Child Care Centre Director in Perth: “Arts and Crafts Help Preschoolers Develop Faster.”
Announcement posted by Cuddles Childcare Centre 27 Jul 2015
Director of Cuddles Childcare Centres in Perth reveals why they are so passionate about arts and crafts for children.
Perth, WA, 27 July 2015 - Cuddles Childcare Centres have three locations in the Perth area. They are passionate about helping children learn through play and through the arts. Long before Australia began their National Quality Standard and National Quality Framework for child care, Cuddles Childcare Centres were already offering a program where children were encouraged to develop through play instead of “just being babysat.”
Cuddles Childcare Centres offer a plethora of programs for preschoolers, such as Shake ‘n’ Bake, Friday Fun Day, Junior Soccer Goals, Messy Play, Jolly Phonics and Happy Feet Fitness. But they may be the proudest of two that encourage artistic expression and development: Jessie’s’ Art Time and Let’s Squiggle.
Jessie’s Art Time provides a different opportunity for children to grow through art every week. Activities can range from making collages to drawing pictures to painting. Let’s Squiggle is for babies, who are provided with crayons or small amounts of finger paint and encouraged to “draw” or “paint” on paper.
Michelle Coleski, the Operations Manager of Cuddles Childcare Centres, feels that arts and crafts are not only fun for everyone, but help preschoolers develop a lot of skills they will need for school and eventually result in higher achievement. According to Ms Coleski:
“Children are developing a lot of skills they will need later in life when they engage in artistic activities such as drawing, painting and cutting images out of magazines or newspapers to put in a collage. If they were just having fun, it would still be great, but this kind of fun is putting children in a position to succeed later in life.”
In a recent piece on the Cuddles Childcare Centres’ company blog, Ms Coleski referred to numerous studies, both in Australia and across the globe, which indicate that children who participate in the arts are higher achievers in school and in life. She cited one US study which found children who participate in the arts to be four times as likely to receive recognition for academic achievements.
Skills Enhanced by Art
When children are participating in art, they are learning to hone their fine motor skills. Whether painting, drawing or cutting images to paste onto paper, they are developing the coordination that will eventually help them write.
They are also developing hand to eye coordination and helping themselves develop their visual-spatial skills, holding images in their minds and transferring them to paper. Art also helps children learn to create and innovate, two traits which help immeasurably in school and in life.
Ms Coleski concludes, “Since our inception, we have been committed to helping our children express themselves and learn through art. Even if there weren’t so many documented benefits, it would still be more than worthwhile because the kids love it.”
Cuddles Childcare Centres offer child care services at three locations in the Perth area. Their motto is “Learning Through Play” and they provide numerous opportunities for supervised play during the day. Their arts and crafts offerings include “Jessie’s Art Time” for toddlers through 4 year-olds and “Let’s Squiggle” for the babies. To learn more or to arrange for child care, contact any of their locations in the Perth area through their webpage: http://www.cuddleschildcare.com.au/.
Cuddles Childcare Centres offer a plethora of programs for preschoolers, such as Shake ‘n’ Bake, Friday Fun Day, Junior Soccer Goals, Messy Play, Jolly Phonics and Happy Feet Fitness. But they may be the proudest of two that encourage artistic expression and development: Jessie’s’ Art Time and Let’s Squiggle.
Jessie’s Art Time provides a different opportunity for children to grow through art every week. Activities can range from making collages to drawing pictures to painting. Let’s Squiggle is for babies, who are provided with crayons or small amounts of finger paint and encouraged to “draw” or “paint” on paper.
Michelle Coleski, the Operations Manager of Cuddles Childcare Centres, feels that arts and crafts are not only fun for everyone, but help preschoolers develop a lot of skills they will need for school and eventually result in higher achievement. According to Ms Coleski:
“Children are developing a lot of skills they will need later in life when they engage in artistic activities such as drawing, painting and cutting images out of magazines or newspapers to put in a collage. If they were just having fun, it would still be great, but this kind of fun is putting children in a position to succeed later in life.”
In a recent piece on the Cuddles Childcare Centres’ company blog, Ms Coleski referred to numerous studies, both in Australia and across the globe, which indicate that children who participate in the arts are higher achievers in school and in life. She cited one US study which found children who participate in the arts to be four times as likely to receive recognition for academic achievements.
Skills Enhanced by Art
When children are participating in art, they are learning to hone their fine motor skills. Whether painting, drawing or cutting images to paste onto paper, they are developing the coordination that will eventually help them write.
They are also developing hand to eye coordination and helping themselves develop their visual-spatial skills, holding images in their minds and transferring them to paper. Art also helps children learn to create and innovate, two traits which help immeasurably in school and in life.
Ms Coleski concludes, “Since our inception, we have been committed to helping our children express themselves and learn through art. Even if there weren’t so many documented benefits, it would still be more than worthwhile because the kids love it.”
Cuddles Childcare Centres offer child care services at three locations in the Perth area. Their motto is “Learning Through Play” and they provide numerous opportunities for supervised play during the day. Their arts and crafts offerings include “Jessie’s Art Time” for toddlers through 4 year-olds and “Let’s Squiggle” for the babies. To learn more or to arrange for child care, contact any of their locations in the Perth area through their webpage: http://www.cuddleschildcare.com.au/.