How To Make a Cute Origami Bear

8 Reasons why crafting is great for young learners:

1.  Coordination

Almost any crafting activity helps build hand to eye coordination as they master simple materials and tools

2.  Inspiration

Kids feel inspired when they build under their own steam, it helps then create new ideas and understand the possibilities after they’ve completed an activity

3. Cooperation

Crafting usually involves some degree of supervision and team work depending on the age of the learner, work together as a team and build a bond with your little learner

4.  Patience

It takes time to craft something as activities usually requires preserving and patience – kids need to develop grit to achieve things, and these activities are perfect for just that!

5.  Mastery

Its great to pickup new skills and experience, creating something with your hands from scratch does exactly thatScreens – keeping kids away from screens is challenge for any parent, these activities encourage time away from the screen and back into reality

6.  Relaxation

Its relaxing to focus your mind on something for while – a perfect way to let off steam or prevent kids from feeling bored at home.

7.  Play

After kids have finished their craft they often feel a sense of pride and achievement with their creations, let them play with their newly built craft as a way of exploring imaginative ways to free play – that’s how kids learn, through play!