Why is art important in Early Years?
Few things are more delightful than watching a child intently draw and proudly show you their project. The joy little learners find in art can be infectious and this is important for children’s development.
While pre-schoolers are doodling quietly at the table, they are learning more than just how to draw a house. The process of creating art has a wealth of benefits, from helping young children develop an attention span, motor skills, cross curricular links with communication, maths, science to laying the foundation for important life skills, crafting is much more than just a quiet bit of fun.
- Here are 7 benefits of art within the nursery curriculum
- An outlet for emotion
- Development of fine motor skills
- Communication and language
- Critical thinking
- Social skills
- Creativity
- Early maths skills
At The Chelsea Nursery, we provide a huge range of different activities and resources for the children to choose from to use, explore and create. Famous paintings can be used as a stimulus, just as much as dinosaurs and the world around us.
“The urge to draw must be quite deep within us, because children love to do it” – David Hockney