tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-85804759017500666582023-11-16T05:03:36.452-08:00Children Learn Best in their FreeplayThis blog is all about FREE PLAY,because now it has been proved by the reseachers that the true learning only happens when children are at their FREE-PLAY.We are here to create mass-awareness among parents, teachers and educationist about the importance of Free play so that traditional system of schooling can be changed.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17437750946460395082noreply@blogger.comBlogger59125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580475901750066658.post-574338867309531122017-04-17T23:18:00.004-07:002017-04-18T00:05:30.111-07:00<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
LITTLE WONDERS OF EVERYDAY NATURE<br />
'Kids can learn everything in Nature without adult instructions all the time'<br />
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It's a suny day in Atlanta, with all the flavours of nature; from beautiful green colour to the buring hues of brown sand. The nature has its own way to invite and it attracts differently to differnet individal, I believe it knows what one needs at the moment. For many, its a beauty, for others its exploraton, for few, its a curiosity -led-adventure, and for very few,its a world of discovery every moment.<br />
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Amy just arrived and wanted to play. I asked her if she was interested in outdoor play, she was overwhelmed by the idea and so we landed in our backyard.<br />
"Wow I like to play here, is this a Sand area for kid's play ? she asked delightfully.<br />
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"Why not, we can play here, and Ithink we need few sand toys," Ireplied. I was wondering where should I get the toys as theres nothing nearby. But thats the difference between an adult (limited mindset) mind and a child's (free mindset) mind, Sara suggested ,"Oh wow, i have plastic spoons, forks, cups and few other stuff in the kitchen , i think we can use them to dig, scratch pour and all".<br />
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I sprayed water in the Sand area so she could have some muddy experience as weather was hot and water was naturally needed. Amy started sorting out her tools, digging with spoons and forks. She was fascinated with her own movements; scratching the mud creating different shapes, tiny landscapes and amazing textures. It was wonderful to observe how these children interact with the world when no one is there to instruct. Imagination runs wild!<br />
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Amy was exploring not only the tools with her little hands and its impact on the mud but she was busy exploring the water accumulated in the hole.</div>
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The water itself was a discovery for her....</div>
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I didn't interupt by sharing views about solid and liquid, the mind itself was makig impression, its visible to a naked eye, yes Observation is all we need !</div>
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She was excited with all her new discoveries, she shouted, " I want to cook, cook some soup"</div>
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I was amused by the idea , so I tried to give her some cooking tips, She loved the idea of tiny leaves and then here appeared a wonderful conversation ,everything related to soup and cooking, I added to the vocabulary!</div>
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There was so much to cook, to add, to pour, to stir, to look upon, to be careful of, to be creative!<br />
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Every addition of a leaf or rock was blowing the mind with endless queries, countless explorations and awe led discoveries. Amy whispered, "I can see leaves in my vegetable soup, it looks so beautiful!"<br />
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I couldn't stop myself with the inflow of ideas, she was engaged with..It was mind blowing!</div>
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Every drop of sand, every piece of a leaf, and every bouncing rock was creating magical scenes.</div>
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As I was in that awe, Amy got up saying that she needed more water , because she would be cooking for more people (what a mathametical mind!)</div>
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While she was filling the cup with the water, she began to walk in the same rythm as she used to walk, but sson she realized that she needed to slow down, she said, ' Can we walk slow, I'm carrying water , it might slip ".</div>
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The journey ended and the water filled the Soup pot. She was pouring water , creating a rich muddy soup, indulging in her own self-talk full of ideas, awakenings, and Awe.....</div>
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Amy was exploring the whole backyard , she got differnt leaves of different sizes, patterns and colours and was amazed with each element of nature. She kept adding in her soup till she thought she needed more water...</div>
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It was a toad who surprized us when we were in a shock to discover the Live camouflage....<br />
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Nothing is more natural than a play which is as spontaneous as a child herself !<br />
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HAPPY CHILDREN'S DAY<br />
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'BELIEVE IN CHILDREN, DEAL WITH EMPATHY'<br />
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Children are human beings to whom Respect is due, superior to us by reason of their innocence and of the greater possibilities of the future" -<br />
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We spend hours, and hours thinking and planning about the education of our children. It seems we all stuck up somewhere between the real meaning of education and the ability to read and write and do perfect Mathematics.</div>
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How do you define Education?</div>
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Someone defined in this way, " “Education is not about Academics only, it’s just a fraction of it, we should not forget that the true purpose of Education is to make minds not careers”.</div>
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I came up with mine,"Our vision of EDUCATION is to create a world where every youngster is supported and respected for his unique talent and creativity and to ensure healthy development in terms of his physical, intellectual, psychological, social, moral and spiritual dimensions of his personality. We envision a world where diversity takes precedence over racism, where tolerance over come war. "</div>
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"The teachers here believe that schooling is not just about the academic curriculum, but is about teaching kids how to be resilient, successful community members. I think that gets forgotten in a lot of schools, especially with all the Common Core requirements and testing for reading, writing and math. We teach all those things and we teach them well. But there’s a collective agreement that that’s not the only piece important to education—there’s a huge piece that is about teaching kids how to get along, how to understand themselves, and how to be themselves.” —Julia Beers, second grade teacher at Malcolm X </div>
