Mud is not as dirty as you think, and the soil contains bacteria and microorganisms, etc. It is really not clean, but as long as children wash their hands well and pay attention to hygiene, mud and sand can hardly threaten their health. Contact with the soil more, and there are many unexpected benefits.

1. Improve children's immune system

Bacteria and microorganisms in the soil have low pathogenicity, and children will come into contact with these microorganisms when playing with the soil, just like vaccination, which will promote children's immune system to gradually improve and make them more resistant to more pathogenic bacteria and less sick.

2. Keep happy

Why do children like to play with dirt? Because it's really fun, you can knead it into various shapes at will. Moreover, children's exposure to soil can increase brain serotonin, a hormone that can make children feel happy, so few children can resist soil.

3. Exercise thinking and creativity

Children know and explore the world mainly through games and play in early childhood. Soil and sand are very plastic and can be changed into various shapes according to children's needs, which requires children to think and imagine. Squeeze the mud into various shapes, or dig holes and build sand castles on the beach, so that children can enjoy the happiness brought by creation and exercise their thinking ability and creativity.

Don't stop children from playing with mud. Mud is a part of nature, and we humans also come from nature. It is his nature for children to love playing with mud.