Many people argue that taking part in an energetic hobby plays a bigger role in enhancing children’s core skills than time invested in reading. I agree with this viewpoint, as when assessing involvement in hands-on activities and the time dedicated to reading
As for participating in a physical activity, it requires children to communicate with others directly. This provides children with real interactions or opportunities to handle tough situations with their teammates. More specifically, children can freely practice expressing ideas clearly, listen to other people’s opinions, and cooperating toward a common goal. As a result, they can develop more practical communication skills that are immediately relevant in social settings. Additionally, children can join outside activities with their friend such as team sports especially soccer which requires children have to make decision immediately on the spot. This teaches them how to cope disagreement with teammates. A case in point is that children accidentally passed the ball to the opponent and make team fall behind, they will have to think and make quickly decisions to help team avoid losing the game.
Regarding the hours devoted to reading, children can know more about theory of growing tree which learned at school or reading in books but it is difficult for them to plant trees because planting tree has to go through many steps and other factors that affect the tree.
In conclusion, I am in complete agreement with participating in a physical activity contributes more to building children’s essential skills than spending time to read as the superiority of engaging in a outside activity helps children develop more skills such as problem solving skills when faced with difficult in real life over rely too much on reading books to know everything around