Nurturing your children's arts abilities

Learn some easy ways to get your children involved in the arts while at home and at school when classes resume.

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A recent report by several independent researchers concludes that participating in the arts nurtures the development of social, personal and cognitive skills.

Programs based on the arts can improve academic achievement and decrease the tendency towards delinquency. It helps youth form positive attitudes about themselves and build self-esteem.

Arts programs involve communication, interpretation and understanding of complex symbols, much like mathematics and languages. Thus it fosters higher-order analytical skills and skills of evaluation and synthesis.

Many arts programs allow your children to regularly use multiple skills, thus making them dynamic and versatile.

Development of imagination, judgment and philosophy are additional benefits of an arts-based activity. As opposed to the short 45-minute duration of the art classes at school, the extra time allowed in homeschool activities, especially during the pandemic, allows your child to get more involved. If you have the room for a messy task, try painting. For something a little less messy but still fun and creative, try molding clay figurines. To engage your child’s geometry aptitude, try origami, the art of folding paper into recognizable objects like cranes or hopping frogs. These types of activities result in more satisfactory opportunities for development of latent capabilities. In turn, your children learn to set high standards of achievement. Once they’ve got the basics down, they can happily pursue these arts on their own, giving you some free time to correct homework or get your own work done. Meanwhile, your children are learning what sustained focus is and that regular practice is the way to excellence.

In the shy or the withdrawn child, theatre, speech or drama lessons may be a good outlet for pent-up emotions once in-school sessions resume. As drama entails getting into the ‘skin’ of another person, your child learns to verbalize emotions and express thoughts. These reasons account for the popularity of arts-based activities.

Hopefully this video gave you some good ideas to help your children grow in an artistic way, and learn to flex their brain muscles in a way that math or science alone can’t achieve. Please subscribe to the channel for more videos like this. Bye for now!