Create a healthy playground for children in the summer

Summer is the ideal time for children to have fun and relax after a stressful year of studying. In order to bring a useful summer to children, all levels, sectors, organizations, localities and educational institutions have implemented programs and plans with many safe and healthy recreational activities, creating an attractive space to attract children to participate.

The Provincial Youth Union Standing Committee and the Provincial Pioneer Council presented a playground to children at Suoi Dum residential group, Dai Dinh town (Tam Dao). Photo: Kim Ly

Before the end of the 2024 - 2025 school year, the Provincial Youth Union Standing Committee and the Provincial Pioneer Council coordinated with units and businesses to present a playground project to children in Suoi Dum residential group, Dai Dinh town (Tam Dao).

The playground has an area of ​​100 m2, fully equipped with equipment such as slides, merry-go-rounds, swings, seesaws, outdoor sports equipment... On this occasion, the Provincial Youth Union Standing Committee also presented 1 portable speaker, 10 backpacks, 50 gifts to children and students in difficult circumstances; presented 100 peony trees and 10 shade trees to beautify the landscape of the playground and the roads in Suoi Dum residential area.

Comrade Vu Viet Dai, Secretary of the Youth Union of Dai Dinh town said: “The playground was donated and put into use to help children have more space to relax, have safe and healthy entertainment, create cohesion and favorable conditions to organize fun collective activities. This is a meaningful project that contributes to raising the community's awareness of joining hands to care for the young generation of the country”.

Along with the activity of donating the playground, this summer, the Provincial Youth Union in coordination with the Provincial Youth Activity Center organized the program "Opening Summer and International Children's Day June 1" and activities in response to the Month of Action for Children in 2025.

Attending the program, children will meet, exchange, chat, participate in art performances, football matches between the Young Pioneers Club of Vinh Phuc province and the Young Pioneers Club of Phu Tho province and sports such as swimming, badminton, basketball, table tennis, martial arts, chess, pickleball. At the same time, they will participate in experiential activities such as guitar and piano performances, competitions to show off their talent as a young chef, painting and sculpture painting; and receive free swimming tickets and amusement park tickets with a total of 300 gifts.

It is expected that in the summer of 2025, the Provincial Youth Activity Center will organize 20 club models and gifted classes with many creative activities to help children comprehensively develop their talents and interests, and nurture young talents. Some outstanding gifted models and courses that attract many students and young people to participate are the "Military Semester" program, the "Breakthrough yourself, live without hesitation" skill class, the "Become a young chef" class, the program to teach skills to prevent accidents and injuries for children, etc.

Along with club activities, during the summer, students and young people are also very excited to participate in summer camp activities with many exciting competitions such as camp building, playing folk games, concerts, art competitions and sports activities.

With the goal of reducing the rate of drowning and death in children, localities and schools have stepped up the implementation of swimming skills teaching programs and training in drowning prevention for students of different ages.

Mr. Tran Duc, PhysicalEducation teacher at Ben Tre High School (Phuc Yen) said: “In the summer, I and teachers from several schools organize swimming lessons for about 300 - 400 children to help them develop physically, increase their height, and know how to protect themselves from dangerous situations. During the course, children are instructed in skills such as warming up before getting into the water, staying safe on the water when having cramps, learning common swimming styles, drowning rescue skills suitable for each age group, safe swimming skills when encountering whirlpools, etc. Learning to swim is not only an ideal sport to help children develop physically but also creates a useful playground that makes them very happy and excited.”

The Provincial Youth Activity Center organizes talent classes, creating a useful playground for children during the summer. Photo: Kim Ly

To make summer truly a festival for children, as part of the annual coordination work, the Youth Union at all levels, localities, and the Department of Education and Training have done a good job of receiving, managing, and organizing summer activities for children in residential areas. At the same time, organizing educational activities on historical traditions, culture, ethics, lifestyle, improving foreign language skills, helping children have full access to books and newspapers; focusing on building cultural institutions and playgrounds for children and teenagers.

In addition, activities to improve legal knowledge, activities to protect against the risk of abuse and violence, ensure gender equality, and take care of mental health for children and adolescents are also focused on. These practical activities not only contribute to creating a healthy and useful playground, improving spiritual life, helping young people stay away from social evils, but also demonstrate the concern of the whole society in the care and education of children, ensuring children's right to play and entertainment.

Quynh Huong

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