Clay is a wonderful medium for your child to take his or her ideas and concepts and mold them into form -- all the while developing important fine motor skills.1. Purchase self-hardening clay for your child to begin with.
2. Have your child think about an object that he or she would like to create.
3. Let your child think about how to shape this idea into form.
4. Have your child roll the clay on a table and squeeze the clay to feel the coolness and texture.
5. Have your child spend time exploring his or her tactile sense. This will give your child a deeper connection with the clay medium, allowing him or her to have a better understanding of how to use it.
6. Let your child begin to create the image that he or she wishes to create. Be sure to focus on the process not the product.
7. Let your child build and build.
8. Your child might want to create a city with people and buildings to use in imaginary play. Or a Native American bowl to eat from. Perhaps it's a zoo full of animals!
9. Let your child? imagination run wild.
10. Once sculpted, let the clay forms sit overnight.
11. The next day, your child can paint the clay if they'd like.
12. Let the sculptures dry for a day. Now they are ready for creative play!
13. Have your child create a story around the sculptures built.
14. Sit back and take in the magic.
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