10 Life Skills Your Child Can Learn in a Musical Production at Day Camps

Day camps are perfect venues for your child to develop many skills and uncover their hidden talents. Most kids also build their first friendships in camps as well as learn many important life skills that they can use later on in life.

If you are familiar with day camps, then you must be familiar with productions that come at the end of your child’s journey. This can come in plays, tournaments and productions. Today, let us zone in on the magic of music and how musical productions instill these life skills in your child:

1. Teamwork. Musical production require collaboration as it is a big event to pull off. Because of this, participants need to work in groups. This enables their sense of teamwork, giving each other a helping hand while moving forward to the same goals.
2. Discipline. During musical performances, your child will be required to train for his or her part and this would require utmost discipline to perfect his or her performance.
3. Independence. Solo performances may be scary at first but this is your child’s first step towards independence. This will also help boost his or her self-esteem and self-confidence.
4. Interdependence. As much as there are solo acts, there are group acts that require reliance on each member of the group. This will make your child value each one’s role in the musical production.
5. Creativity. Musical production harnesses creativity from each member of the group. They will be required to put in their suggestions on how to make the play more interesting for the audience. Because of this, they will be required to come up with creative ideas on their own and with their teams.
6. Craftsmanship. While you may not expect a full-blown Broadway-style setup, your child will be producing something that can be part of the stage design or the costumes. This will help them become better in producing quality designs and crafts at an early age.
7. Leadership. Your child may be assigned a key role in the group and this will help him exercise leadership skills.
8. Following rules. On another note, your child will need to heed directions from the musical director or other team leaders so this can help him or her know the structures of hierarchy, follow rules and take on responsibilities assigned to him or her.
9. Communication and social skills. Because musical productions are usually composed of a big group, your child will be exposed to a socially active environment and will help him or her communicate what’s on his or her mind.
10. Handling criticisms. At one point in time, your child may receive constructive criticisms when it comes to his or her performance. This exposure will help him or her take these criticisms in the light of improving himself or herself.

Day camps like Zodiac will help your child develop life skills in a more relaxed and friendlier setting. Zodiac’s Specialty Programs are perfect if your child has special inclinations especially towards the performing arts. Watch your child shine through these productions and at the same time, unconsciously better themselves with these important life skills! Call Zodiac Camp today!