Public speaking skills for kids

Public speaking skills for children Everything happens for the first time in our life sometimes we perform much better than we expect and sometimes we fail. Before quitting we should always look back for the reasons of our failure. 

Public speaking is a skill which can be attained in the school days itself but at the same time if the child fails in doing so he probably may not opt for it again. it happens that children at times freeze on the stage looking at the audience, sometimes they forget what they were supposed to say, sometimes they just fumble. let us see first what can be the reasons for the failure or freezing on the stage.

There are various reasons like may be 

Fear

Shyness 

Lack of knowledge 

Audience 

Language barrier

Confidence

These all are very important factors for one to be a public speaker .

To be a successful public speaker we should be well versed with the language and audience understand it.

It is very important to know who is the audience and in front of whom we are going to share our knowledge, we need to understand the ability, language or qualification of the audience who is going to hear us. 

Having knowledge of the topic is very essential in case of kids it mostly happens that the kids learn the script by heart or mug it up and finally on the stage they speak it out.In this course if they forget some word or some line and thus they cannot deliver what they are supposed to. If the students really study the topic very well understand and then they speak about the topic the speech becomes much more natural than the one which is mugged up. Being knowledgeable they do not get stuck up, or the question doesn't arise if they forget anything the flow of the topic goes natural and appeals.

Shyness is a character trait of a person definitely it takes time for a person to be extrovert. Shyness cannot be called as fear it is the character trait of a person where a person doesn't open up or speak easily with everybody he prefers to stay calm and introvert the only remedy for shyness is trying to open up yourself by sharing your thoughts speaking to unknown people confidently. If your child is shy ensure that you take him to public places talk to new people make new friends.Being a character trait it will take time for the child to open up but over a period of time and continuous practice it will definitely help the child to speak up and perform well for public speaking. 

Fear doesn't exist if the person is knowledgeable. When the child has knowledge about the particular thing he doesn't hesitate to speak and he gets confidence as well as the fear does not exist. fear is again of various types other it is the first time first performers fear  second is if the child has faced a failure earlier like if the child has tried public speaking and has freezed on the stage such experiences  do not allow the child to perform and pull him back.

The audience acceptance or reactions if the child has faced bullying by the audience he is scared of performing again in front of the same audience.

Parents and teachers play a very important role in increasing the child by boosting up his spirit there may be failures at times of the child may not succeed in the very first time but the parents and the Teachers role here is to encourage the child to participate understand the topic study the topic and deliver the speech with confidence.

It may be hard in the beginning may be difficult for the child to speak in the very first attempt but over a period of time he will definitely succeed here the parent and teachers role is to make the child understand and accept failure you need to guide him to accept failure as failures are the first step towards success it is not always about success but it is more about participating I am giving it a try.

So encourage your child to participate  and practice well. Develop the skill in your child.