Play is in the nature of children. Children's sandbox games are to provide children with a "free and protected" space, through the form of symbols, metaphors, reproduction of scenes related to childhood or current experience, in order to help children find problems, and solve problems, that is to say, in the children's sandbox games to get healing conditions and opportunities.
So what are the specific roles of children's sandbox games in children's physical and mental development?
01
Express your inner world
Sandplay becomes a language through which children can express their inner world.
In this kingdom of play, children get what they need here, and when children place toys and models in the sandbox, they are actually expressing and presenting their emotions and psychological states.
The sand painting presented in the sandbox game is a symbolic expression of the child's heart. Each sand painting is the inner manifestation of the child at this moment or stage, the subconscious consciousness, so the meaning is more profound.
02
Build bridges for me to communicate with my children
Sandplay builds bridges between us and our children.
We usually can't understand our children's behavior and real inner world through words, but through the sandbox, counselors can communicate and talk with children. Sandbox games are like a window that can open or see through the minds of teenagers, so the effect of sandplay games is very good.
03
Help your child relieve catharsis
Sandplay can show the inner conflicts faced by teenagers and help children relieve their catharsis.
In the process of sandplay, this is the world of teenagers themselves, they can freely interpret the world, in the process of creating this world, their emotions can be relieved, bad emotions can be released.
04
Promotes intellectual development
Touching sand can promote children's tactile development, and toys of various colors can promote children's visual development. The development of touch and vision will promote the development of the brain, which in turn will promote the development of children's intelligence.
05
Boost children's creativity
Children's spontaneous play, spontaneous creation, turning the sand can make different shapes of mountains and rivers, placing toys can form a kaleidoscopic scene, these activities undoubtedly have a great help to the improvement of children's creativity.
06
Solve the confusion of children's growing up
Sandbox games can solve some of the confusion that arises during your child's growth. Under the guidance of professional teachers, sandplay can solve the problems of aggression, hyperactivity, introversion, timidity and interpersonal difficulties that children may have.
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Promote harmony between children's body and mind
Sandbox game is a psychological expression technology, every scene made by the child is his inner expression, through such an expression, the child's inner order is sorted out, personality development is promoted, and the psychological level is improved.
08
Keep your child enjoyable and relaxed
Sand is one of the most popular materials for children to play, almost everyone has had the experience of playing with sand when they are children, sand is the precipitation of time, is the gift of nature to mankind.
Sand carries our past, present and future. Children's hearts, like the sand in our sandbox that express the flow of psychological energy, present different changes, and this change is the healing nature of sandplay.
09
Improve children's cognitive abilities
Scenes and sand tools that you have seen or have not seen may appear in the sand table, including animals, plants, people, buildings, natural substances, etc., which undoubtedly enhances children's cognitive ability.
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Means of exposure and adaptation of children to the environment
Childhood games, like adult jobs, have essentially similar social functions. At the same time, games can also communicate children's consciousness and emotional experience, helping children to externalize their emotional life.
Through sandbox games, children present archetypes and their own inner worlds, and connect with external reality, realizing a communication between conscious and unconscious minds.
Bring your kids to a sandbox game!