Saturday, September 15, 2018
Tips on Choosing After-School Activities - Go Organically Fruit Snacks Giveaway
With back-to-school season in full swing means after-school activities are as well. Are your kids involved?! If not, Go Organically Fruit Snacks wants to help you find the best extracurricular programs for your kids to participate in this school year.
Choosing After-School Activities
School’s back in session—and so are after-school activities! From soccer to singing to scouting, there’s certainly no shortage of kid-centric extracurricular programs where you can spend your time and hard-earned cash. But how do you know which ones are right for your kid? Go Organically Fruit Snacks is here to help you find out!
Gauge Their Interests
The best activity for your kid is the one they’re interested in. Older kids are likely to be drawn to what their friends are trying. Toddlers and younger kids may have trouble articulating what they want to try, but there are sure to be clues to look out for. Are they constantly running around? Maybe soccer would be a good fit. Do they like to bop along to the radio in the car? Perhaps they’d appreciate a music class.
Consider Their Personality
Have a shy kid who hides behind mama when meeting new people? An acting class probably isn’t the best idea. As tempting as it can be to use activities to help break kids out of their shell, it’s best to stick with classes that align with a kid’s authentic spirit. The more comfortable they are, the more confident they’ll be—which will hopefully lead to a willingness to try new things later on.
Individual Activities
Independent-minded kids tend to enjoy individual sports, such as gymnastics, tennis, dance or martial arts. Non-sport options could include private lessons in music or art. Benefits of these types of activities include building self-esteem, motor skills and attention/focus.
Group Activities
Socially-minded kids often prefer the camaraderie of team sports, such as soccer, basketball or hockey. Non-sport options could include scouting troops or theater arts. These types of activities emphasize teamwork, communication and discipline.
Take Advantage of Free Trial Classes
Once you’ve narrowed down your options, see if you can “try before you buy” with a free trial class. Many program facilitators understand that kids can be finicky creatures, with a passion for tap one day and taekwondo the next. And it’s a good idea to decide as a family before the program starts whether you’ll let your kiddo quit before the session is over if they don’t enjoy it or ask them to stick it out to the end to honor their commitment.
Think About Your Schedule
How many activities are too many? Well, that depends on the family and the child. Some kids have the interest and energy to take a bunch of different classes while others may feel overscheduled and stressed. Budget and work timetables can also be a factor. Only you can know what’s right for your family, so trust your gut and enjoy the ride!
When shuttling kids around to activities, be sure to take along Go Organically Organic Fruit Snacks. Made with real fruit and no artificial colors, Go Organically gluten-free, nut-free, dairy-free kids snacks are individually packaged for on-the-go convenience. Be sure to follow Go Organically on Facebook for kid-friendly ideas and inspiration!
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My daughter was always involved in all the art clubs after school since she is a talented artist.
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They have music classes and soccer practice.
My son is on the Hockey team.
The nephews are into soccer and football and the nieces are into track and dance.
My nephew is on the soccer team.
My daughters like soccer and cheerleading.
I only have one great niece in school and she's in first grade so there's no after school activities right now.
My daughter was involved in Tennis.
She is taking swimming lessons.
Nancy
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Soccer!! Lots of soccer
Kids are grown. Grand kids are gonna get into soccer.
I didn't have kids and now the nieces and nephews are grown and I have one great niece but she is only 2 so no after school activities around here right now.
My kids don't have any after school activities
My son is in football
My kids are in scouts, soccer and basketball.
My twin girls are involved with marching band, robotics and scholar bowl.
Leave a comment on this blog post with what after-school activities your kid is involved with, if any.
dont have kids,have no idea...i may be glad about it too
My grandkids are involved in basketball, soccer, cheerleading and gymnastics.
My son is on his high school's football team.
My oldest son is into football.
I can't wait to try these, always on the go!!
She is invited in dance.
the boys play football
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My daughter is in the band! They practice three days a week after school.
My kids are grown, but my nieces love to play outdoors, go to dance class and play soccer.
My son is only in preschool and doesn't participate in any after school activity.
They are busy this year! Isaak the 10 yr old is in soccer with school, and we signed him up with basketball before school started. Mica the 13 yr old is in Cross Country.
My son is a toddler so there is no school as yet
My nephew likes to walk his dog after school.
My daughter did softball and summer day camp. Thanks for the giveaway!
We aren't involved in any after school activities yet
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Ashley C
My daughter is grown.My nieces are taking tennis lessons.My sister went to an auction that was a fund raiser for my youngest nieces school. She got $500 of tennis lessons for $80.So both my nieces get lessons.Thank you for the chance ☺
Coding club!
Currently they are in ballet, gymnastics, middle school and travel softball, and band. Soon we'll add basketball for both of them to that mix.
swimming lessons
sports and music
Martial arts, church and dance.
My son loves being in the Boy Scouts and he takes a Chinese class after school.
My kids don't have any after school activities but We do different things like visiting the park, zoo etc.
We weren't allowed to do that sort of thing. It ruined us as adults, as we have no social skills at all!
My daughter runs track for her after school activities.
My son and daughter are grown.
We don't have any.
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Currently, my kids do not have any after school extracurricular activities. In the past, they have done drama.
My daughter is going to play basketball this year
I've got one kid in karate and the other taking tennis lessons after school.
He's not in school yet but we have a community playgroup and weekly story time at the library.
be for the micro cheerleadering class
Volleyball.
Band practice for my friends' kids.
My daughter is involved with year round softball.
My nephew is a black belt in karate, and also plays recreational soccer.
my kids are doing soccer and piano lessons now.
As far as after-school activities, our daughter did ballet for 6 years, but she is grown and in college now. Thanks for the chance at this!
They're only involved with Youth Group.
My daughter is in drama club at school currently but it meets before school. My son's go to tutoring on certain days after school.
My kids are all grown now, but they did karate, cheer-leading and football.
My son is not in any activities
My daughter was involved in Tennis.
My daughter loves softball
My boy does art classes.
Student Council and Theater!
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Not involved in anything right now.
My sons are not doing anything this year.
My sister was involved in sports management and forensics.
Soccer
They both always did lacrosse, chorus and girl scouts, very busy schedules to say the least. no19034770 @yahoo.com
My kids are all grown but they loved soccer and basketball
my grandaughter is in band practice after school.
My kids are not currently involved in any after school activities.
she's not doing after school sports yet.
My grandson isn't doing sports yet, but he does love snacks!
Tennis and robotics.
We actually don't have any yet.
Mine are all grown up but we still love these snacks.
They have karate and ballet after school
My daughter does Volleyball, Cheer and Dance after school right now!
My nephew is involved in soccer.
My girls do tap/jazz and AWANA club at church
My daughter was always in the art club.
Our kids do an art and music coop!
They are still pretty young so no after school activities yet
My grandchild is not involved in any school activities right now but is deciding which to follow in the future.
My kids are involved in soccer and drama club.
They did football, soccer, basketball, track, 4-H and FFA
soccer and band just like last year! she loves them both and is getting better all the time.
my daughter is involved in girlscouts and soccer
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