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Understand the benefits of craft activities for young children.
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Tutorial Video
Reading Materials
‘5 reasons why messy play is important and benefits children’ from School House.
'34 Creative Play Activities for Babies below 1 year’ from My Little Moppet
'Play ideas, activities and crafts – 1 – 2 years’ from Learning 4 Kids
'Play ideas, activities and crafts’ by Learning 4 Kids
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Good Practice Example
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Evidence Opportunities
Extended Learning
Click the icon to visit this webpage which is provided by Netmums and offers advice on arts and craft ideas for children, and also explains the benefits to children of engaging in these activities.
This article from The Creation Station looks at ’10 benefits of creative activities for children’.
Use your local library service to access a copy of ‘Penny Tassoni’s Practical EYFS Handbook’ which features ideas for developmentally appropriate art and craft ideas.
Make yourself a booklet of appropriate activities for different age groups to remind you of potential activities for times when the children need something to do.
Create a storage box full of things that can be stuck together or painted, e.g. cereal boxes, tissue boxes, cardboard tubes, etc., and suggestions of what these materials could be used for.
Think And Challenge
