Benefits of clay for children:
Games and creative work with clay give incredible benefits for children. Modeling from plasticine lays the foundations of creativity, the ability to distinguish shapes and colors.
1. Development of fine motor skills. Clay helps to develop and strengthen the muscles of the hands, improve a child's fine motor skills and prepares his hands for writing, working with scissors, a knife, tweezers, etc.
2. Soothing and therapeutic effect.
Even if you just sit and knead the plasticine in your hands, this is a really soothing activity.
3. Development of creativity and imagination. The possibilities of plasticine are endless, you can mold anything from it.
4. Development of eye-hand coordination. Working with plasticine, as well as the use of other materials and tools in this work, improve eye-hand coordination.
5. Socialization.
Any activity where children work together is great for developing social skills.
6. Just an interesting activity.