| To ride one's hobby horse, is to indulge in ones | | | | and write. Collecting stamps, books, coins or any |
| favourite pastime. Learning new hobbies are a | | | | other item are also hobbies. Carpentry, gardening, |
| wonderful way for children to have fun, develop | | | | trekking, bolckbuiding are also some things which |
| skills and make new friends. A hobby can either | | | | children love to do. |
| be practiced in a group or alone, according to | | | | Some children also pursue different sports, |
| ones temperament and the nature of the activity. | | | | dancing, singing, play acting and playing of different |
| Hobbies can also manifest as collections, which can | | | | musical instruments as a hobby. Cooking is also a |
| last for a lifetime - that is from childhood to adult | | | | favourite hobby with children world over. It is a |
| years. Hobbies extend the world of entertainment | | | | very creative pursuit which is highly therapeutic. |
| beyond the watching of TV, playing computer | | | | Photography is also a good hobby for grown |
| games or seeing movies on DVD's. | | | | children. Playing computer games, net surfing and |
| One cultivates hobbies for pleasure and | | | | chatting on the net has become favourite tech |
| enjoyment and not for financial gain. Hobbies can | | | | hobbies in recent times. |
| lead to the acquisition of great skills, knowledge | | | | Scrap booking is another hobby which has |
| and experience at a later point of time. However | | | | consumed children from times immemorial. It |
| hobbies are primarily for personal fulfilment and | | | | helps in their emotional and psychological |
| self expression and not for livelihood or material | | | | development. |
| gain. Children can afford to spend a lot of time on | | | | Hobbies, which appear uninteresting and trivial at |
| their favourite hobbies because they don't have | | | | the outset, have evolved into serious professions |
| to bother about earning a livelihood and | | | | for some individuals. Children are known to |
| remuneration. | | | | become hobbyists or amateurs in their favourite |
| Craftwork is an all time favourite hobby of | | | | pursuits with time. These can consume their adult |
| children. Some common craft activities for kids | | | | years and transform into professions of passion. |
| are puppet making, finger painting, vegetable | | | | Indian children are very talented and possess a lot |
| painting, string painting, origami, making paper and | | | | of skills in them. We need to cultivate this talent in |
| cloth dolls, stitching, needlework, painting, candle | | | | the right direction by teaching them the various |
| making, bead craft, book craft, printing, | | | | facts about animals, places, our history and culture |
| printmaking, fabric painting, pokemon crafts, | | | | and give them a change to know India. |
| prehistoric crafts etc. Children also love to read | | | | |