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Get hands-on with a bit of finger painting.
It's a great activity to explore the sense of touch with your child. Let them take the lead and talk about how the paint feels as well as what they're painting.
What are the benefits of finger painting?
Messy play like finger painting is important to every child鈥檚 development. It helps the body and brain process important concepts, such as spatial awareness, maths and language, which are really useful later in life.
Here are some of the benefits of finger painting play:
- Kids can learn how colours work by mixing the colours themselves
- It's a great form of sensory play, which boosts language learning
- Finger painting improves fine motor development by strengthening finger and hand muscles
- It allows children to express their feelings without words
- Doing it in a group can promote social skills, like sharing paint pots, taking turns, working together
- Talking through painting with your child will really help with their communication and language skills
- It gives your child chance to talk about and learn shapes, colours, textures and size as well as naming what they are painting and describing what story the picture is telling
Image caption, Finger painting is great for exploring touch - talk to them about what the paint feels like.
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