Enhance Young Children’s Thinking by Loose Parts Play through Art Activities from Local Materials
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"Loose Parts" is material for independent play or the creation art of young children, aimed at enhancing creative thinking, conception thinking, rational thinking, problem-solving and decision - making thinking. In which young children will be able to use local materials such as branches, reeds, rubber balls, sand, or shells creatively. It supports thinking that combines learning around them by using five senses and can support young children’s holistic, physical, emotional, social, and intellectual development, with skills in the 21st century that form the cornerstone of developing young children into individuals who think and ready to step into a learning society
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