Good manual skills lead to favourable brain development in children

Posted by Monika Furlan

MOVEMENT AND PRE-SCHOOL CHILDREN

Introducing children to different types of movement in the pre-school years is crucial – in this way, they will successfully develop all human functions and have successful motor development. Over the years, children become capable and independent enough to perform different movements efficiently and well. Clean and precise finomotor movements require the sensory, central nervous and muscular systems to function. Early childhood development is very varied and dynamic, and influences the overall course of motor development, which is why it is so important, as this is the period when children learn the most. Movement is an important part of their experience as they learn through play, exploration and other activities.

FINOMOTOR AND MANUAL SKILLS

Finomotor skills enable children to successfully participate in a wide variety of tasks that require precise, slow movements and a high degree of concentration.

The variety of activities that children encounter in kindergarten accounts for at least half of the time they spend on fine motor activities during the day. For example, writing, drawing and painting.

**Painting and drawing have an important influence on the development of the right hemisphere of the brain.**

LEFT AND RIGHT CEREBRAL HEMISPHERES

The modern primary school curriculum includes many more hours devoted to subjects that require, for example, numeracy and, consequently, the use of the left hemisphere of the brain, while creative subjects are relegated to a corner with a minimum number of school hours where the right hemisphere of the brain comes into play.

Handicraft and art work, expression and creativity in the pre-school years accelerate and strengthen the development of the brain – more specifically, the right hemisphere of the brain. When the left and right hemispheres of the brain work together successfully to perform mental processes, they function as a harmonious whole!

The **left brain hemisphere** is responsible for knowledge of numbers, sequences, speech, logical processing, clarity and analytical skills, while the **right brain hemisphere** is responsible for music, creativity, visuality, intuition and various patterns.

CHILDREN WITH HIGHLY DEVELOPED MANUAL SKILLS

It is important for children to create and explore with their hands. These skills can be successfully reinforced from the age of 1. They can be encouraged to take part in a variety of activities, such as games where they have to put several pieces together, find pairs, etc. By doing tasks that involve the use of hands and, of course, the brain, we strengthen their vitality, imagination, creativity, their critical intellect, their thinking skills and even have a positive impact on the development of their self-image!

NOT PROMOTING MANUAL SKILLS HAS MANY NEGATIVE CONSEQUENCES

A child who does not develop his manual skills, does not strengthen his imagination, creativity, has a limited expressive level of his artistic spirit and does not get the opportunity to develop his own critical thoughts-his thinking and positive self-image. When children grow up, they are not able to solve problems effectively, which leads, among other things, to a very low self-esteem. The brain is thus unable to form new hypotheses, look for alternative solutions and so on. So children should be encouraged to develop critical thinking skills and be able to think with their heads.

CREATIVE SETS FOR DEVELOPING MANUAL SKILLS AND HAVING IMMENSE FUN

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UNIQUE PLASTICINES STIMULATE CREATIVITY AND INNOVATION

A wide range of activities are designed to help your children successfully develop their artistic spirit. Unikatoy brand plasticines. Unikatoy brand is distinguished by its high quality, wide choice, sophistication and attention to children. With Unikatoy plastic clay your child will create different shapes, sculptures, play with the press, make pasta, sculpt a statue, in short, he will let his imagination run free and thus develop his left cerebral hemisphere and manual dexterity in a positive way.