10 Best Activity Ideas To Make Your Kid Sharp & Strong

From over a decade, we and our children are living life in the world of technology. Be it using our cell phones to tablets they master it all at a quite tender age, but it is necessary for them to choose things other than these gadgets. Picking up a hobby rather than glued to the gadgets can give them exposure to the outer world and help them to grow robustly. Hobbies give a child an opportunity to express their interest which parents need to catch; it can be done even at a very early age also. We need to encourage them to explore themselves. Children imitate adults, mostly parents and this can be helpful to imbibe some hobby at the start. You can start doing something which out of curiosity they too will imitate – Be it reading a book before sleep, be it watering plants, be it stamp collection, be it traveling with you to favorite spots on weekends.
“Children are great imitators, so give them something great to imitate”

“Children are great imitators, so give them something great to imitate”

All they need is support, guidance, and encouragement and they will do wonders. A list of a few hobbies can be helpful for a child to grow strong, patient, creative and can broaden their vision:

1. Book reading

It’s an all-time favorite for most of the kids, because stories give them imagination and they create fantasies out of it. Book reading along with reading skills enhances their vocabulary and verbal skills. They read new words, learn them and use them. Give them a favorite comic while your kids commute instead of mobile to play games.

2. Drawing

Fun with colors never bores any child, they draw whatever they wish and color it the way they want. Toddlers loving crayons usually grow up loving canvas paintings and you never know that an artist in making is already geared up for a colorful future.

3. Animal care

We need our kids to be strong but at the same time, we need them to grow kind. Taking care of animals/birds or volunteering shelter or food (water and feed) for them should be encouraged. This may influence them towards kindness and helpfulness.

4. Gardening

Love for mother nature is unending. Gardening is one of them, Appreciating and encouraging the child to plant is a boon to nature.
Let them play with mud and find joy and peace!

5. Cooking

Cooking, baking or even making a cup of tea or simple salad can be of great interest. It’s a lifetime skill that an individual requires to sustain without being dependent on others.

6. Sports

Sports, all the outdoor activities like cricket, throwball, swimming or skating all contribute towards the overall development of a child. It makes them physically strong and mentally sound.

7. Dancing

Dance is fun, it makes the child active, gives flexibility to the body and makes muscles healthier.

Dancers are known to be focused and disciplined. Due to high physical activities, they tend to have increased muscular strength and fitness.

Apart from hobbies, we need to teach activities to our children to be strong and safe. At the end of the day safety for kids is what we need the most.

8. Self Defense Training

A self-defense class once a month so that they can protect themselves. Teaching them good touch and bad touch via playful methods. Not only through classes but we by ourselves can teach them some tips for managing their safety when they are in a public place or even for when they are staying alone at home.

9. Surviving In Case Of Emergencies

Be it a Fire emergency, Earthquakes or whatsoever making your kid learn about how to deal with all situations will not only be beneficial for them in such a situation but also develop a sense of confidence.

10. Charity

As they say “charity begins at home”. It is the prime duty of parents to teach kids about being helpful to needy.

These hobbies and activities will not only help them to grow efficient but they will discover their strengths. Let us encourage our children to do what they like and make them happy and strong!

“Children must be taught how to think, not What to think- Margaret Mead”

Take Away

All you have to do now is to introduce your kid to all the activities at least once and understand her/his interest and what they enjoy doing. Go ahead and start their after school activity classes and support them in their after- exam vacation or summer vacation activities.

Make PiggyRide be a vital part of this physical and mental development of your kids and give them a safe and comfortable ride to their classes.