Arts-based activities could help toddlers' development

Chris Engel 7/5/138:07 PM

"Parents taking part in interactive and arts-related activities with their two and three-year-olds could help promote their happiness and development of everyday skills, a study by researchers at The Open University and Oxford University suggests.

"The researchers found that child happiness, as reported by their parents, was linked to how frequently the children were engaged in activities such as reading, storytelling, shopping, painting and doing arts and crafts....

"In contrast, passive activities like looking at picture books or watching television brought no discernible benefits. Watching television appeared, in this analysis, to have a negative impact on child happiness that was statistically significant...."

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