Leadership Training Activities for Kids

Personal leadership is when you have the ability to organize and lead others. Some people have characteristics that make them natural leaders like confidence or charisma. Leadership can be learned. Leadership training activities for kids can help kids grow in their natural abilities and develop new ones. Teaching with activities is an easy way for children to learn.

  1. Self-Esteem Activity

    • Having the confidence to lead is key to leadership. It's important to help a child raise his self-esteem to the needed levels. Spend a week teaching children "All About Me." Make an "All About Me" poster. In the center of the poster have your child glue a picture of himself. Then in the upper left hand corner let your child add a brief paragraph about who they are. The mission is to cut images out of magazines that best exemplifies who they are. They might add pictures of their favorite hobbies, interests and whatever makes them special.

    Volunteering

    • When placed in a volunteer position, kids will usually rise to the leadership challenge. Join your child volunteering at a local children's ministry maybe at a church or local charity. Choose volunteer opportunities that give your child a chance to lead other children. Or check the local zoos to see if they have safe volunteer opportunities. Community cleanups are good ways to let kids lead. Organizations like 4-H clubs and Boy Scouts often provide leadership chances to children. Consider enrolling your child in a civic-minded club for better volunteer opportunities.

    Goal Setting

    • Leaders take the people that follow them from one goal to the next. Teach kids about goal setting by letting them write down their goals on cards. Let your child decide what their goals will be. Some examples would be to clean their room 30 days in a row. Or to do 50 sit-ups. Let them choose the goal that will inspire them to keep going. After you have fixed the ultimate goal, help your child break down his goal. From a monthly goal, to weekly, to daily. Kids need to know daily what they need to do to accomplish their goal. Have a reward in mind for reaching the long goal. Eventually you won't need prizes to motivate kids to complete their long goals, but in the beginning you may.

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