Holistic Development of Children
Children have Potential • Child is an active creator of knowledge • They explore, discover, investigate and learn the world around with the hands-on experience and knowledge based activity • Development is gradual and continuous process and can happen during out-of-school hours • Learning goals of young children are multi-dimensional
What is Important for the Child ?
• to develop skills in all areas • to keep the learning going • to meet the challenges • to enjoy the fun • be emotionally strong • be physically fit and healthy
How ? • Depends on how the child spends their free time before/after school hours • Depends on what options are provided to the child to grow and learn new skills
Out-of-School hours Preferences 1. Students find new opportunities to learn developmental skills especially through arts, music, sports, physical wellbeing, dramatic play, learning foreign language 2. Students have nowhere to go and are home alone – doing cooking, cleaning, homework, enjoying boredom busters 19% face latchkey situation. Of which 12% are between 6-8 years of age. More 23% are alone 2-3 times in a week
After-school apprenticeships offer Holistic Development of Children
Focus on “Whole
Development Dimensional
• Physically fit and healthy child can learn more effectively and quickly • Social aspect makes the child learns skills of imagination, adopts to change • Cognitive aspect covers a wide range of behaviour such as development of memory, intelligence, reasoning, problem solving • Emotional aspect makes the child understand own feelings and others emotions
Plus and Minus Points • Emphasising on holistic development approach ensures that the child is growing up competently • Interventions are not limited to academic development only • Have fewer behavioural problems, more self-confidence and can handle conflicts • On the other hand, latchkey kids often become more fidgety, lonesome and bored while being
What can be done ? • Finding a program that works best for the children • By doing so parents allow the child to grow and develop skills in all aspects
all about right choices