BOOK REVIEW: CREATIVE KIDS

TITLE: CREATIVE KIDS

AUTHOR: Dr. Surbhi Prapanna

FORMAT: E-Book

PUBLISHER: BLOGCHATTER

PAGES:  81

This is an e-book released in the Blogchatter E-Book Carnival Edition 4 in the parenting category and focuses specifically on arts and crafts for young children.

Dr. Surbhi Prapanna is a homeopathic therapist by profession and a writer and blogger by passion. She has more than 4 years of professional writing experience and her work had been published on various prestigious online platforms. This is her first book.

In her own words:

“This book is a collection of 26 easy art, craft, DIY and fun activities for kids. I had kept A2Z theme for this book and shared easy activities with each alphabet. All these activities are simple, entertaining and made up with inexpensive, available at home supplies.”

The author herself says that these activities are suitable for children between the age of 4 and 9 years. Most of the activities hence are sensory, filled with fun and intriguing. In addition the author adds her personal experience of doing the activities with her own children and also offers alternatives for the same activity.

In addition to fun the activities are a lot of learning too, for instance in the activity of Bubble Making the author adds:

“The science behind bubble formation is so simple yet interesting. With water the small bubbles are formed because water has higher surface tension. When we add dishwashing liquid into it, the surface tension of water gets lowered and bubble gets formed.

Also, when we add glycerine the holding capacity of bubble increase and it stay for longer.”

Most of the activities suggested in the book are inexpensive and use material that is easily available around the house that makes most of these activities doable and hugely practical.

In Chapter 6 the author herself highlights the importance of crafting for kids by saying that crafts:

 Develop higher thinking ability- childhood is fundamental phase of life. Crafting is a wonderful and easy process to develop thinking ability at higher level.

 Fine motor skills- crafting accelerate the development of muscles in hands and fingers (in colouring, paint brushing) and thus improve fine motor skills esp. in pre-schooler. They can learn colour, number and shape recognition also.

 Boredom buster- crafting is a great boredom buster. It is an amazing tool to keep them engage and entertain when they get bored.

 Stress reliever- nowadays anxiety disorder, depression and other psychosomatic disorders are common in kids. Crafting works as a great stress reliever for kids. Some scientific study suggested that sick peoples who engage themselves in creative activities require less medication for pain.

 Foundation for future- a child who enjoys clay moulding may become a successful potter or a girl who loves make costume for her doll may become a renowned fashion designer in future.

FOR WHOM IS THIS BOOK USEFUL

• ·         Kids
• ·         Parents
• ·         Kindergarten and Primary Teachers
• ·         Educators and Facilitators
• ·         Anybody creative

WHY IS THIS BOOK A MUST READ

• ·         Easy to do activities
• ·         Explanation is easy to comprehend
• ·         All activities are unique and fun
• ·         Kids can easily do these on their own with little assistance and supervision
• ·         A good practical guide for long weekends and vacations

Overall I highly recommend this creative book.

The book can be downloaded from https://www.theblogchatter.com/download/surbhi-prapannas-creative-kids/

The author can be contacted via http://surbhiprapanna.com

This review is a part of Blogchatter Book Review Program.