Games with clay. Creative activities with children from 3 to 7

Clay is an amazing material. Created by nature, it possesses natural strength and gives young Creator complete freedom for self-expression. But the potential of it is much deeper.
... Here"s a little researcher took a heavy piece of clay, it mintles him, tears smaller pieces, brings them back. It"s not about art. But each teacher confirms - it is here that a large and small motor skill develops, the child is developing the capabilities of his own body, the laws of the physical world. Working with clay lays the fundamental foundations for the development of the child in almost all directions:
- Creative imagination and ability - as a way of self-expression and creation,
- Communication and emotions - the basis of the basics of development in preschool age,
- discipline and freedom - the prerequisites of self-regulation,
- Small motor skills - a necessary condition for the development of intelligence.
How to work with the material, sculpt life and fairy tale, lead children and their