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Understand health and safety when providing craft activities for young children

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'Arts and crafts safety for parents and kids’ on the In The Playroom website.

Click to read this example of how to deal with some of the health and safety risks in relation to craft activities.

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Click the icon to visit the website of Activity Village which provides a wide range of ideas for art and craft activities that can be enjoyed by children of all ages.
Click the icon to read this article from Scholastic that looks at supporting ‘Creative development in 3-5 year olds’.
Click the icon to read an article titled ‘Developing young children’s creativity: what can we learn from research?’ which was written by Caroline Sharp and published by The National Foundation for Educational Research. In this article Sharp reflects on existing theories of creative development in children and outlines effective approaches to developing children’s creativity.
Click the icon to read an article published on the Childcare Extension website titled ‘Creative art helps children develop across many domains’ which explains the impact that creative development has on the other areas of a child’s development.
‘Rules for safe crafting’ from the Family Education website. Read through these safety rules and identify the health and safety risks in the craft activities you provide for young children.
This document from Hampshire inspection and Advisory Service offers handy tips for ‘Health and safety in art, craft and design for primary schools’.

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