At Smiles we love our messy play... whether it is painting, shaving foam, jelly, cornflakes, the options are endless!
Yes messy play is great fun but it also has great benefit for children's development. The sensory experience enables
them to understand how things feel,smell and taste and it supports their physical development.
Messy play fosters your child’s curiosity,imagination and experimentation and practices good concentration. When
making marks in sand or paint, the children develop an early form of writing.
The high concentration levels needed to explore the different sensory qualities of the objects and elements practise your child’s ability to read a book or write a
story independently later on.
The big movements performed when drawing in sand or making a mark build up the large muscle groups at the top of the arms to then enable the smaller muscles in hands and fingers to make more precise movements.
Your child will eventually have increasing control over
their movements when holding a pen or cutting with scissors.
We do try very hard to make sure our clothes escape the mess but unfortunately it can't always be helped so please forgive us, we are just having lots and lots of fun!
Yes messy play is great fun but it also has great benefit for children's development. The sensory experience enables
them to understand how things feel,smell and taste and it supports their physical development.
Messy play fosters your child’s curiosity,imagination and experimentation and practices good concentration. When
making marks in sand or paint, the children develop an early form of writing.
The high concentration levels needed to explore the different sensory qualities of the objects and elements practise your child’s ability to read a book or write a
story independently later on.
The big movements performed when drawing in sand or making a mark build up the large muscle groups at the top of the arms to then enable the smaller muscles in hands and fingers to make more precise movements.
Your child will eventually have increasing control over
their movements when holding a pen or cutting with scissors.
We do try very hard to make sure our clothes escape the mess but unfortunately it can't always be helped so please forgive us, we are just having lots and lots of fun!