Know a hyperactive child first to think of activities for them
activities that keep them physically active and stimulated. These children are made different from other children and have great difficulties in paying attention and concentrating on any activity unless it is very interesting. Keeping these children engaged in various indoor activities/games that involve less of the physical and more of the mental like monopoly, chess, cards and scrabble proves very difficult, with these children loving to run and play about with a lot of boisterous activities to use the excess energy that they are endowed with at right from birth.
It is good to realize that each ADHD child is unique in his/her own way. Trying sports activities would help, but it is best to avoid competitive sports activities if they do not love competition and communicating with their peer group. Then activities like drama and arts can be tried out. It is interesting to note that making ADHD mentally alert to concentrate needs the channelizing of their efforts with good physical activities, with dancing, swimming, cycling, gymnastics and martial arts proving useful. Regular progress should be the criteria for continuing any of the activities, with boost of the childs self-esteem being an important point to be considered.
Lets look at some best activities for hyperactive children
Your ADHD child requires outdoor activities that not only keeps him/her active, but also makes it enjoyable. Some children would find it interesting to play team sports like soccer, football, baseball and basketball as it gives them a great chance to use ones high physical energy with team sports giving them a chance to master social skills. However he/she may walk away if it does not interest them and prefer more stimulating activities like running, climbing trees, playing hide and seek and jumping.
Scouting and bulbuls have probably helped many ADHD boys and girls to focus better, as it has not only proved highly stimulating to them, but also provided them with various ways to learn, improve peer interaction and have fun along with competition. The adult supervision in these activities has helped most children to take responsibility to control their lives. In addition, these children have benefitted a lot from being in the middle of nature with activities in the green outdoors in fresh air helping them to turn more positive and healthy. So plan weekends and vacations in the middle of nature to help your ADHD children.
Lego, mosaics, blocks, woodcrafts and jigsaws is what most ADHD children love with building models and creating things giving them a true perception of concrete reality. These activities also foster concentration in these children to complete tasks, with its completion giving them a high sense of value on accomplishment. Truly a successfully completed task/project can prove emotionally rewarding for these children on seeing something solid and visible.
Enroll your ADHD child and join him/her if you wish to not only help one to burn the extra energy, but also give them the wonderful chance to learn and play different water sports and competitions. These activities would give them a lot of self-confidence when they excel in them, with swimming serving many other important objectives like improving concentration and being one of the best fun activities that most children enjoy. The usefulness of art, dance and music classes if your ADHD is really interested cannot be overlooked, as these activities provide excellent ways of communication and expression to your child.
Last but most important the activities for hyperactive kids that are best avoided include excessive viewing of TV that does not stimulate the brain, playing video games that reduce brain activity and social skills, and games with a long waiting period that are simply not meant for these impulsive impatient ADHD children.