There is a Universal Law:
“Children walk to school but run back
home”
The above line speaks a world of meaning on its own.
Though Children like holidays during regular working days,
they very much miss the ambience of the school, the company of good friends and
the absence of their loving teachers, during the six week long holidays called
SUMMER.
The six week summer holiday period is a long time out of
school and whilst children have somewhat earned their break, it’s also vital
that their bodies and minds remain active during this season of idleness.
Though summer is a long time yet many children and Parents
as well, don’t really know how to organize their free time. Most of us, as
elders, are busy with our routines and not really care about the children and
their free time. This period of inactivity can result in a loss of momentum
that children have built up during the school year, both on a physical &
mental level.
Gone are the days where almost every child on the street
are seen running riot in the local parks or on the streets during the holiday
period, instead, the new breed of technology driven child prefers to remain idle
and isolated in their couch or rooms, glued themselves to the screen, small or
big. For most of the children, it is in
fact during school where they get most of their physical exercise whether that
is during break time or PET lessons.
However it is the summer that is without doubt the ideal
time of the year to be enjoying some active fun outdoors.
Don Bosco rightly used to say,
“An idle mind is the devil’s workshop”.
That’s the reason schools have charted time tables and
kept the mind and body active and away from the Devil.
During summer, it’s the responsibility of Parents to
balance the time between learning an activity and having fun for themselves or
they could combine both together.
Children, left free to themselves, can become excessive
sleepers, excessive eaters, excessive users of social media and screen time and
thus become slaves of digital media.
Physical activity is proven to benefit
children beyond the playground and into the classroom; increased concentration
levels, better behaviour and higher grades.
Happy Summer! Happy come back!
