Doing an enjoyable activity with a child can develop better skills and more creativity than reading. To what extent do you agree? Use reasons and specific examples to explain your answer.

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It is often suggested that performing an interesting activity with a kid will develop more creative skills
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of spending time on reading books. I strongly agree with
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point of view, as I believe that an act can engage children into
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which develop social skills, while
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helping them
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creative. Children enjoy playing
fun
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activities rather than reading books. We should use
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as our advantage and create an interesting activity for them.
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, they learn about the story and
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the important characteristics that the character possess.
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activities help kids develop social skills, which cannot be learned through book reading.
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, creating an interesting play of Robin Hood
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will help kids learn the story and understand the character much better than simply reading a book. Reading books possess great knowledge, but fail to achieve skills like being creative or thinking. Creating
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enjoyable
fun
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study activity will grab kids attention, which interests them in learning and exploring the subject.
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, creating a
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game on maths using props, will interest the kid in learning
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. Knowledge can be gained by reading books;
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, activities help in learning more skills which are impossible to gain just by reading books. In my opinion, kids are attracted by
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activities and always show interest to learn more.
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