Kids and Sewing: Brain Development
When you witness a child’s creativity through sewing, you rarely think about how it supports positive brain development, but if you step back and observe the steps taken, the interaction of the child with the choices that are made, the process that is taken, the directions that are followed, the connection between the idea, the materials, the body movements, use of tools, time to explore how color, shape and materials interact all the way through the production of their own imagination, you can see how the whole brain is involved.
- Sewing requires both the left and right brain to work together.
- Problem solving is required.
- Kids become more aware of all things in their environment that are stitched or worked together.
- Most kids learn that sewing can be done while they chat with friends or relax and listen to music.
- Kids who learn to sew are developing hobbies that can serve them throughout life.
- For kids who have difficulty focusing, sewing can give them a specific focus that also allows for body movement.
- Sewing increases production of positive brain chemicals that help to increase ability to attend, concentrate, and feel good about self.
- Products a child makes can be shared with others as art projects, useful products or gifts, and a sense of accomplishment and wellbeing which strengthen brain development.
Donna Barratt
Educational Consultant and Writer
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