Are you searching for fun craft activities for kids? Let kids celebrate St. Patrick’s Day by doing this easy shamrock craft Montessori activity.
For children to retain information and get new knowledge, the development and stimulation of memory are essential. In the first years, memory is not very conscious; however, children keep in their minds those experiences that marked their lives in some way.
Memory allows information to be stored in our brain, and then, when necessary, this information can be recovered and used. Memory is needed to develop complex skills such as reading and writing. As children develop their skills through the years, memory is developed and evolves.
A newborn baby’s memory up to six months is primitive and works short-term. They can recognize sounds, words, and routines, but little by little, it develops. Children from 1-2 years old memory start remembering language. After three, their memory is more aware of things happening around them and can save memories.
Memory’s development helps children increase their intelligence and build human identity through every life experience. That means that the way to strengthen children’s memory and learning processes is by having meaningful experiences that positively influence their lives.
Hence, the importance of children having the possibility of exploring their world, where manipulating materials and objects plays a fundamental role in acquiring new knowledge. María Montessori recognized the importance of children learning through their own experience and designing environments with specific materials to develop their abilities according to their interests.
THEME: CRAFT ACTIVITIES FOR KIDS
HOW DO WE DO THIS ACTIVITY?
Topic: Memory importance
Age: 4-6-year-old children
Goal: Through this craft activity for kids, children will strengthen their memory and develop coordination in their hands and fingers’ movements.
Difficulty level: Advanced. This craft activity for kids is designed for children to carry out autonomously and independently, with adult surveillance.
Skills:
- Memory
- Attention
- Following instructions
- Precision in hand and finger movements
- Hand-eye coordination
- Emotions
- Artistic sensibility
MATERIALS
- Dark green and light green bond paper strips
- Glue in a container
- A paintbrush in a container
- A tray
ACTIVITY DEVELOPMENT
Step 1:
Take one dark green paper strip, fold it in the middle and add glue to one end.
Step 2:
Paste both ends of the strip and give it a heart shape.
Step 3:
Take one light green paper strip, fold it in the middle, add glue to one end, and paste both ends creating a heart’s shape. Paste it inside the dark green heart.
Step 4:
Create four hearts that will be used as the clover leaves.
Step 5:
Finally, stick a strip of bond paper in the middle of the hearts forming the clover’s stem.
ACTIVITY’S RESULT
A clover craft activity for kids made with bond paper strips
FREE PRINTABLE WORKSHEETS FOR PRESCHOOLERS
After the fun craft activities for kids, surprise them with new worksheets. Click the link below to download and print our shamrocks worksheets for kids.
Download the Free Printable St. Patrick’s Day Worksheets
HOW TO DEVELOP THIS CRAFT ACTIVITY FOR KIDS WITH CHILDREN OF OTHER AGES?
CHANGES FOR CHILDREN UNDER 4 YEARS OLD
This craft activity for kids can be done with younger children. To reduce the difficulty level, it is not necessary to change the materials. On a drawing or printable of a clover, children can paste pieces of bond paper. The pieces are created by the children using the index fingers and thumb to tear strips. This helps to develop a pincer grip, which is a preschool activity appropriate for children’s development and abilities will be carried out.
CHANGES FOR CHILDREN OVER 6 YEARS OLD
This craft activity for kids can be done with older children. To increase the difficulty level, children can take the strips of bond paper, roll them, and then paste them on a clover printable. To carry out this craft activity for kids accordingly, children will need several strips of bond paper, patience, and precision in their hands’ movements.
WATCH THE STEP-BY-STEP INSTRUCTIONS HERE
VIDEO DESCRIPTION – CLOVER CRAFT ACTIVITY FOR KIDS
In this craft activity for kids video, you will find the step-by-step of the “SHAMROCKS CRAFT” activity, designed for 4-6-year-old children. Here, they will make a clover with bond paper. This craft activity for kids will allow children to develop memory, attention, following instructions, precision in hand and finger movements, hand-eye coordination, affectivity, and art sensitivity. The materials needed to carry out the activity are strips of dark and light green bond paper, glue, a paintbrush, and a tray.
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