Benefits of Arts and Crafts to Children
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There were many choices of arts and crafts suited for kids. In schools, teachers are working hard to introduce amazing and unique arts and crafts that interest the kids. At home, there are also exciting recreational arts and crafts to make fun for both parents and kids.
For preschoolers, blocks and puzzle games can be introduce as their first step of exercising their minds and body to solve simple problems. Elementary grades also have fun playing chess games, drawings, paintings or a favorite musical instruments. Games, arts and crafts are prepared and categorized according to children's age level. The concept of enforcing kids to get involved in arts and crafts is to develop their critical thinking in solving problems. Also, it helps them enhance their ability to communicate and deal with their emotions.
Arts and crafts provide the ability to strengthen body and mind muscles. Studies show that kids exposed to arts and crafts are able to complete educational milestones with ease. They can easily cope with their studies and are likely to be successful with their goals.
Materials needed for this Fun Frog Craft:
2 yogurt containers, green construction paper, red construction paper, green acrylic paint, googlely eyes, glue and scissors.
Step 1: Trace around open top of the yogurt container and cut out two copies of the shape traced on green paper. Glue each cut out to the open tops of each container. This will be the mouth.
Step 2: Glue the two back rims together and leave an object in the front of the mouth while the glue dries. This will result in a finished open mouth.
Step 3: When dry, paint the entire outside of the yogurt container green - you may need 2 coats.
Step 4: While drying, cut out two frog feet to fit on the bottom of the craft. Now cut out 2 long frog hands and accordion fold these. Cut out a long red frog tongue and curl with scissors.
Step 5: Glue the two feet to the bottom and two hands on the middle of the body. Glue the tongue in the frogs mouth and add two eyes.
I recommend a truly awesome book about a frog on his journey to find excitement and adventure. Readers follow the frog about on his search. He meets up with some interesting and some frightening characters and experiences. In the end he finds his place in the world...right back by his log! There's no place like home. I must add the illustrations are wonderful! The Title of the book is...
Frog by a Log Adventure!
by Phyllis J. Nelson
Click on the above picture of the book above to download your copy.
I choose this Poem because it was one of my son's favorite when he was little and it reinforces subtraction of the frogs. For a learning game paint 5 beans green and let your child take one away at the end of each verse.
Five Green and Speckled Frogs
Five green and speckled frogsSat on a speckled log
Eating some most delicious bugs
YYYYUUUUMMMM YYYYUUUUMMMM
One jumped into the pool
Where it was nice and cool
Then there were
Four green and speckled frogs
GGGGLLLLUUUUBBBB GGGGLLLLUUUUBBBB
(Repeat in descending order.)
Have Fun and Enjoy!
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