Summer courses can benefit children by providing opportunities to pursue interests, improve grades, and learn new skills. Families can choose formal or informal courses, or offer organic learning experiences. Swimming classes are recommended, and lessons are available at various price ranges and locations.
Many parents wonder if their children will benefit from summer courses. As there are often a wide variety of summer courses to choose from, at various budget levels, there may be some benefit to a child taking one or more of the courses. A summer course can be anything from a formal branch of study in a particular school subject to less formal study in art, music, dance, athletics, or individual interests such as computer programming, how to become a DJ, theater classes that they end with participation in a game.
Parents often strongly advocate for their children to take summer classes because they have options available to them in the summer that may not be available in their schools, and they give children an opportunity to “do something” interesting, or to pursue an interest or hobby. Others want summer classes for kids to help them with a particular problem they’re having trouble with at school. In this case, lessons could be offered at learning and teacher centres, or through a formal summer school.
Other families argue the opposite and suggest that the summer two or three months may be the only time of year when kids have unplanned time. They’ve seen their kids make leaps in maturity in the past during a relaxing summer, and they like to give kids a chance to pursue any interests on their own. Families can also offer some form of ‘organic’ learning during the summer, where the child learns as a result of her environment. If mom or dad is cooking a meal, your child can learn to make a salad, cook eggs, boil water or make dessert. Alternatively, families plan visits to places of interest that have learning value such as museums of all types, national points of interest, or trips to any new place.
A number of families go somewhere in between by offering their children a lesson or two during the summer, but also by offering them home learning opportunities and some unstructured time as well. You may want to consider whether your child should attend summer school by talking to them about their interests, or you may feel compelled by a child’s poor grades to spend some of your time during the summer or enroll a child in summer school to help them with a school subject that is plaguing them. Alternatively, you may think that a total study break is needed to help your child “recover” from a stressful school year.
If you live in an area where people have pools and swim often, probably the only summer class your child should take is a swimming class. This will help a child learn to swim with confidence and help you gauge the child’s level of swimming experience before swim trips or swim parties hosted by friends. If you own the rights to a swimming pool or own your own, you may be able to teach children to swim through frequent trips to the pool. However, advanced swimming lessons can still be of benefit to a child who has learned the basics through your teaching.
When you search for summer courses for your children, you will find many available. They are offered as school extensions, through the Parks and Recreation departments, through clubs such as the Boys and Girls Club, and also through learning centers, YMCAs and YWCAs, and a number of private facilities. Some lessons are free and some cost a lot, but there are usually lessons available in so many varieties and price ranges, that you can find something that fits your budget and your child’s needs or interests.
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