Know 8 Life Skills Where Kids To Be Engaged

INTRODUCTION

There are many things to know apart from academics. The school nurtures many activities and skills for the children. But the most important skills which are needed to teach kids are life skills. Life skills are the building blocks of life that allow the child to apply their knowledge in real-world problems and situations. Moreover, by engaging your child with basic life skills can help them to solve the problem independently. Every child must know the life skills and its value. This article explains certain life skills that are to be engaged among your kids.

1. FIRST AID AND IMPORTANCE OF HEALTH

Generally, every child loves to play in the hot sun. Sometimes during their play, they may leave with some hurts and injuries. Parents cannot expect to always be around whenever the kid gets hurt. So it is mandatory to teach them about first aid and its importance. So, teach them first aid and its contents. Moreover, explain the importance of health to your child rather than making them eat fruits and vegetables forcefully. Once the kid knows the value and importance of health, they love to eat vegetables and fruits without any compulsion.

2. BASIC BUDGETING AND MONEY MANAGEMENT

Another important life skill that is taught for the children is basic budgeting, money management, and savings. Offer a certain amount of money to your children for their expenses. If the child wishes to buy anything expensive, ask them to save the pocket money and buy it. In addition to that, get them a piggy bank which helps them to save money. By doing this repeatedly, the child knows basic budgeting, money management, and savings. Moreover, the child gets motivated when the parent offers a gift for their savings.

3. HOW TO SHOP

Make the child accompany you while visiting grocery stores and departmental stores. By accompanying you, the child may get some knowledge about the purchasing items. After some days, provide baskets and bags to your child and allow them to visit a nearby grocery on their own. Once the parent starts doing this, the child starts to face the real world. Moreover, they are able to manage themselves wherever they go.

4. BASIC DINING ETIQUETTES

Dining etiquettes are important skills that are to be taught by parents. Teach them how to handle the fork, spoon, and knife during dining and teach them how to behave in restaurants. Additionally, ask them to place orders in restaurants. By practicing good dining etiquettes they can develop good manners in public. Moreover, the people who are in contact with your child appreciate the good dining etiquettes and this makes them overwhelmed provides self-confidence among their peers.

5. TIME MANAGEMENT

Time management is one of the most important skills for children. Sometimes, even adults fail to manage time. If the parent fails to teach time management in the early days, the child faces difficulty during examinations and they also find difficulty when they go to work culture. So, teach them the value of time by using alarm clocks, daily and weekly planner. Moreover, as a parent, ask them to allocate a few minutes for their daily activities, homework and playing hours. By scheduling each task, they follow a structured routine throughout their life.

6. IMPORTANCE OF ENVIRONMENTS

Another important life skill to teach for your kid is the importance of environments. Make your kid understand the value of trees, surroundings, and environments. Make them practice an eco-friendly environment in every small thing they do. Practice the importance of sustainability and the environment. Provide a small garden area within your home and make them plant more trees. Practice them to do activities that don’t harm the environment. Once they get practiced for these activities, they can sometimes teach them to their peers. It benefits most kids.

7. MAKE THEM DO THEIR OWN WORK

The next important life skill to teach children is teaching them to do their work by themselves. When kids grow up, they may leave the house due to distance education or career. So once they leave home, they must be able to manage themselves for all their work. If the parent doesn’t teach the child to do their own work at an early stage, then the grownups find it very difficult to manage. So train your child to do their own work be it packing their school bags or taking the utensils to the kitchen. Even the child needs some responsibilities. So make your kid a responsible one by teaching them to do their own work.

8.DECISION-MAKING SKILLS 

There are many skills which are needed to be learned by the children. And one such skill is decision-making skills. When the child starts to grow, they must decide education, career, and life. To do so, they must need good decision-making skills. This skill should be practiced from childhood. Practice your kid by making decisions in small things such as food, dress, toys, etc., Always provide some choices for your kids and allow them to choose which would be the best. So by practicing this regularly, the child can make some critical decisions very easily.  Moreover, it helps them weigh the advantages and disadvantages before making decisions.

CONCLUSION 

Every child needs a strong foundation regarding life skills. These foundations in the early days help the child to become a great role model for the fellow members. Learning these life skills is the first and foremost step towards success. If you need your child to be more successful, teach these basic life skills. I hope this article helps and benefits you.

Author Bio:

Dharani is a content strategist of SchoolBasix, who research on latest topics about what education industry speaks about. Specializes in handling blogs  that potential means of marketing and circulating across social media and holds a masters degree in marketing.