How to keep your kids’ minds engaged till the schools re-open?
Keeping in mind the importance of giving the child a break from hectic schedules and at the same time making him/her motivated and engaged during vacations is quite a task for the parents. This is the time for the parents to support and help their children to enhance parameters of their skills and help them to preserve the knowledge they acquired during school session. Also, they need to maintain links with school schedules. Fortunately, there are several ways to achieve it that too comfortable way.
Encourage reading: Reading any knowledgeable book or articles can boost the skills and knowledge of children. Parents can provide library cards to children, so that they can borrow books with the subjects of their interest. Many junior reading events are also organised in the city, parents can encourage them to take part. Reading and discussing with children can be interesting for parents too.
Encourage writing: Ask the child to jot down his/her feelings and thoughts, or write about the movies they watched recently, places visited during vacation will improve their thinking and visualizing capabilities. Writing journals are recommended during vacations as a record of what experiences and knowledge they gained during vacations.
Hobby classes: Hobby classes help children to relax and chill out. Enrolling them for extra-curricular activities help them to be imaginative and creative in their fields. Nowadays kids also require space & freedom to be innovative in an amorphous environment.
There are many hobby classes nowadays such as dance classes, karate, swimming, drama clubs, music classes, sports and many more. Don’t be pushy towards your kid; let him/her decide what to choose. Even if the idea is of the parents, let the kid be the judge whether he/she is enjoying this activity or not.
Helping in household management: Parents can ask children to give them helping hands in household tasks such as reading recipe for cooking, keeping their rooms tidy, helping in shopping, gardening etc. With these activities they can have an idea of the tasks their parents doing and it also helps them in having a basic idea of quantities, interior decoration, gardening etc. Including them in shopping is highly beneficial to improve their mathematical abilities which will prove useful for day to day life as well.
Picnics: Organize a small picnic for your kid along with your neighbors’ kids or friends. It need not be an extensive one, but a weekend trip to nearby parks, zoo, museums, jungle safari etc. This will help the child to get close to nature and gives great fun. Also, you can take them to their cousin’s places or to the grandparents to stay with them for a few days where they can play and learn many things.
Games: Spend some more time with them during vacation days for some indoor games like board games chess, checkers, sudoku, word trap, scrabble etc, which is fun. It also enhances your bonding with your child.
And last but not the least, ensure the activities he/she undertakes during vacation helps in enhancing his/her moral values. Parents can inspire children to help needy people, respect elders, speak truth, learn table manners etc. and be a better person everyday.
