Since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, children have had to stay home and adapt to all kinds of new conditions. Even with the reopening of schools, many institutions have decided to hold off on reintegrating extracurricular activities into the educational program. Having afterschool activities is essential for children, as it allows them to explore different areas of interest, increase self-confidence, build leadership skills and even improve grades — all while having fun! Here’s a list of fun activities kids can do at home:

Physical activity

Regular physical activity is extremely important for children to get all that energy out, stay active and build healthy habits. So why not get the whole family involved with a fun-filled workout? Get everyone dancing with a good Zumba session or encourage your teenagers to get moving with a gamified workout course including tips, tricks, and games tailored just for you and your family!

Playing an instrument

It’s never too early or too late for kids to learn how to play a musical instrument. Thanks to technology, learning how to play an instrument can be done through virtual sessions too.

As for teenagers, they can ride the latest trends while learning DJing & music production in private customized sessions, turning classics into new remixed jams!

Learning a new language

Children have an amazing ability to absorb new skills like languages faster than adults. Signing up your child to learn a new language or strengthen a current one can be a great use of time. 

Whether it’s Italian, French, Mandarin, Swahili, Arabic or English, learning a language also opens up their eyes to learning about other cultures and countries.

Fashion design

Is your child or teenager showing some interest in fashion? Learning the basics of fashion design, the different types of fashion, or how to create a mood board can allow your child to unleash their creativity in a new way! You might discover you have the next best fashion designer in your home, or you’d at least get a hallway fashion show, some cool outfits, and maybe a mandatory shopping session…

Baking

Learning how to bake can be the perfect bonding activity with your teenager. Yes, it will require a lot of dishwashing, but it will also provide you both with a cool learning experience, some nice recipes, and most importantly, lots of desserts for everyone!

Coding

Coding for kids courses are growing in popularity, and for good reasons: coding encourages critical and logical thinking and creativity. Kids who know how to code can develop apps, games, animations, websites, and anything they can imagine or get inspired about. Since coding is considered the latest and most trendy language, it might be useful – and fun – for your kids to learn it as early as possible.

Finally, the best way to find an extracurricular activity that your child would like is to ask them! Use this time of discussion with them to find out what they like and what their interests and hobbies are: their answers might surprise you! You can also explore all our courses on our marketplace and suggest some to them to decide together which activity they would like to try.