767498_kids_listening_to_music.jpgArts can include drawing, drama, speech, music, singing, communication or expressing oneself. This as per the studies help children develops their social and personal skills. It can also help to build confidence and positive approach towards life.

Art can also include many skills. Thus, wherever the child’s imagination and skills utilized can be termed as arts.

Making child join after school activity in arts will help the child to grow full of imagination and can have decision-making impacts on the child. If the child is very shy the theater, drama and speech can help him get out of, his shell and will give him a positive approach to life. As the drama helps the child to display, other person’s emotions and can teach him to vocalize his own emotions, which he is not, used to share with others. Therefore, the art activities are very popular among the young students.
 

770721_alone_in_the_park_3.jpgThe computers, television and movies have replaced Reading among the children. Reading is the practice, which a child needs to develop when very young.

To get the child to get into this practice you can try these methods:

Enrolling the child for reading classes can be a step in making the child read and in the process, the classes have a professional way of taking the classes, which will make it fun for the children with the cartoons and pictures.

In addition, they can pick up the language. They also can use their wild imagination in making up stories.
The favorite characters book can be picked up to raise interest in the child to pick up the book and at least look at the cartoons and try to read.

A library at home will develop interest for books in children. The little children are attracted to games and internet is the source for Reading.

709713_untitled_2.jpgThe enthusiasm in children goes as fast as it comes. In a minute, the children are as excited about any project and the other moment they are completely bored. Even in the case of studies, they tend to be quite bored with it. The excitement is very important but it is very short lived especially in the children.

Initially when the school starts, they are all excited to go back to school after summer holidays but within no time, they seem to be bored of the same activity. The main concern of the parents and the teachers is how to keep up the enthusiasm. After school program also face this problem.

From the beginning, make the child understand that the studies are very important and only if they learn they can come up in life like their fathers or mothers. Apart from their teachers, you can take active part in their studies, which make them happy. Make the studies fun activities.

The child should be given some incentive if they do well in their studies or after school activities. Once the child knows he will be appreciated he will put in more effort. Let the child know that his hard work will get him to the place where his father or mother is today. Give them the details how you came up in life the hard way. This will set an example to the child.

Even if your child is not very good at studies or after school, programs try to encourage him by praising him. Do not criticize or put you child down in front of others. The children have a very sensitive mind and delicate ego so always be supportive of him even if he is not doing so well. Your encouragement will help him do better.

788680_im_tte_1.jpgNow a days the set of parents are so busy with their working schedules that they would prefer their children in the hands of a professional handlers or child minders. They become more like surrogate parents for them. The children mostly look to them for all the guidelines and the way to adulthood. This is mostly true during school holdays when the schools are shut for 2 months and they have nothing else to do. With the advent of TV it is like the child is stuck to TV all the time and it is difficult for a parent who is always absent to monitor the things they watch inspite of the parental control on the TV’s. The summer camp or the medium of meeting different types of children makes the child more adapting and they also seem to be happy in their own age group companies.

The adult/ teacher taking care of them is a professional and can guide the child in a proper manner. With no school and no proper schedule the children can go haywire and they loose their directions if they have any. For the parents who have to report to work are worried about their kids these vacation school gives them breathing space and they can be at ease.

In our area there are lots of summer camps with different activities to suit each childs needs. Like in our area Podar School offers summer camps for the age group of 6 to 12 with a variety of activities like Gymnasium, arts and crafts, Yoga etc. The other schools also offer similar camps for swimming, yoga. They have seperate camps for girls as well as boys. of course this can be switched like one school offers grooming for girls, they teach cooking etc. There are summer computer classes which are rage in the age group of 14 to 18 as they know they cannot do without a computer now a days.

These camps are usually managed by responsible agencies like some school or clubs or gymkhana. They can be for a full day or half a day or can be only for few hours.. If you know what your child is interested in or want to try out you can try different activities.

The children interacting with an professional adult learns more and also they can get a chance to mingle with their own age group which is missing when they are away from school

711182_walking_at_the_beach.jpgAs soon as vacations come, Parents are in dilemma as to how to keep their kids busy. When in school they are busy for the full day. During school days, the routine is fixed, right from getting up from the bed to night, sleep time.  Once the holidays start then the kids feel bored. To solve this parents have to come up with some very good ideas to keep them busy and occupied.

Parents are completely involved in the bringing up of a child. Parents are fully responsible of child’s happiness and their safety. Many parents do anything for their kids, but care should be taken of not over doing things.

Involving oneself in kids after school activities cannot be considered as a baby-sitting. Including oneself in children’s matches and games can be fun and will help develop his moral.

Before the holidays start, plan the programme as per for your kid’s likings and interest in mind. Once the programme is fixed find out about your personal requirements and availability.

Many parents tend to overload their children with lots of activities at one time. If this is the case then children cannot enjoy a single activity. Give them breathing space in between the two activities.

It is natural to expect great things from your children, but do observe their strengths and shortcomings. Do not force them to do a particular activity only because you want them to be good at that encourage the activities, which they enjoy.  A child’s happiness is very important.

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