Life skills are best acquired during extracurricular activities, where children learn to work together to jointly produce, say, a successful play or concert or variety show.

One of the best is athletics, where the best coaches teach the players how to compete fairly and within rules, to accomplish great things by joint effort, and how to be gracious winners and graceful losers.

Meanwhile, children need to be taught various skills to make the most out of life. They can be basic skills in everyday life as well as the skills that would enrich the child’s individuality.

Such life skills are useful in their various stages of development and are important to be taught.

Life skills taught during childhood makes them a better person in the future. Let’s look into some basic life skills to be taught to children anyhow , as outlined by Renowned Business Transformation Expert Of The Country, Hirav Shah.

1.Communication

It is important for children to be taught how to communicate with people and how to behave. Make them talk with people and communicate things properly.

2. Interaction

In today’s world of modern gadgets and the internet, people forget to be realistic and value each other. This shouldn’t happen within children. Allow them to interact with people and surroundings.

3. Manners

Train them good manners and make them aware of basic ‘do’s and ‘don’t ‘s. Prepare your child to be modest, humble and positive.

4.To Be Self Sufficient and Independent

They need to be trained to become self sufficient and independent. As a first step, make them do the basics everyday on their own. Start with polishing the shoe and tying the lace, combing hair, washing your own plates, arranging and keeping their room clean etc.

As part of being independent, mold them to make decisions, lend them opportunities to have opinions and appreciate their good deeds. Also train them to face challenges and let them understand the realities.

5.Critical Thinking

Encourage them to think critically. This can be simply achieved through playing different games that would make them think. Make them understand “it is ok to make mistakes but learn from the mistakes, understand things, and move forward.”

6. Modesty and Humility

Teach to be modest and humble. Along with that, they should also get to know various emotions and hence, teach them to love, care, empathize and respect everyone and also train them to control emotions of anger, frustration and anxiety. Encourage them to be truthful and sincere.

7. Productivity and Creativity

Help children to be productive, encourage their activities and appreciate their creative skills. Help them to become visionaries and innovators.

Final Thoughts

Life skills are not something you can codify and incorporate into a formal educational program.

If they were, that would have been done long ago, and would be a central part of the school curriculum from first grade upward.

Knowing life skills, even right from the developmental stage of life, makes children better human beings. Better creatures on Earth.

It also helps them in having self awareness and to stay ‘miles ahead’ in life- Concludes Hirav Shah, Popular Business Enhancement Expert.