The Value of Art | TrinityHouse

A toddler’s fist years is an exciting time with lots of exploration and discovery. Researchers show that creative activities are some of the fundamental building blocks during childhood development .

Care providers, parents, grandparents and teachers should plan regular creative activities with their toddlers to stimulate and develop their mind.

Once these children get involved in making art, it leaves them with a feeling of emotional satisfaction. It lends itself to physical development and the enhancement of fine and gross motor skills, as well as fosters children’s mentally, social skills, and emotional wellbeing.

It’s extremely important to make the art activities open-ended in order not to supress children’s individual creativity.

Deciding what they will make and what materials they will use may be the first opportunity they have to make independent choices and decisions.

Making art builds children's self-esteem by giving them opportunities to express what they are thinking and feeling.

One of the goals for art education, whether at school or at home, is to make children more creative regardless of where their creativity will be used.

Learning to create and appreciate the arts may be more important than ever to the development of the next generation of children as they grow up.

Why is art so important?

1. Develops creative thinking.
2. Provides means of communication and self-expression.
3. Serves as an emotional release.
4. Strengthens self-concept and confidence.
5. Increases self- understanding.
6. Heightens aesthetic awareness and sensitivity.
7. Enhances the ability to visualize.
8. Provides problem- solving/ decision making opportunities.
9. Develops the appreciation for the individuality of others.
10. Leads to integration of the individual.
11. Serves as a balance to classroom activities.
12. Aids physical co-ordination.
13. Develops work habits and a sense of responsibility.
14. Aids the adult in understanding and helping the child.
15. Generates JOY!
16. It covers the various fine motor skills taught.