Art and Literature is a workshop built to develop children’s imagination, concentration, knowledge, well-being, self-confidence and self-esteem.
The workshop starts with a calm moment sharing and reading a story that will kids’ imagination. After that, children express themselves through art, either painting, drawing, making a collage, sculpting, illustrating, their favorite part of the story.
Reading has incredible benefits, especially to a child. Reading allows to be transported from one world to another. Between the pages of a book, kids become immersed in the lives of fictional characters and learn about a new and entirely different culture, developing empathy and social skills. When reading, kids learn new words and phrases, experience a range of emotions, acquiring new skills and knowledge.
Making art allows children to slow down, giving attention and observing tiny details in life. Observing is a task that needs to be developed. Arts allows kids to improve their observation skills and also their fine motor skills. Art helps them to better plan and foresee, to be more patient and concentrated. Arts allows them to manage their feelings while developing their own way of self-expression, giving them confidence and self-esteem.
