Colouring in helps in child Development
now that most of the Christmas toys have been played with it’s time to get creative and back to basics, bonding with your children by colouring together. activities that involve colours have the power to develop and influence those abilities in children. When children take part in such activities, both the right and left parts of the brain are being exercised. What does this do? it helps strengthen and develop creative thinking in children. This is a good approach to developing the child’s innate character.
Colouring can help develop your child, and the results are not limited to motor skills. it also encourages patience, which is tested whenever children try to colour inside the lines. Colouring entails awareness of their surroundings, which children turn to as they colour the objects according to how they see them in real life. moreover, colouring encourages not only “me time” but also sharing and bonding with other children.
Crayola.com has over 1,000 free colouring pages for you to pick from. new colouring pages are being added every month!
Click on: www.crayola.com/free-coloring-pages
play don lucas reserve
a new adventure play space of a regional standard has been installed. the new play space has been designed to encourage children to play through adventure and movement and will incorporate many natural style play elements that encourage children to use their imagination. Several sections of the play area are focused on providing opportunities for children with disabilities to play alongside their peers. the playground includes sand and water play, a birds’ nest swing, a dry creek bed, balancing beams, rubber play mound, double slippery dip and bride and climbing rocks. Picnic tables and shelters have also been installed.