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Working With Clay
June 22, 2015
Don’t beat yourself up for what you couldn’t do, or didn’t do. Just do the best you can now, now, and now.
-Akiroq Brost
-Akiroq Brost
In their bilingual book, Modeling with Children Under Six, Roxana Salazar and Maria Carmen Schulze from Bolivia, talked about why introducing children to working with clay is important:
"Ceramics is nothing but mud cooked from the earth. Modeling means to make an object, a body, or a figure from a material that can be formed and change shape easily, like the mixture of earth with water. Without other resources, modeling with clay becomes an activity that can help to develop creative imagination in a child living in poverty....
"From the youngest years of childhood children are ready to create, and the mold ability of clay is a wonderful tool. By playing with the clay, making bags, snakes, etc., creative aptitudes are encouraged without intention. First the child imprints his own prints in the clay without realization or awareness, until he is able to connect his idea of fantasy with the imprints, and with the clay, and that is when the imagination can start to fly. With constant experimentation children confirm their ability, and their happiness created by this then brings a higher creation level."
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Comments (2)
Displaying All 2 CommentsVENTURA, Southern California, United States
Hello,
The last time ordered clay from a common children's vendor, it arrived with MSDS sheets reporting that there was a toxic ingredient in it. Silica quartz which can be harmful if the dust from the clay is inhaled. Have you had any other inquiries about this? Do you have any additional insights on this? Anything would help. We love working with clay but can't afford to put children's health at risk.
DHMC
Dearbron Heights, Michigan, United States
It is also important to note tht working with clay Strengthens the childrens hands for writing. Working with clay also supports the lengthening or attention span and problem solving. It is also important to remember that Playdough is not the same experience.
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