Children are encouraged to get various exposure to different enrichment subjects and, visual arts would be one of the most popular learning subjects among all. What are the main unlock potentials that we could track by sending our children to learn visual arts?
The Refinement of Motor skills, Visual perception and Eye-hand coordination
The motor skills that we are referring over here would be the fine motor skills which require refined control of small muscles with coordination of eyes. Children get a lot of opportunities to practice and refine their skills to create art crafts. The skills such as drawing, colouring, stacking, brushing, sewing and weaving help children to gain the skills creating their masterpieces, leading them to the gradual refinement of fine motor skills with the improvement of their hand-eye coordination!
The Ability to Express with Visual Arts
As human, children are born with the nature of social being. Well, with the inborn curiosity which drives the children to connect, they will need to have different channels to communicate with the ability to express. Communication is not only about a spoken conversation; we could communicate by expressing with our visual art creations. So, why not giving your child a channel to self-express without words? 😉
The Development of Creative Thinking to Improve Problem-Solving skills
Life is always a gift in disguise as we struggle through challenges and grow along our life journey. Therefore, it is essential to start giving our children manageable “problems” which will stimulate them to think out of the box, make decisions and solve problems. Children will need to be creative and keep creating by making decisions in learning visual arts. Children learn when they need to make decisions creating their masterpieces, such as which paint to use, what kind of materials suit their theme, or how to improve by exploring different patterns or techniques. So that is where the development of problem-solving skills start! They will always surprise us with something innovative if you allow them to have space and opportunity to practice and create!
To Connect and Understand the World through the Learning of Visual Arts
Ideas are the assets that help children in their learning of visual arts. Children will gain benefits during the process of creating visual arts by developing creative thinking and abstract thinking. The experiences that children gain while learning visual arts help children to connect with different cultures and things around the world. All the inputs help them to gain an understanding of the world that everything could be so different and yet the same because of the learning core in human arts! Eventually, little artists are born not because of the developed hard skills, but also the growing perspectives and understanding along the way they create.
Now, let’s observe and appreciate the growth behind children’s learning with your observant eyes because judgements kill while appreciation makes your children’s growth valuable as it is.
Written by
Carven Chan
An Enthusiast about children and education