Activities for early elementary that force social interaction
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Anonymous
| Most sports you can keep to yourself if you want even if you’re part of a team. Things like robotics teams are often in later elementary. Other than scouts - what are some activities for 4-8yos that force them to talk to each other / collaborate etc? I’ve heard about one fun boot camp type things where they have to work together to figure out how to overcome obstacles but am having trouble coming up with others. |
Anonymous
| Basketball - you have to play as a team. |
Anonymous
| theater |
Anonymous
| Destination Imagination involves collaborating, but interaction is mostly activity/project based, not necessarily social. |
Anonymous
| You need a social skill group. |
Anonymous
| Soccer? |
Anonymous
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Chess club
Board game group STEM building/experiments/etc. group Pokemon group |
Anonymous
| Oh and Boy Scouts. |
Anonymous
| Odessey of the mind? |
Anonymous
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Minecraft with friends
Playgroups |
Anonymous
| Don't force your child to interact with others if he is not ready. |
Anonymous
| Scouts |
Anonymous
| I was also looking for an activity that will make my child to interact with other kids more and I decided to do theater classes. |
Anonymous
what’s a name for one? |
Anonymous
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Depends what they're into.
Drama Acrobatics Board games/card games club Cooking classes Doing something they already enjoy a bit will be much better than a brand new activity clearly picked for them as forced social interaction. Kids are smart. Has this child been in school and not getting enough social interaction or support from teachers to interact more confidently? Do they avoid interaction in ALL settings? If in school and truly an issue (e.g., not participating in small group work at all, wandering off to be alone every recess and hard to get to re-join the group), ask for a meeting and request testing. Hearing, articulation, sensory, attention, and language processing issues are just a few of the common things that can be identified and supported. But if it's only a few days into a new school year, and your child hasn't warmed up yet to new teachers and classmates, then let it be 
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