Learn more about art lessons and how they helps to build their cognitive, physical, and social development.

1. Art Lessons Help Children To Think And
Express Themselves Clearly

2. Art Lessons Help Children To Think And
Express Themselves Clearly
Art has a critical role in your child’s life as it exposes her to a unique range of
learning experiences. Unlocking the true potential and helping your child to
develop skills in communication, creativity and problem-solving.
Arts and crafts are fun activities for children – whether it is colouring with crayons
or making miniature statues with play dough, folding paper to create fascinating
origami or designing a handmade birthday card. Art activities enhance and sustain
the interest of the children and helps to build their cognitive, physical, and social
development.
Art lessons for children help to process and communicate difficult and pent-up
emotions and feelings. If these harmful reactions are not released, they will harm a
child’s mental well-being.

3. ● Art lessons for children help develop and enhance awareness
and understanding of the world, particularly the natural world
and the world we live in. around the visual arts, through a
thorough study of design principles and observational
practices.
● Art lessons for children help children recognize design
elements such as lines, shapes, colours, and space. Become
familiar with the visual structure of objects and scenes.
Goals & objectives of art lessons

4. ● Introduce children to an array of art materials and more contemporary and
innovative art techniques.
● Help children engage and fully understand the principles of visual arts. Be
able to access their visual intelligence and enhance their capability to solve
problems.
● Enable children to make art that reflects their understanding of life and its
experiences. Be able to present their ideas in cogent, original, and
convincing ways.
Goals & objectives of art lessons

5. Impact of art on the mind
Art lesson plans for preschoolers show them the way to be mindful. Being
mindful is when you are just aware and conscious of your own thoughts, but
without making a judgement about them. This state of the mind activates
parts of the brain not touched by logical and linear thinking. Art lessons can
be used to create this unique cognitive state of mind called the ‘flow’. By
practising art regularly, even a child can learn to shift into this conscious state
at will. Reaping the benefits of a state of mind that is mentally pleasurable
and neurochemically rewarding. [Source]
This is a place to start your child’s love affair with art and creative expression.
Apart from giving children numerous opportunities to enjoy and exercise their
creative thinking abilities, mindful activity engages young minds to explore
and discover effective learning processes that support positive educational
outcomes.

6. Mindfulness stimulates creativity and imagination. It provides visual and
sensory experiences and a special way of understanding and responding to
the world we live in. And art enables children to communicate what they
see, feel and think through the use of colour, texture, form, pattern and
different materials and processes. Furthermore, children become involved
in shaping their environments through art activities.
Art is valuable not only as a stand-alone activity but provides the perfect
link between all subjects – Science, Technology, English and Math (STEM).
As a matter of fact, art can act as a great delivery system for making
complex concepts of these subjects easy and simple to understand.
Impact of art on the mind

7. Art helps in developing motor skills
The alignment of the spine and the development of deep stabilising
muscles begins early when the baby engages in lots of wriggling and
squirming. This continues throughout the first year with ‘tummy
time’. It is a natural process.
Going through these normal developmental movement patterns of
rolling, belly crawling and creeping on all fours every day, ensures
that by the time a baby is able to stand up, she will have a naturally
aligned spine, a strong back and a good posture. A child can then
moves onto more complex and refined movements of the arms and
legs.

8. Art lesson plans for preschoolers help to develop gross and fine motor skills in
very young children. These include movements of larger muscle groups that
help with balance and coordination, as well as develop the finer motor skills,
which are the smaller muscles in the hands and fingers. These are essential for
writing, drawing and other precise actions that need more refined hand-eye
coordination.
Arts and crafts activities enhance a child’s dexterity and agility. With the
enhancement of both gross and fine motor skills through practice, a child’s
manual dexterity, artistic skills, and speed also increase.
Art helps in developing motor skills

9. Improve self-expression & manage feelings
Humans are hardwired to express themselves. You just have to look at
young children to understand what can happen when they don’t have the
words to describe what they are feeling. They let their emotions take off. It
could be an angry yell, a scream of joy or an outburst of crying – and
sometimes doing all three within a span of two minutes!
Expressing emotion through art is an incredible way for children to release
their feelings before these embed themselves far too deeply and begin to
create other problems. Studies show that whenever we suppress or deny an
emotion to be what it needs to be, our neural pathways get blocked. Pretty
soon, all the feel-good hormones that dictate both our biology and
behaviour are unable to flow freely.

10. Arts and crafts activities are an effective creative outlet for children to reflect and
manage their emotions. It doesn’t matter if it is through painting or drawing or
writing, being involved in the process of turning a thought into a tangible piece of
art in itself will suffice.
There is no need to follow rules because there aren’t any. When you are creating
something that is a reflection of you, it’s best to let your emotions guide you to feel
fully and completely. This allows a child’s thoughts and feelings to be moulded into
something tangible and real.
Each time your child creates a work of art, she is sharing new ideas, and trying out
different ways of expressing herself. Doing this without realising your child is
revealing her innermost thoughts and feelings through her artwork.
Improve self-expression & manage feelings

