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Data about students' economic need comes from the National Center for Education Statistics, via our partners at MDR Education.
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I am raising money for the elementary students at our school to give them chance to explore a wide array of senses through the manipulation of clay. The importance of clay in the classroom is beneficial in many ways.
This type of creative play promotes imaginative problem-solving skills. It's play-based learning. You might not realize it, but playing with clay is promoting those little minds to get busy by thinking about what they're going to create and how they're going to create it.
It's an outstanding sensory development activity for little hands. Young children are still working on fine motor skills and dexterity. Rolling, squeezing, and forming the clay helps them in this area.
It's therapeutic. Simply the act of molding clay in one's hands—whether you're a child or an adult—can be very calming. Remember those stress balls that were once so popular? Manipulating the clay can help relieve stress or even be an outlet for young children to physically express their emotions.
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I am raising money for the elementary students at our school to give them chance to explore a wide array of senses through the manipulation of clay. The importance of clay in the classroom is beneficial in many ways.
This type of creative play promotes imaginative problem-solving skills. It's play-based learning. You might not realize it, but playing with clay is promoting those little minds to get busy by thinking about what they're going to create and how they're going to create it.
It's an outstanding sensory development activity for little hands. Young children are still working on fine motor skills and dexterity. Rolling, squeezing, and forming the clay helps them in this area.
It's therapeutic. Simply the act of molding clay in one's hands—whether you're a child or an adult—can be very calming. Remember those stress balls that were once so popular? Manipulating the clay can help relieve stress or even be an outlet for young children to physically express their emotions.