What skills do students develop when doing extracurricular activities?

What skills do students develop when doing extracurricular activities?

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The skills that children will develop while doing extracurricular activities are varied. They will certainly develop group work and they will develop social skills. They will also develop very specific skills depending on the activity that they're doing. So, it might be art club, in which case their drawing, and their ability to portray something and to develop ideas, will be tested. It might be a sports club, in which case those specific skills to that sport, motivation, challenge, and how to take part in a competition will be developed. They are also going to be picking up motivational skills, and also empathy, I think. If you're taking part in a group every week, you're going to be wanting everyone to feel involved; you're going to be thinking about things "I'd better pick him, because he hasn't been picked before", "You were left until last", and therefore it shows your skills on a wider basis than simply the group work.