11. To be able to have high self-esteem, children must believe in their abilities and in
themselves. It’s this self-belief that allows children to try new things, challenge
themselves, take criticism, make mistakes and build friendships.
Art lesson plans for preschoolers aim to improve confidence and self-esteem in
many ways. It helps children gain the confidence to express themselves freely.
Enabling them to channel thoughts and feelings into their artwork and
communicate how they are feeling. When children receive positive or
constructive feedback, this not only boosts self-esteem but allows children to
recognise their own strengths and achievements.
Improve confidence & self-esteem

12. Always try to value effort over perfection. To show them that it’s OK to make
mistakes, reassure them that it’s all part of learning and that you too can make
mistakes! Make it a point to provide hands-on support. Simply because children
learn best by copying what they see, so if they’re learning to draw, help them
hold a colouring pencil and guide their hand across the sheet of paper. As they
get older and more confident, start art activities but do this separately, this way
their need for hands-on support lessens over time.
As art differs greatly from one person to the next, it reinforces your child’s
individuality and recognizes her unique existence. Furthermore, the more a child
engages with art, the more she will grow in confidence. By learning new
techniques and having a better understanding of how art makes her feel, your
child’s sense of self-worth will be enhanced and nurtured.
Improve confidence & self-esteem

13. Waiting is a big part of childhood — waiting in line, waiting for your turn,
waiting to grow up, waiting for something special to happen. Patience may be a
virtue, but as every parent knows it’s not one that many children possess. A
child is very impatient by nature and gets distracted easily.
Teaching patience in children is one of the most important life skills your child
can learn while she is young. While teaching patience can seem puzzling at first,
you will come across numerous each day when you can reinforce patience with
your child without her really noticing you are ‘teaching’ her a lifelong skill.
Art helps develop patience

14. Art helps develop patience
Children love to paint and play with colours. While it can be tempting to rush
things to get your child to complete her artwork, please don’t interfere with the
flow. Your child’s levels of patience will increase and she will soon realise that
good things take time!
Whether it is the duration of the time it takes to complete a piece of art or
learn a new artistic technique, it takes patience and dedication. While painting,
a child will focus on all aspects like colours, figures to be drawn etc, this
requires attention to detail which calls for having patience. Once a child
completes her artwork, your child will feel a huge sense of accomplishment
and realise that hard work and dedication always pay off.

15. Art helps build a growth mindset
Art lesson plans for preschoolers help them to develop skills like resilience and
grit, and achieve a growth mindset that helps them master their craft, do well
academically, and succeed in life. Ideally, this progression will happen naturally,
but often it can be aided by parents. Children begin to shift their motivation,
resulting in a much healthier and more sustainable learning environment.
For your child to truly grow and progress, there has to be a point when internal
motivation needs to be balanced with external motivation. In the early stages, a
child will engage in art activities because it is fun. However, this is not enough
for learning an art form. At this point, lean on external motivation (awarding
stars or giving her a treat) to continue your child’s progress. Remember, both
types of motivation will be helpful and productive.

16. Art helps build a growth mindset
Spontaneous art is liberating. It is the most effective way to release emotions
and reduce stress. So allow your child to be impulsive, throwing paint on a
blank sheet of paper Pollock style, and start working from there.
Self-expressive art will help your child discover new depth to her thinking she
may not have realized were there. She will also realize that it can be applied to
so many other areas of her life. In fact, this is what makes art such an important
part of early learning.

17. Art helps children become socially aware
A lot of the information we have about people and cultures that lived millions
of years ago came solely from art. A culture without art isn’t possible. Art is at
the very core of our identity as humans. The greatest skill we can give our
children and humanity is an understanding, appreciation, and ability to create
art.
When children have hands-on experience in arts and crafts, they begin to
reflect critically on their own work and those of others. They learn to act and
think like designers, working intelligently and creatively. By engaging in
creative pursuits, children get the opportunity to think and act in a positive,
tangible and meaningful way.

18. Art helps children become socially aware
According to the International Child Art Foundation, “Research indicates that a
child who is exposed to the arts acquires a special ability to think creatively, be
original, discover, innovate, and create intellectual property — key attributes
for individual success and social prosperity in the twenty-first century.”
Art is a great equalizer, helping create a common ground for children who don’t
know each other and who may or may not be interested in the same things. It
can help children of all ages, races, abilities, and even languages engage in a
shared activity.
When participating with other children in art class, for instance, gives children a
chance to interact with others while sharing common interests. The process of
arts and crafts also strengthens parent-child bonding.

19. Abrakadoodle is dedicated to supporting children in the early years and building
strong foundations to ensure they get the best head start. Process Art learning
experiences, for instance, inspire toddlers and young children to think
differently, be innovative, and explore new ways to learn about interesting
things found in the real world.
Our art lessons also change the way a child discovers and imagines. Igniting her
mind to think, play and learn like never before. If you like to enrol your child in
our art classes or find out more about why art classes for childhood
development is important, give Abrakadoodle a call. Or better still, make an
appointment with the head of a centre near you.
You will get hands-on exposure to an experience that will make you see art
therapy in a way that adds value to your child’s life.
About Abrakadoodle

20. Please note: Abrakadoodle classrooms are thoroughly sanitized every
day — the tables, the chairs, the children’s activity stations and
everything else the child might touch is made safe and clean. They also
wear a mask, wash their hands frequently, and practice social
distancing.
About Abrakadoodle

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