Creative polymer clay modeling workshop, drawing classes and creative learning for children in Singapore being offered by Garie Sim
Garie Sim’s intensive research and study of the benefits of play-clay reveals to us the versatility of the medium – clay, which, in turn, promotes the children’s capacity to imagine, mould and create, thus improving the flexibility and adaptability required in any innovative response to the world. Playing with clay shows the way toward self-expression and the attaining of a sense of self through the act of creation. Children who play computer game continuously neglect their school work and other more beneficial activities like music, art and reading. Playing with polymer clay gets children to exercise their hands and fingers with the kneading, shaping and the sensing of the shapes they create. Garie’s classes are styled in such a way that the children of different ages and capabilities intermingle, giving them opportunities to interact socially, thus inculcating in them better communicative skills and improved reflexes and reactions. The success of play-clay in developing the social skills, positive self-image and confidence of the children are mirrored by the artistic endeavors of his students whose creations have been featured in the media. Unlike traditional clay and pottery classes that make ceramics from earthen clay, the colorful polymer clay that Garie uses in his classes encourages a child’s sense of visual artistry. The malleability of clay also allows the child the wonderful opportunity to exercise his or her imagination. Garie’s myriad educational and commercial projects have been featured in magazines and television programs for children.
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