by Blaiklock (2010), children should be able to explore throughout the environment (p.202). This allows children to become actively involved in their learning when using a range of natural materials.
The benefits of including clay in classrooms are that children become motivated for longer periods of time, which enhances their hand-eye coordination, their concentration levels and their fine motor skills. These developments in a child’s life are very important and beneficial, as it is very important to enhance a child’s learning by extending their experiences further. As clay encourages children to be motivated for longer, it therefore increases and broadens their imagination to create a visual image to what they are thinking. Therefore children can explore and experiment using their hands to build and when using a range of tools.