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Matariki Art at BestStart Nottingham Ave
The children have been busy making stars for our Matariki celebrations; they each had a lamination sheet with a star drawn on it and they then applied some glue to the inside of their star shape and then used the art collage to decorate their stars, these were then laminated and hung on the wall to celebrate Matariki.
Arts and crafts allow children to refine their fine motor skills and hand eye co-ordination and helps develop confidence in children by creating feelings of accomplishment and pride in what they have achieved.
Theorists believe that art and creativity plays a major role in children’s learning as it allows them to explore many cognitive concepts through their play and creative experiences.