Kids After School Activities – Outdoor Play

On any given day in the school year, except very cold or rainy days, you will find kids engaging in outdoor sports in the schoolyard.

Whether it’s basketball, tennis, volleyball or soccer; kids are lining up and signing up to be able to participate in sports supervised and taught by teachers.

There use to be a time when the only sport we engage in as kids was jump rope. Today, it’s a different “ballgame.” While their lunch time is only 40 minutes, it only gives kids about 20 minutes of play time outdoors. But after school, there are kids waiting in the wings for their teacher to arrive to begin the lessons.

Some days, tournaments are held for kids who have advanced in a particular sport and members of the school staff. It’s a wonderful way to keep kids out of harm’s way and involved in friendly, sportsmanlike activities that keep them healthy and fit. The discipline they learn will help them achieve success in their studies as well.

Sometimes during the year, all the school kids are taken to the local park for the day and can really enjoy a great game of baseball or football with members of the staff. During the summer, some teachers offer sports clinics and droves of kids sign up for the opportunity to spend additional time with their teachers playing sports they love.

With the educational system still evolving, it is important to continue after school activities and provide funding for kids who, under most circumstances, would not have the opportunity to participate.

In addition, some states have a Boys and Girls Club which provide sports activities during the summer as well. But it is the after school activities that kids want and need and everything should be done to ensure these activities continue.