Guest Post 3

How Art and Craft Help Children Improve Their English.

    By Ishara Kasthuriarachchi (A preschool Teacher)

As a preschool teacher, I have seen how art and craft activities can make learning English fun and natural for young children. When children draw, colour, cut, and paste, they not only enjoy creating but also use English without realizing it.

Through art, children learn basic vocabulary like colours, shapes, sizes, and action words. While making a craft, they often say words such as red, blue, circle, square, cut, paste, and draw. I encourage them to use simple sentences, like:

“I am drawing a flower.”

“This is a big circle.”

“I like the yellow colour.”

These small sentences help them practice speaking in a meaningful way and build their confidence.

Some of my favourite craft activities with children include:

• Drawing and colouring animals, fruits, or flowers
• Making paper masks or greeting cards
• Creating pictures with paper shapes
• Finger painting or leaf printing

During these activities, I ask gentle questions like, “What colour is this?” or “What are you making?” This encourages children to speak in English naturally while enjoying their creativity.

I have noticed that children focus better, speak more, and feel proud of their work when learning English through art. They express ideas without fear of mistakes, and learning becomes more playful than stressful.

Art and craft activities show that English learning does not always need textbooks. Sometimes, colours, shapes, and creativity are all a child needs to start speaking and enjoying English.

Behind the scene note

Ishara is one of my friends who works in English medium preschool. She wanted to share her experience with Tiny Dino paws. Her insight inspired this guest post, showing how art and craft activities can make learning fun and natural for children.I really thankful to her for sharing her valuable ideas with us.I do believe this is a good method to improve English at home.Because I personally try it at home with my kid.As she asked me to add some pictures, I added the photos and videos of activities what I have tried with my own kid.

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