Why is messy play so important?
Physical Skills
Messy play encourages your child to play with smaller objects. They will be able to feel, hold and mould objects and materials. This builds their coordination and hand skills, also known as fine motor skills.
Cognitive Skills
It helps the development of important cognitive skills such as how your child thinks, learns, explores and solves problems.
Understanding their senses
As your child plays, they will be using a lot of their senses. The most used sense during messy play will be touch and sight. They can explore new textures and sensory experiences.
Social Skills
Messy play can be a social group activity. They can also learn important skills like sharing and turn taking by playing with other children during messy play.
Imagination, Self-Esteem and Self Expression!
It gives your child an opportunity to try new things and experiment in a safe environment and can help your child feel safe to experiment more as they play as they know there is no right or wrong way to play.
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