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Encouraging Hobbies in Preschoolers

Encouraging Hobbies in Preschoolers

It is never too early to inculcate hobbies in your kids. Preschool is the right age for your kids to inculcate hobbies as the little minds can be molded in the way we want them to be. At this age hobbies will inculcate discipline in them and aid in overall development. Here’s a basic guide on hobbies for preschoolers.

It is important to inculcate hobbies in children at an early age. The preschoolers are in a perfect mental state as they are still in that developing stage. Hobbies bring about the much required social and emotional development. There can be a wide array of hobbies right from reading books, to painting to games. They also render a huge positive impact on the self esteem and self confidence of the child. So, parents of the preschoolers need to encourage hobbies as much as possible.

When you want to encourage this attribute in your preschooler, there is an important factor that you need to remember. The activity that is most enjoyed by your child is likely to be his hobby. Hobbies are mostly physical activities and here are a few ways on how you can encourage your preschooler to develop a hobby and enjoy it:

Exercising, Sports and Working Outs

If your kid is particularly interested in a certain sport or sports as a whole, you will find the kid taking it up as a hobby pretty easily. Sports are best enjoyed in groups. So arrange for a wholesome entertainment for the child.

Take your kid or enroll him to a session where he will find peers who are like minded and enjoy the sport just the way he does. This will not only encourage practicing a healthy activity to the fullest but also develop their interpersonal and social skills. Some kids also show great liking to working out. Help the kid to go ahead with his hobby by introducing him to specialists in various areas like yoga, gyms or any other training alternative schools.

For the Budding Artist

If you find your kid interested in arts, drawing and painting, enroll him in a sketching or painting workshop. The creative juices will flow in the environment and the most important part is that the kid will receive the appropriate guidance to hone his skills. The more he learns, the happier he will be and enjoy his hobby to the fullest. He will derive unbridled joy when he is able to create something, be it a sketch or a painting and wins appreciation for the same.

Similarly if the child is interested in music or dance you can encourage him to join a music or dance school. It can be playing music or dancing or learning a musical instrument, the hobby will translate into a wonderful passion with age.

What Should you Exactly Do?

In regard to all the above interests, the parents of the preschoolers should note that they should be pushing the child into anything. All they need to do is to encourage the child is to observe what he is interested in and perhaps give him suggestions, but never be dominating if you want the preschooler to enjoy the hobby. After all, hobbies are supposed to be enjoyed.

The other foremost things that you need to remember is that help the child understand his activity that he has chosen as a hobby. Be it any of the above or something like reading, gardening, collecting items like cards, tokens, stamps or memorabilia. It is vital for the kid to understand that there is a discipline in every activity which needs to be followed. Help him to learn the ropes and basics so that he also gets to enhance his knowledge through the hobby.

Finally, work towards uplifting the self esteem in your preschooler. Be a friend and devote time to the kid. This is a time when the major part of the character builds up. So more the child feels confident, the better he will be able to express himself and hobbies are basically ways to express our thoughts, the thoughts that interests or excites us.




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Mehul choksi
Mehul choksi.10 years ago
i always encourage my kids to do what he likes. Encouraging hobbies is a great idea as it is the best stress buster and also enables a kid to study better.
 
 
 
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Larima
Larima.10 years ago
i agree that parents pressurize kids more into studies but the mindset is changing now and more parents are encouraging kids to pursue other hobbies. Kids are now excelling in other fields also.
 
 
 
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Paloma
Paloma.10 years ago
ours is a curriculum based society with more emphasis given on studies than on other activities. this prevents a child from developing his full potential. I think we should encourage hobbies.
 
 
 
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