In today’s world, the average parents are hit with a barrage of choice on how to ensure their child grow up to the most well round, secure, smart, intelligent and loving person that every parent their child to be. Education is very important for the children’s, but extra-curricularactivities for kids, school clubs, time with family and friends are very important to make your child mentally and physically strong.
How to choose the best extra-curriculum activity for your child? Here are some tips to consider when choosing extra-curriculum activities for your child.
• What they like to do?
Before you start thinking about the activities for your kids, try to understand what he/she truly interested in. Don’t push your child to some particular games and sports without his/her consent. You want your son to play football when he’d much rather learn to play guitar.
Try to find out what are the things him/her fond of and then choose the activities which best suits to his/her abilities. Give them different options: the active child might enjoy anything from soccer, basketball or tennis etc. whereas an artistic child might enjoy animation and pottery or drama and singing class.
• Find the activities around you
Once have decided about the activities, now it’s time to find out the place where your child learns those activities perfectly. You can start at your child’s school. There are some after school activities such as a local dance studio, gymnastic clubs, track and field, chess club, math club, martial arts, sports, music, art businesses and much more. Apart from that, you can check community and recreation centers.
• Choose the best place
When you visit to find the best place for your child’s activities, make sure the connection between student and instructor is nice. You want to give your child a positive, friendly and healthy environment; you expect good staffs who are experts in their field, so check for credentials. Ask about hidden costs for uniform, costumes, and equipment. They should be trained and experience to understand his/her capabilities and get the best out of your child.
• How often you child goes for classes
You should know how many days a week you child goes for classes. You know your child best but one or two activities might be just enough. Your child first priority should be school and homework and if extra-curricular activities are interfacing with academic performance, it would be time to make some decisions. If your children’s choose one activities each, they will give their 100% and also get the time to cover their school stuff.
There are different options for that; you can choose activities that are seasonal i.e. swimming, hockey, soccer etc or you can schedule your children’s activities during the weekend so they can enjoy with family.
