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ARTFUL KIDS has made a conscious decision to develop and structure the classes as ‘Unstructured Play’. We feel that in todays society, globally as well as in Hong Kong, parents are put under pressure to put their children into many activities that consistently have teacher led activities, these tend to also be time driven.
We do see a need for this, however it’s essential to balance out the different types of activities our children are exposed to.
Commonly our children, from a really young age are over-scheduled, with little time to ‘Play’.More and more evidence is proving that ‘Play’ is an integral part of a childs’ development, and lack of it can have detrimental effects.
We understand that in Hong Kong, very few have back gardens or other outdoor areas that allow our children to ‘ just play’. Our studio has been carefully designed to encourage children to take ownership of their own ‘Play’. They will have free choice in a creative and artistic environment, where they can Paint, Draw, Collage all on small and large scale. They can also play with water and in sand (we have a sandpit). They decide what they play with, how long for and if they want to on their own or in groups.
Children can make these decisions from a very young age; we just need to give them the choice and the opportunity to do so. You get the opportunity to sit, relax, chat and watch your child Play and Create.
As Education Coach Anoo Padte says, “Young children work hard at play. Play has been shown to lay down the foundational architecture of the brain that is essential to learning language, to becoming a good reader, a proficient mathematician, to having a rich vocabulary and to developing the love of learning, a quality considered most critical for longer term, sustained interest in learning”.
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負責人：Gail Deayton
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