Healthy competition, when guided and properly structured, can greatly benefit the kids for their personal development. Kids can learn more about themselves, strengths, and weaknesses, develop self-esteem, and learn to address fear and face insecurities by taking on challenges. This also gives parents and teachers opportunities to identify the kids’ personalities and help the kid’s growth. Also, it can provide kids opportunities to develop their social skills through moments of celebration, collaboration, congratulation, and encouragement. Look at this article, ” 10 ways competitions enhance learning,“ for some interesting reading on the research result.

At Sunshine, we host multiple competition opportunities for the young learners, hoping to help to nurture confidence and a healthy self-image in them. If interested, please check out the details of the contests in the following links and sign up with our email list to be notified of updates.

• The national Noetic Learning Math competition
  • semiannual problem-solving contest for elementary and middle school students. [Grades 2-8]
• The national K-12 Game-a-thon challenge
  • challenges students to design and build math games in this national contest
  • Our students in Math Fun will get the opportunity to work on their math game design
• NOAA Marine Debris Art Contest
• Doodle for Google Art Contest for Kids
• Design Squad Global
  • Several different inventive projects and a series of Global Challenges provide kids with a design problem and ask them to invent a solution, designed, implemented, or illustrated through drawing.
• Take care of Texas K-5 art contest
• The national Bible bee competition
  • Engage young people in memorizing and studying God’s Word and providing opportunities to proclaim it through local, national, and broadcast competitions.