
why we believe creativity is important
There are many, many reasons why getting your children’s creative juices flowing is beneficial. Here are just a few that we like to remember from time to time:
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Using their hands enhances their cognitive development.
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Little neurons inside children’s brain fire up when they’re thinking creatively and this has a beneficial impact on their ability to problem solve.
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The sense of achievement is tangible, literally, everyone can see what they’ve made.
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Children are genuinely more employable in later life if they can think laterally, communicate clearly and work as part of a team. Creativity is the number one skill that business leaders say they need for their organisations to succeed.
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Art & sewing develops fine and gross motor skills and makes their fingers more adept. This, in turn, makes them better at other useful things like handwriting in school.
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As parents the best way to set children up for life is to have a balance of variety and stimulus in their lives. Creative, academic & physical activities all in equal measure.
at Magpie Makes we encourage children to:
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experiment with materials
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observe
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express themselves creatively
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learn from their mistakes
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persevere
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understand why and how things are made
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appreciate colour, texture, light & shade
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have confidence in their ideas
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develop life skills such as sewing
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collaborate
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tidy up!