Vacationing at the Beach While Honing Your Little One's Artistic Talent

When vacation time came, all family members were beyond happy. Traveling to explore culinary delights in tourist villages, visiting relatives, or seeing the beauty of nature definitely brings happiness. Vacations are always effective for relieving fatigue before returning to struggling with daily routines.

The fun thing is, in recreational activities, I can insert educational activities. For example, while on vacation to the beach, I can take advantage of the opportunity to hone my little one's artistic talent. The beach provides unlimited learning materials in the form of sand. The grained but easy to shape sand character makes it suitable to be a means for children to express their creativity.

Giving sand playing practice is proven to be effective in increasing the creativity of early childhood. This activity stimulates the little one's right brain to explore shapes in two or three-dimensional media. Let's find out a variety of useful activities, which can be done while on vacation at the beach.

I can use the stretch of beach sand as a medium for two-dimensional images for my little one. Invite him to be creative and pour his imagination on the sand. Mother can teach him to draw with fingers or twigs.

Do not forget to bring a shovel and bucket when going on vacation at the beach. This equipment can be used for your little one to make buildings from sand. Invite him to build a tower, fort or palace.

The activity of playing with sand fosters visual and spatial intelligence which is usually prominent in people who work as painters, architects, and designers. Activities to build castles or other forms stimulate your little one to think logically when understanding the basic principles of construction. That the foundation of the fort must be larger than the tower in order to be able to support the load above. Children can also learn that wetter sand will stick together in building castles because water is the glue that holds it together.

The coarse sand texture can be a good stimulus for the growth of the nerves in the little one's skin. If it gets adequate stimulation, the sense of touch becomes more sensitive. This activity of transporting and shaping sand also stimulates gross and fine motor development. This is an important capital for the optimal development of children's creativity.

Well, now I know that playing while learning on the beach allows your little one to get a myriad of benefits without reducing the excitement of vacationing with family. Make every moment of his growth more meaningful. Happy Holidays!

📷 Camera | Xiaomi Note 4
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Photographer | Farycal.dos
Location | Aceh, indonesia