Elementary Extracurricular Activities

Art Club

Elementary students often delight in creating artistic products. Allow the particularly skillful artists in your midst to complete enriching art projects outside of the art classroom with an art club. Ask an art teacher to oversee this club, offering students the opportunity to extend their art learning and join with peers in the craft. Hold art shows and auctions, giving students the chance to show off their works of art.

Even though elementary students are too young for serious in-school athletic competitions, many schools elect to offer sports for their students to participate in. By offering elementary sports extracurriculars, schools can encourage the youth in their charge to get and stay moving. Sports also instill the importance of teamwork, cooperation and good sportsmanship. Some elementary schools arrange competition with other neighboring schools, while others offer sports simply as a non-competitive diversion to students.

Where there are sports, there are often cheerleaders. Elementary students, just like their older counterparts, enjoy cheering for the home team. By offering cheerleading, elementary schools can encourage their students to demonstrate school spirit and build unity. While cheerleaders at elementary schools may not have sporting events for which to cheer, they can still participate in community activities, such as parades.

Even though elementary students must learn all the essential subjects, some have already developed favorites. Academic clubs allow students who hold a passion for certain subject areas to further explore these areas of interest. Academic clubs, including science clubs, foreign language clubs and even history clubs, give students who hold similar academic interests the opportunity to join with peers who share their passions and delve into the areas that interest them most.

Elementary school-aged children often delight in make-believe, making drama club a perfect diversion for them. By selecting a teacher to coordinate a club of this type, schools can allow their students the opportunity to join together in simple dramatic productions or further enhance their already present creativity through the completion of drama exercises.