Activities to keep kids engaged during summer break

With the upcoming summer break right around the corner it’s high time to start planning on some indulging activities to keep them children occupied and productive. Age is no bar when it comes to activities they can explore and learn so much during this period.  Compile a list of what they’d like and things they haven’t tried on and would like to try their hands on so one can have an idea or plan of action of how to go further and make them do things they want to try like or take it up as their hobby later.

Children get bored and are mostly ideal when it comes to summer holidays keeping them active and engaged and introducing them to some kind of active routine will surely break their ideal time.  The key to keeping them busy is planning. Most of the kids want this free time as they feel their daily rigid schedule from school is too much to take and they just want some sort of an ideal time and not get engaged to any kind of an activity.  Indulging their time in something creative atleast once a week involving activities like crafts, outings and camps will make it quiet interesting for them.

Many kids go to summer camps visit their relatives and friends or are enrolled into special classes organized for them. Being outside in the nature is also so important for them fresh air, playing and running whilst the wind being observant of their surroundings and nature unlike the usual days and normal routine spent at school. As most kids look forward to their summer time offs for the most of the year so they can have a little less focus on their study material and have fun time out of school and as they keep following a routine scheduled and strict timetable of eat, sleep throwing another schedule during their off days wouldn’t be recommendable. Instead, allowing and suggesting a space for them to explore their own set of do’s and don’ts for them to choose their own list of activities so they can learn to make independent choices.  Children will also appreciate the freedom received and use their time to do activities they love the most.

While most of the champs love to act alike their adult counterparts which means the responsibilities and finding pleasures in doing the mundane chores including sweeping and tidying up. Induce them to do the chores so they get to learn and take responsibility at an early development stage involve them to complete the task given while also acting as a helping hand.

With summer holidays providing ample opportunity for embarking the creative journey of your child one has to know or explore to figure out the kind of art and craft the child enjoys doing the most from painting to graphite, clay modelling to origami, Quilling to scrapbook. Well if the child enjoys story writing, performing, playing an instrument or so provide them the right exposure to engage and experiment their creative overflow.

Some outdoor activities that the kids will enjoy and also keep them active like taking them on bike rides either near the vicinity or if their older they could go on a bike trail but remember to carry plenty of water to stay hydrated. As many societies have a play area or playground for the kids to meet and greet and make more local friends they can use those to hang out, play in the merry go round and have truckloads of fun. Plan on fun group activities like a picnic at the local park, camping, trip to the beach or the swimming pool, morning walks and evening strolls work best as well.

With a bunch on ideas on your mind keep them little ones entertained with the season of summer on calling out on outdoor activities and schools being shut let them kids discover and learn some valuable life skills.  While most of them have already have their hands on some great toys but summer is the time to get those hands messy and go around the sun to have fun and learn to discover, explore outdoors rather than staying indoors. While fun activities can also be conducted indoors but staying away from gadgets and virtual world for some time and exploring unique activities will be a new experience while making new friends and learning new stuff in the process of it. Right activities inculcated will also improve the child’s emotions making them feeling comfortable with peers encouraging them to perform better and gaining an interest on any subject to make better career choices in future.  It will also result in children having a better attitude over time and later making them to perform better in academics.