NURTURE KIDS FUTURE

In past few years, electronic gadgets have become kids’ best friend as they spend more than half of day with it. They like to watch cartoons, play games etc.by downloading themselves and emotionally blackmail their parents. Do you realise its side effects like poor vision, no physical or outdoor activity, lack of confidence, no socialisation etc. But parents are main culprit in all this matter as they are so much busy in their working area, so they offer by their own to kids mobile, I-pad, laptop and all, gradually kids become so much friendly with them.

Its high time to knock at your brains door to take effort for your little ones to involve them in non-academic activity. As both are equally essential to nurture kids’ different aspects of hidden talent.

I talk to few parents and noticed that due to busy schedule, hesitation to go outside first time alone, lack of awareness can be few reasons that they are not letting kids to fly in open sky.

So, I am sharing few activities for all my gorgeous parents: –

1) Dance: – Dance is something which is enjoyed by everyone, especially girls. We can enrol in different types of dance form like kathak, Bollywood, hip hop, ballet, jazz, popping, robotics, jumba etc. All are fantastic on their own. If kids do well, they can participate in dance reality shows which are running on televisions.

Forget all your troubles and just dance

2) Music: – It relax mind and great to beat whole school day tiredness. Some kids like to play instruments like piano, guitar to feel like Rockstar, playing tabla, flute etc. Some kids prefer to sing song and take its proper training from experts Gurus.

Benefits: –

• It helps to build self -esteem and confidence as well and take away stage fear.
• It adds extra feathers in kids’ skills.
• They gain lot of information about culture and history.
• Perhaps your child become famous choreographer like Farhan Khan or Remo D Souza, or a musician like Abhijit Singh in future.

3) Drawing and painting: – Playing with colours and having fun with brushes in hand take your child to another world. Let kids sit by providing white sheet with colours and brushes and ask them to drawn by their own. You would be surprised what a magic they create. Do not be fussy if they paint their dress or hands.
You can also make kids to join such classes if they are really doing great.

4) Art and craft: – It is also fun to create something with coloured paper sheets, quilling’s, glitters and so many things available at stationery shops. In schools, there is separate art and craft teacher which guide them very well. It is good opportunity. My daughter wants to become art and craft teacher as she enjoys so much.

There are so many beautiful things our littles can create which we can never think of, our duty is to give proper platform for them.

5) Pottery: – Kids have so much fun while doing something with clay and it keep them engage for hours and they make different creatures like animals, dolls, Ganesh ji, plants, house etc with colourful clay. In my daughter school, they organise fun with clay activity and kids were so happy on that day.

Benefits: –

• Clay has therapeutic effect and learn about three-dimensional pattern.
• Drawing improve imaginative skills. It helps to enhance sensory and motor skills.
• Painting is fun and great stress buster for kids as well.

  
  Fun with clay at school

• Pottery is good for hyperactive kids as their mind and hand both are captivated to design single masterpiece.

6) Playing sports: – We can make our child to go for any short of sports like soccer, badminton, tennis, football, gymnastics, cricket etc. depending on their need and interests. Children would enjoy doing such physical sports and build competitive spirit.

7) Self-defence activity: – Safety is of utmost importance and developing basic self -defence make them more confident, independent as well. They can also choose it as a career by taking proper training and can run classes to teach others. I enrol my daughter in taekwondo and she won gold and silver medal in it. She was so happy and she also learn basic skills of how to defend herself in emergency situation.

They can compete at state, national, international level and make our country proud. Teach kids different martial arts like judo, karate, wrestling, kickboxing, Kung fu etc. and they can achieve different belts by hard work and led a disciplined life.

Benefit: –

• Making new friends and learn to work in a team.
• They quickly start to grasp how to strategies their planning ahead and can help this skill in future.
• Your kid starts to develop body stamina and lot of endurance capacity which help in their overall growth.

8) Acting or drama: – Kids are expert in doing drama by showing some physical gesture, facial expressions or displaying tantrums in cute way. They really enjoy to be crowned as drama queen or king and we should encourage to flaunt their talent in this industry. They can join workshops or classes nearby them.

Benefit: –

• It is productive way to use their dramatic energies.
• It helps them to interact with people with full confidence and create socializations skills.
• You never know may be your child become just like Alia Bhatt, life coach or mentor for someone in future.

I tried to cover most after school activities which can help in positive social interactions. It helps kids focus on their interests and explore others also. Each activity require time, so be patience and positive.

So, I urge all of you to put kids in any of activity and saw a difference and let kids to showcase their personality. Our goal is to enrich young mind and body as childhood is best time to look after their passion.

Children’s are quick learners, so inspire their hidden treasure. Be passionate.