- A home based after school program
A home-based after school program So, your son's school does not offer any extracurricular activities. You are worried of depriving your child of all that extra knowledge and fun. What should you do?...
- After school activities and burnout
After school activities and burnout For millions of parents around the world, the day does not end with the school bell. There are still pictures to be painted, songs to be sung and games to be...
- After school activities and relationship building
After school activities and relationship building After school activities are the rage of the day. With about $500 million invested in these programs and more than 10 million children attending them...
- After school activities for the overweight
After school activities for the overweight Research and studies show that our children are growing fater by the day. Many families all over America are struggling to keep the weight of their children...
- After school activity for the hyperactive child
After school activity for the hyperactive child ADHD refers to attention-deficit-hyperactivity-disorder. Most children who suffer from this disorder suffer from attention problems as well as...
- After school program recreational vs. educational
After school program - recreational vs. educational So, your child is beginning to get restless and make you restless. He has got more time than is good for him, and you are now considering after...
- After school programs and discipline
After school programs and discipline How important is discipline when it comes to after school programs? Since most of the activities are recreational, does a program have to adhere to strict rules?...
- After school safety tips and reminders
After school safety - tips and reminders When parents send their children for after school programs, they take it for granted that the child is safe. But since the number of children participating in...
- Art based activities
Art-based activities A recent report by several independent researchers concludes that participating in the arts nurtures the development of social, personal and cognitive skills. Programs based on...
- Benefits of a good after school program
Benefits of a good after school program Children grow up in a society that demands expertise in everything. You really cannot sit back and decide that learning from textbooks is enough for the...
- Boring after school activities
Boring after school activities Why does Lisa grumble when it is time for her to go for her piano lessons? How come Johnny abhors the sight of his skates now? After all, these children were very...
- Developmental after school programs
Developmental after school programs As a child grows into an adult, different aspects of his physical, emotional and mental self needs development. To help a child reach his full potential, it is...
- Effective after school activities
Effective after school activities When there are so many activities on offer, and each one looks as good as the next, how do you gauge the worth and effectiveness of these activities? Sure, you want...
- How much is too much
How much is too much? Should your child go for the football practice 5 days a week? Are 3 days enough? It is common for parents to be a little confused when it comes to deciding how much is too much...
- How to find after school activities
How to find after school activities Start off by making enquiries. Nothing can beat the power of information. Approach the school authorities first. Find out if they are offering any after school...
- Keeping children motivated
Keeping children motivated Initial enthusiasm in after school activities tends to wane after the first excitement is over. This is but natural. The trick is to keep up the hard work even after this....
- Need for after school activities
Need for after school activities When children are literally up to their gills with the learning and sport activities in school, it may seem superfluous to enroll them for after school activities. In...
- Over scheduling kids
Over-scheduling kids Several studies are expressing a growing concern that after school programs are pressurizing kids to do too much too soon. They point out that when a child's afternoon is filled...
- Potentials of after school programs
Potentials of after school programs With children becoming the primary focus of society, ways and means to ensure their safety and development are being researched. The Government too has pooled in...
- Quirky after school programs
Quirky after school programs With the growing interest in after school programs shown by the Government as well as parents, new and hitherto unheard of programs are being explored. In an attempt to...
- Reading activities
Reading activities In a world that is slowly but surely turning away from books and getting glued to monitors or television screens, the importance of developing a passion for reading cannot be...
- Recreational after school programs
Recreational after school programs After school programs can be divided into 3 broad categories: academic, recreational and social. Balanced development takes place when there is compatibility...
- School based after school programs
School based after-school programs In an effort to keep children motivated and safe, the U.S. Government sets aside a good amount of fund for financing after school programs every year. A report by...
- Successful after school programs
Successful after school programs What marks a successful after school program? What are the things that you should look for when enrolling your child into one such program? Other than the obvious...
- The Learning environment
The Learning environment There is often a trap in the words 'after school activities'. One may easily believe that since these activities are after school, they are not of much importance. But, one...
- Too much of school
Too much of school When my mom finally decided to take that plum posting as a Divisional Head, I knew I was in trouble. Her office hours stretched way beyond my school hours. And anyway, I was privy...
