How to utilize the summer vacation

How to utilize the summer vacation ?

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(Hindi version) 

The most awaited summer vacations have begun for the kids and parents.  Its main objective is to provide some relief to the children from the unbearable heat. During this vacation, children get a chance to do something different apart from their school studies. Our educationists have made provision for summer vacations only so that we can spare some time for our surroundings, relatives and for the development of our personality. This is the time when parents can strengthen their bond by spending time with their children.  During this, children can also learn something new and they also have proper social and personal development in the family environment. Must do the following things during the summer vacation.  

Some scholar has said that family is the first school of any person.  In the present circumstances, we are not able to follow this.  So, spend more and more time with the children during the holidays. Give them moral education and also tell small inspirational stories. With this, their knowledge will also increase and positive thinking will also develop.

Try to educate them in simple manner.  You can develop mental ability of the child by playing with them.  Tell the children about your childhood and your family history. To make your relationship with children sweeter, you may also become a child and play with them every day their favorite games like hide and seek, carrom, chess, cricket etc.  Take lunch and dinner with your kids and tell them about its production of the crops.

 

It may be that you have a servant to cleans the utensils in your house but encourage the children to wash their plates themselves after eating.  This will make them realize that no work is small and they will also understand the value of hard work. Also teach children to help the poor and needy. For this, you will have to do this work yourself also.

  

Cooking is a skill that always helpful in our life. You can take their help in small tasks in your kitchen. If they are aware of about this, then you will not have to face any trouble during your illness or any other important occasion.

During the holidays, let the children familiar to maternal uncle-aunt, grandmother-grandfather, uncle-aunt etc.  Relationships became strong from childhood. If the children meet these relatives again and again, then their relations will get stronger, otherwise these relations will be limited to books only. 

Don't let such a situation come that due to the distance of the houses, there is a distance in the relations and when the children meet their relatives on any marriage or other occasion, they do not even recognize each other.  So, keep meeting each other at regular intervals. For this, there can be no better option than summer vacations.

   

If you live in the city, take your kids to visit your native villages during summer vacations. By this they will be aware of our tradition and culture. The elders of the house can play an important role in giving positive lessons to the children. Let them mingle with relatives. Their love and emotional support is essential for your children. Do capture these memorable moments in the camera.

     

Social understanding is also important 

In the busy routine of school, many times children are not    able to even go to their friend’s house. So, during the holidays, take them to visit their close friends. With this you will also be able to get familiar with their parents and make new friends. 

Along with this, you should also take the children to the homes of relatives and friends around you. This will give them a chance to mingle with new people which is very important for a better life. During this period, you can also build intimacy with some unknown people.

Take your children with you to the market during the holidays and teach them to buy groceries/ house hold items by weighting themselves. Their maths will be strengthened by the measurement of things, information about price and calculation of price.

Give children a good and positive book to read apart from the school curriculum. They can be given good children's literature, biographies of great persons and other informative books. Encourage them to go to the library and ask them to write down what they read. This will develop their writing ability. 

 

Give children a chance to understand themselves and let them mature on their own. Sometimes also praise the work done by the children which will encourage them. There will be mistakes in the work done by them, be ready for that. Do not scold them but explain them and give them a chance to learn from their mistakes.

Take for a tour: 

During this vacation, take some time out to visit India and visit some cool place nearby. This not only entertains the children, but also increases their knowledge. Also take a tour of important historical and religious places nearby and explain the importance of that place. It would be better if you try to explain it on the map of India as well. For this, a political atlas of India can be kept together.

  

Do not take the help of Google at all. After coming back from these places ask the children to write down their experiences in a diary. It will be helpful in their project work.

Introduce to nature

Take out some time and introduce the children to nature. Take them for a tour of the garden and let them identify the different type of  trees and plants studied in the books. 

     

Develop such understanding in them that they can identify trees and plants by looking at them. For this, you can also take them to the zoo and visit your village or any nearby village. If you get a chance, involve them in the games being played by the children of the villages. This will give them something new to learn. During the tour of the village, you should also introduce them to the river-pond etc. Make them also realize that how the people of the villages live in adverse conditions and in the midst of scarcity.

 

Gardening is such a work that gives peace and makes the mind happy. Explain the importance of trees to the children and motivate them to plant trees. It is the best way to connect kids with the nature. Bring them different types of seeds and give them to plant in pots. Leave the responsibility like watering, fertilizing and hoeing on them. Children will be very happy when they see these plants growing. This develops a sense of responsibility in them. 

 

Summer vacations are long. So that the child does not get bored, he can be taught something new according to his choice. They can be given additional education in swimming, painting, music, cooking etc. and their energy can be used properly.

Try to keep children away from mobile. If you keep them busy in other creative works then their attention will not go towards mobile. During this, take care of the health of the children so that they do not fall sick. Make sure to give them nutritious food and seasonal fruits. Drinking more water will also be beneficial. By following all these, we can make proper use of our child's holidays. This will prove to be a memorable moment for him.

Article and Photographs: @ Satya Saroj

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