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<span style="color: #141823; font-family: "helvetica"; font-size: x-small; text-indent: 0in;">We all hear about the 21st century skills and the need for the schools to prepare our children with competence needed to solve the problems with creativity and innovation. Science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) is dominating the education scene. But with the advent of new research studies, it is getting clearer each day that Emotional Intelligence is one of the most determining factor of success. This is often one critical area of development that is missing from the visionof our Education system: teaching children how to build creative, intuitive, trusting an collaborative relationships with others.</span><br />
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<span style="text-indent: -0.38in;">Empathy is a level above than Sympathy: where one takes the mask of another and try to feel and think from his perspectives with a goal to understand him better and solve the problem arises at a given point of time.</span><br />
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Let's begin with children for they are the hope of the future....</div>
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Trust children , treat them with Empathy ...Ablolish Punishment....</div>
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curriculum. She is a proactive researcher and blogger and writes regularly
under her blog “Children learn Best in their Free-Play”. As a member of <b>HRCP </b>and <b>ISPCAN,
IPA, ARNEC, AMS (</b>American Montessori Society<b>), PMA</b> (Pakistan
Montessori Association) and <b>ACEI (USA</b>), she is contributing towards
raising the standard of education and Education Diplomacy. Currently she is
working on the Science of Observation and its impact on the learning process.
Erum is available for Teacher training workshops and courses through CNNA.</span></i><span style="color: #4d4f51; font-family: "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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SEVEN STONES - A FORGOTTEN GAME<br />
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Its hard to believe that childhood is been endangered since the advent of hi-tech games, Helicopter parenting, super-standardized testing, No recess theory, all time academic schools, stranger danger phobias, modern lifestyles and yes the advent of ugly Urbanization in the name of development.<br />
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Traditional games and cultural play are essence to any society and their presence in one's town or village makes sure that the childhood is not at stake , but its there to stay with all its beauty and purity.<br />
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As a Play researcher and an advocate of Play right for every child, i believe we need to do more than just crying over the spilt milk...we need to work in communities, schools, parks, gardens, with parents, teachers, day care providers, youth councils and policy makers to see our dreams happening , at least budding , so we can cherish the moments and carry on with our vision for a more playful world.<br />
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I often go to local parks, visit abandoned gardens, observe narrow streets, and walkaways, dusty playgrounds, ill maintained public spaces, there's one thing common , the children can be seen playing around with whatever facilities they have , just diving into play for the sake of it.<br />
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Its a story of a Third world nation, but I believe its happening everywhere , where children are born and raised!<br />
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We started to study the deep rooted culture of traditional childhood play and for that I planned to study individual games, which are abandoned but still can be seen in the streets where poor kids play with their hearts and souls in it.<br />
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HIT THE SEVEN STONES:<br />
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This game is very popular among boys in the region of South East Asia (India and Pakistan) and similar games can be seen in other parts of the world. Here children need to collect seven stones, they should have a ball to throw, and they need to make two teams , each must comprise of 3- 5 players, but it can exceed to any number. The more the players, the more the fun!<br />
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "georgia" , "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;">There are two teams. One has to break the stack of seven stones with ball and reorder them back, The defending team has to prevent this by hitting the player of the other team with the ball. In this case the round ends.</span><br />
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<li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Divide the players into two teams. Let there be team A and team B.</li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Each player in team A takes their turn in breaking the tower from a certain distance using a tennis ball.</li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">A player from team B is assigned to catch the ball after it gets thrown by team A. Rest of team b become fielders.</li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">When a player from team A succeeds in knocking over the tower. the team's next aim becomes to rebuild the tower while everyone in team B tries to get all the players out in team A by hitting them with the tennis ball.</li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">If team B succeeds in getting the players with the pitu coin in hand out from team A before the tower is rebuilt then they have defended a pittu.</li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">But if team B fails to do so then team A gets a pittu and they carry on with their turn in breaking the tower.</li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Once everyone in team A has had their turn the teams swap the roles.</li>
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STACKING OF THE SEVEN STONES:</div>
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DEFINING THE FIELD OF PLAY:<br />
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Every time children play , they create a boundary to that, either imaginary or physical, so that the Play cannot be invaded by a third party element. They might build something, add something, renovate , and change the infrastructure depending what is best suited for that particular day and play. </div>
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ACTUAL HITTING :</div>
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SKILLS INVOLVED IN THIS GAME </div>
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1. Sharpening of senses : when kids look for rocks in ant
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8. Social skills: Playing with friends and siblings are the
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to take turns, care for your friends, feeling different kinds of emotions,
controlling temper to stay in the group and creating loving playful atmosphere
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<b> NATURE IS ALL OUR CHILDREN NEED </b><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18.3999996185303px;">We were the last generation who played outside, ran freely in the fields, jumped on puddles, climbed trees, had real pets, dug holes, smell flowers, woke up at dawn, played in Mud pie kitchens in our backyards, noticed the rainbows, felt the rain, could detect squirrels, and discover bugs........</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18.3999996185303px;">Although today's children have better Internet connections, they never get the opportunity to connect with Nature...</span></span></div>
