Steemit Engagement Challenge / S16/W4 - "Children Vs Extracurricular Activities "
Greetings and welcome to my blog. Extracurricular activities are activities that children get involved in outside the normal classroom teachings. Some of these activities happen after their school activities and they include sporting activities, extra moral classes, interest clubs and etc.
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How can extracurricular activities help children's physical and mental growth? |
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Extra curricular activities are of benefits to children physical and mental growth in the following way:
Extra curricular activities helps the children to engage in sporting activities especially those that are sports inclined and getting involved in sports have its immense benefits. Sporting helps to reduce the risk of obesity and depression, high blood pressure and high cholesterol and it helps the child to get a better sleep and night rest.
Extra curricular activities helps children to develop good social skills such as leadership skills which they will need as adults.
The children involve in social clubs as extra curricular activities get the opportunity to relate with other children from other walks and cultures of life hence improving their communication and relationship skills and their abilities to interact with people hence widening their view points.
Children through extra curricular activities can find their passion and hence build self confidence and esteem.
Children can build habits that are positive through through extra curricular activities such as routine and structure development, getting acquainted with communal living and learning time management skills.
Do today's children like extracurricular activities, or are they forced to participate by their parents? |
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A lot of children love extra curricular activities which I believe is an opportunity for them to break away from the boredom of the class room and have a sense of freedom and to unwind. It’s possible that there are some children who may be reserved and wouldn’t want to get involved in extracurricular activities, in such cases, the parents would have to encourage them to participate by teaching them the importance of it and how it would help to Improve their general wellness .
Is extracurricular activity necessary for children? |
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Yes, having discussed the benefits or how extra curricular activities can help children in the first hint, we’ve come to see that extracurricular activities are very beneficial to children and every parent should in one way or the other encourage their children to get involved in one extracurricular activity or the other based on their temperament and their area of interests.
Which are the best extracurricular activities for today's children? |
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There are many extracurricular activities today which children can get involved in. Some of them includes;
- sporting activities
- Interest clubs
- Students publications and organizations
- Comptetions that are academic inclined
- Musical groups
- Dance classes
- Martial arts
- Visual or performing arts and etc
In conclusion, all of these and more are the types of extracurricular activities that children can get involved in. The parents must be careful not to force the children in an area but to let them make their choices as deem fit.
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Greetings friend,
Children should be emphasized on sports and other activities along with education. Play involving physical activity helps the physical growth of the child. A child cannot concentrate only on studies for long so he has to engage in other activities. Other activities include cultural activities, drawing, swimming, skating or other activities that children like to play. Your writing is excellent.