Benefits of Pottery for kids

Do you remember the first time you touched clay when your were kid. Yes the feeling of freedom to make anything and give your best to create something new. It gives wings to your imagination and calms you.

Pottery is one of the most creative activity your kid would love to experience. Kids are full of imagination and energy, pottery gives them the platform for using it in right direction.

Adya love to play with clay and the first time she experience pottery in Tugbug play center, she was so excited. She loved the messy play and enjoy every bit of it. We noticed how this activity is really good and helpful for kids development.

So why to choose Pottery?

Benefits of pottery for kids-

Imagination & Self esteem

Kids are full of imagination, they can imagine what you have never thought of. Pottery is way by which they can express and give shape to their imagination. When they can create something with their hands it gives them confidence and open more doors to their imagination and creativity.

Sensory and motor skills development

Pottery class can help in sensory and motor skills development in many ways. They use their arms and hand muscles for molding the clay and making different shapes. In a way they are learning the usefulness of their hands. They are working on fine motor skills development by using hand eye co-ordination and trying to balance with the moving wheel.

This whole development will help them in their school and home also. They will learn to write properly and concentrate.

Calming effect

Pottery involves playing with clay and it gives the most calming effect. You can notice how kids engage themselves in clay molding. Even the hyperactive kids enjoy clay and focus on building something new with their imagination. The soothing qualities of clay keeps them engage for long time.

Problem Solving & Challenging themselves

Pottery involves creating three dimensional art work, so it requires child understand spatial awareness. They need to understand their surrounding and objects, their shape and forms.

This helps in creating art and to understand their surrounding. They learn to question themselves and finding answer. How to shape the doll? It should be round ? How big it should be? How much clay and water I need to add? How to make her stand?

They keep on questioning themselves and try to figure out. It helps in solving problems, challenging themselves and learning from their mistakes.

Pottery is one of the best activities for kids,let them enjoy the messy play. They will suprise you with their imagination and creativity.