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Discover the benefits of extracurricular activities.
Back to school also means back to extracurricular activities for a lot of kids. From sports to the school paper, volunteering, and more, there are plenty of ways for kids of all ages to get involved and stay busy in their communities.
If you haven’t given it much thought yet, or don’t know what to enroll your kids in, take a look at some of the great benefits of extracurricular activities—for kids and adults alike!
- After-school sports—whether it’s hockey, baseball, swimming, or bowling—give kids a good physical workout and help build life-long habits of keeping mentally and physically fit.
- Hobbies like photography, journalism and debate teach kids real-world skills that can lead to life-ling interests—or even a career.
- Volunteering—from community centres to book drives, fundraising activities and more—shows kids they can make a vital contribution to their communities.
- Learning new skills and participating in a group helps build kids’ self-confidence and lowers stress—while encouraging them to express themselves, make new friends and feel like part of the community.
- Having somewhere to go after school and a sense of purpose prevents kids from developing bad habits, like drug or alcohol abuse, and gives them the ability to say “no” to risky behaviour.
- Extracurricular activities make an excellent addition to any college, university or work application—showing that kids are well rounded, responsible and committed.
- Parents can spend quality time with kids by joining in too—either by participating in the activity, coaching, helping out, or just taking kids to and fro and spending quality time with them on the road!
Don’t know where to start?
Explore some of these extracurricular activities with your kids and see what piques their interest!
- Traditional sports like hockey, badminton or ballet, and also synchronized swimming, archery or indoor rock climbing
- After-school clubs, including writing, music, debate, drama, and yearbook
- Volunteering at local social centres, hospitals, retirement homes, and fundraisers
- Scout clubs or youth organizations
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