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On one hand,with the advent of technology, humans are evolving their brains, exploring new Planets , reaching new heights of human civilization, but on the other hand they are loosing humanity, facing the death of great civilizations, reaching the new heights of spiritual degradation and drowning into the depth of corruption on all emotional and social parameters.</div>
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This is the first time in the history of mankind that we started fearing Nature, so much that we ask our children to go inside when it rains, to hide themselves inside the man-made structures when it snows, to cover themselves more when the sun shines, to wear boots when contacted with sand, to watch out when they sit near streams or lakes, to shout when they witness lizards or bugs, to kill when they encounter ants, to stay away from dirt and soil when they want to go crazy playing on it, to lock themselves indoors when they encounter windy days, to become deaf so that they can never hear the sounds of birds chirping and the squirrels chittering, to go blind when a flower is blossoming, to be ignorant to see the wonders of nature all in their backyards.</div>
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Gone are the days when children walked to school, when they ran freely in the fields, when they took the back streets to enter the woods, when they climbed trees and discover nests of birds, when they wandered and explore the gardens, when they could feel the sand and jump on puddles, when they monitor wandering animals and discover their habitats , when they collected flowers and made necklaces , when they dug cave like holes and hid treasures, when they created their own mud kitchens, when they discovered the changing sky and could predict the weather, when they spotted the injured birds, when they could predict the perfect season to fly their kites, when they could calculate the high tides on summer days....</div>
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There are millions of explorations and discoveries which were made by children everyday, every moment.</div>
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see how children dive into an Imaginary world, where they exist with their own
fantasy: it's wonderful to witness their wilderness and curiosity. I was
wondering and feeling ashamed how we adult think about children , how much we
underestimate their powers, their motivation level, their curiosity, and sense
of Awe....it’s like I'm discovering HUMAN BEINGS on my own apart from
what I knew about them.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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discovered that each one experienced a unique way of grasping, so it’s all
about INDIVIDUAL UNIQUE LEARNIN , which cannot be generalized .That's the
beauty of natural learning.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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into knowing HOW CHILDREN LEARN NATURALLY rather than focusing on HOW I made
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to tap the natural CURIOSITY in children which automatically guides them to
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<i><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">“Earth and sky, woods and fields,
lakes and rivers, the mountain and the sea, are excellent schoolmasters, and
teach some of us more than we can ever learn from books.”</span></i><br />
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works in nature, we need not to do anything to build up the span of attention
in children or speed up their curiosity or raise their concentration level. It’s
already there in their SOULS. Stickers and behavior Charts (artificial reward
systems) never work in reality, it only makes a child greedy and ignorant.</span></div>
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the situations, the materials, the problems before the child do not interest
him, his attention will slip off to what does interest him, and no amount of
exhortation of threats will bring it back.”</i><br />
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never be seen so satisfied as can be seen when they reach their goals and
targets by themselves .And it is not we (adults) who can direct them towards
their UNIQUE GOALS , its embedded inside them and they are the best judges and
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inborn sense of wonder, he needs the companionship of at least one adult who
can share it, rediscovering with him the joy, excitement, and mystery of the
world we live in.”<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;"> Children Who Spend Time in Nature
Will Always Care for It</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-size: large;"> <span style="color: #38761d;"> A NEW NATURE MOVEMENT IN ASIA</span> </span></b><br />
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“When children come into contact with nature, they reveal their strength.”<br />
— Maria Montessori<br />
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We believe there is an urgent need to bring a paradigm shift in education, especially in the early years, so that children’s tendencies to
explore nature will become the basis of our education system. Our focus should be on nature-play, which has the power to develop a
healthy child in terms of physical, psychological, emotional, social, and intellectual terms. Nature-play is not a new discovery when it
comes to educating young minds; it’s the only medium used by man throughout history to learn and discover the hidden magic of the
universe.<br />
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Environmental researchers are constantly reminding us of the dangers and threats our world is facing starting with global warming
and extending to extreme water crises. Scientists and communities, governments and agencies are struggling to combat the damage. We
believe that short term, we have to take immediate measures to minimize the damaging effects. But if we want to work on a long-term
basis, we have to start from scratch; to produce a generation of people who not only think about solutions to the vast environmental
problems, but also participate in creating a sustainable environment. This can only be done through a revolutionary nature-based
education system with campaigns and ‘green’ programs, especially in the early years to instill love for nature: children who spend time
in nature will always care for it. This is a fact which we are witnessing. People who spend their childhood in nature are the ones who
are taking the initiative to identify environmental problems, to combat them by offering solutions, to choose environmental-related
professions, and to work with their hearts to save the earth and its habitats from disaster</div>
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Instead of developing their own educational modules, educators should be observing children in their natural surroundings to see how
they learn. It’s our observation that children are naturally curious. Researchers are proving that educators can use nature as a force to
attract natural curiosity and exploration tendencies in children. The “immense concentration of a child” is the natural outcome when he
works in nature; we do not need to do anything to build up children’s attention spans or speed up their curiosity — it’s already there.
