Children’s Favorite: Pottery Making
Many parents ask about the benefits of children learning pottery making. In the process of working on clay or paper clay, the muscles on both hands of the children are trained. Through squeezing, rolling, rubbing, kneading, pinching, scratching, patting, engraving, cutting, and piling, children will experience that the hands are the best tool of human beings. Therefore, pottery making is a great activity for children of all age groups.
In addition, through the process of creating pottery, children actively establish the notion of oneself through creation, learn skills through curiosity and imitation, and search for the ability of self-creation and problem-solving. Children experience the fun of creation, the joy of interaction with people, matters, and subjects in the surroundings, and the happiness of sharing with each other. Imagine the priceless self-affirmation and satisfaction children experience when they finish their beautiful works.
The benefits of making pottery and working with clay:
Preparation For Writing Stage:
- Through the movements of rubbing and kneading with the hands, the coordination development of the eyes and the hands and the training of the wrists, palms, fingers, and muscles are strengthened.
Development of Independent Learning:
- Children enjoy full freedom to develop their creation and imagination while parents and teachers provide assistance.
Focus and Concentration:
- Children experience fun, sense of achievement, and enhanced self-confidence through pottery making.
Bringing Creativity into Full Play:
- Observation→Imitation→Exploration of self-creativity→Alteration of imaginary dimension→Abstract; establish a full learning process.
孩子最愛的捏陶~~~
很多家長總是會問，學習捏陶對小朋友有甚麼好處？因為在捏陶土或是紙黏土中，可鍛練小朋友的手部小肌肉，在擠、桿、搓、揉、捏、刮、拍、刻、切、疊的手法中，體驗手是人們最好的工具。所以捏陶是和是各年齡層的孩子的活動。
除此之外在捏塑創作過程中，寶貝們是如何積極在創作中建立自我，如何在好奇模仿中學習技巧，又如何尋求自我創作與解決問題的能力。在周圍環境人、事、物中產生融合互動、互相分享彼此的喜悅及創作經驗。想想看，當寶貝們完成一件件美麗的作品時，所獲得的滿足是一種無價的自我肯定。
從捏陶中獲得的好處：
1. 寫字前的準備：藉由手去搓、揉、打‧‧‧動作中，加強手腕、手掌及手指頭、小肌肉的訓練及手眼的協調發展。
2. 培養獨立性的學習：讓孩子有足夠的自由充分發揮創造力及想像力，爸爸媽媽及老師則是協助的角色。
3. 專注力：在捏陶的過程當中，體會樂趣、成就感、增加自信心。
4. 創造力的發揮：觀察→模仿→自我創造摸索→想像空間的變化→抽象，建立完整的學習過程。
