When your children are off from school, it is good to keep them busy as it will keep them motivated and inspired. This will help them grow into mature and motivated children.

 

Here are some things to do with your children this summer, and some things to occupy your children during their time off to keep them motivated.

 

 

Encourage children to attend a holiday camp

Allowing your children to attend kids holiday camps during their time off will keep them occupied and socializing, which is good for their confidence and maturity. If you allow your children to lie around all summer and have nothing to do, they will become lazy and unmotivated. Whereas, when they pursue activities and stay busy, they will ensure to continue being motivated.

 

Even sending them for a day or two a week will keep them occupied and ensure they remain active during their time off. Holiday camps encourage further education, which will ensure they continue to learn and develop when they have time away from school.

 

When the weather is bad, allow online games with friends

Another way to keep your child occupied during summer is to pursue online group games.

 

When the weather is not good enough to go outside, which hopefully does not happen often, you can encourage your children to stay occupied by playing games online with their friends. If you can encourage them to play educational games, that will be even better. 

 

Pursue a new hobby

It is a wise idea to encourage your children to pursue a new hobby while they have time off. Whether they wish to play sports or perform arts and crafts, when your child has a hobby, they will remain active and motivated during their time off. 

 

It is good to encourage a new hobby as their past hobbies might no longer fulfill them or encourage them to stay active. 

 

Play with them

When you get the chance to spend quality time with your children, take advantage of it. 

 

Playing with them and spending time with them will keep them occupied and satisfied. You could paint together, do yoga, or go for walks. However, you wish to spend your time together, enjoy it and use it as a way to bond. You might not get a lot of time during the school months to engage with them and play with them. Therefore, take some off and spend it with them so you can have quality time together and ensure they remain occupied.

 

Encourage further learning

Encouraging further learning during the school holidays does not have to be a bad thing for your child.

 

If you make the extra learning fun and engaging then they will not feel like they are being educated. Instead, they will be learning while feeling like they're having fun and spending quality time with you. It will ensure that they remain occupied and motivated during their time off and can return back to school feeling like they know more and feel more confident and encouraged to learn. If your children have weeks away from learning then they might feel lazy and unmotivated when they returned back to school.