Thursday, November 25, 2010

Teach Your Children a Hobby





Even young people, particularly children, must have a hobby. An interesting hobby can be a learning experience for your children and it can keep them entertained for hours as well. Good hobbies make your child occupied with productive activities and help them to stay away from bad habits and potential trouble. So, instead of playing video games or watching TV as pastime, you must get your children engaged on more challenging and educational hobbies.

Kids may like playing musical instruments as their hobby. They can learn to play guitar on their own or with the help of some instructional materials. This will be easier if your children are interested in music. Playing piano and violin can be quite difficult so you would probably have to invest on music lessons. Others believe that some children are born musically inclined, but children who are really interested can also learn to play as good as those who have natural talents, if they will practice hard and never give up.

Your kids might also be interested with arts and crafts. Your kids can learn how to draw, paint, or make his own scrapbook. Your girls can learn needle arts such as embroidery, sewing, knitting or crocheting. Your boys can learn basic carpentry, which is a very useful hobby that may turn into a career or at least a skill that they can use when they grow up.

Collecting sorts of things can also be a very interesting hobby for your children. Most kids would like to collect stamps, coins, and rocks. Stamps would be a good subject because they can come from different countries, making this hobby an instant geography lesson for your kids at the same time. Moreover coins and stamps collection requires a lot of historical knowledge thereby encouraging your kids to read more of history and culture. Rock collecting also will make your child more investigative and skeptic while doing his hobby.

Children’s collections must not be very expensive. They can start by collecting simple items such as beanbag toys or figurines of their favorite things such as angels, frogs, or unicorns. It will greatly help them increase their collection if the things they will collect are the things they love or representation of those things. For an instance, if your children are interested on dolphins, they may collect dolphin figures and posters, and they may also want to read books about dolphins.

Construction sets can also be a good option for your children’s hobby. They may start with a simple toy, but as they grow up, they may add new components into their construction, which may can turn into some pretty impressive models. With this kind of hobby, children will develop their reasoning and perception skills as they build.

One of the most popular children’s hobbies, especially for boys is making model cars, boats, and airplanes. If your child is inclined on making models, support and encourage them to start. Model cars may be complicated in the beginning, and it may require more patience and passion. Encourage them if their first try may not be perfect. It is good to start with simple models first. Then, patiently guide them as they try models that are more complicated. After a while and as they gain experience, they may now do it on their own.

Many kids enjoy sports, thus sports activities can also be an exciting hobby for your kids. They can play different types of sports such as soccer, basketball, and baseball. You may also suggest track and field to them. More and more children are now engaged in martial arts like taekwondo. Girls may enjoy gymnastics, dance sport, and ballet. Sports activity is not just a mere hobby but also a good way to keep your children in shape and healthy.

LESSON IN LIFE:
"You will be good at everything if you will start doing it while you are still young."

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