It’s a chain reaction: nature awakens natural curiosity, which leads to exploration and ends up in discovery; that’s how humans learn.
“A book of botany or zoology has the power to stimulate the already curious human mind, but nature has the power to change this
curiosity into discovery” (Erum 2010, Children & Nature Network blog). </div>
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I have observed this in my students. Their senses sharpen dramatically as soon as they are taken outside. Their sense of wonder
appears, leading them to investigate like scientists:
They discover the laws of nature every day.
As they play, their senses alert them to the different sizes, colors, and shapes of rocks.
They experience the amazing strength in a piece of rock as compared to a piece of leaf.
They discover the law of gravity when they throw one of those rocks and observe the glorious effect it has on water when it lands in
a pool.
They learn about climate, seasons, weather, and all about botany when they play in seasonal gardens.
Ultimately, children understand the whole landscape all by playing in nature.<br />
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My message is simple. When we start realizing the power of discovery on children’s learning and lives, we will be able to champion
environmental stewardship. Let’s change the way we educate young minds; let’s connect children with nature.</div>
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ABOUT ERUM:</div>
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Erum Kamran works as a Montessori Directress, Play expert, Nature-based curriculum developer, and children’s rights advocate. She founded the
Children and Nature Network Asia (CNNA) in Asia to address connections between children and nature in educational and social surroundings through Teacher training programs and Children workshops.</div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17437750946460395082noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580475901750066658.post-61830671005964462902015-07-05T15:35:00.000-07:002015-08-08T12:16:10.641-07:00SENSE OF DISCOVERY IS INNATE IN CHILDREN ,THEY DON'T NEED OUR INSTRUCTIONS<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="text-align: left;">(This is a series of Blogs which advocate Nature based learning opportunities for children. The goal is simple: unless children live in Nature, the will not develop any love for it , and only love can take them to the point of Protection. Providing Nature based learning is the most essential part of creating Environmental stewardship in children, who will take care of this planet )</span></div>
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<span class="userContent" data-ft="{"tn":"K"}">" Our aim is not merely to make the child understand, and still less to force him to memorize, but so to touch his imagination as to enthuse him to his innermost core. " Maria Montessori<br /> </span><br />
<span class="userContent" data-ft="{"tn":"K"}"> </span><span class="userContent" data-ft="{"tn":"K"}">"A child is by his nature an avid explorer of his surroundings because he has not yet had the time or means of knowing them precisely." Maria Montessori<br />
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</span><span class="userContent" data-ft="{"tn":"K"}">Children are always ready to "Explore", as this is in their nature to "Discover" things which comes in their way.</span><br />
<span class="userContent" data-ft="{"tn":"K"}"> In a typical Montessori class, all lessons are hands-on and activity based, it excites the child's "Imagination" and thus he explores more deeply which resulted in Minute to minute discoveries.</span><span class="userContent" data-ft="{"tn":"K"}"><br />
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From our Nature table, this child has selected the basket full of rocks, shells, trunk pieces and minerals like granite and limestone. He is discovering on his own and will explore new things .</div>
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Whenever we go out, children really feel excited to find out amazing stuff ,this (2.8 years) girl was collecting small rocks but when she discovered that ,she came to me and asked," Miss Erum, is this a rock too, it doesn't look like a rock, it is really different".</div>
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this girl is showing an Ant which crawled to her fingers...<br />
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These little ones are busy discovering Insects with a magnifying glass.</div>
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Concentration is not something to be developed but can be increased through right kind of environment.<br />
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This group of children announced that they have discovered an area with lots of crawling insects, so they invited everyone to watch.</div>
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this boy loves to find the tinniest pebble and here he is busy picking some.</div>
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He shouted with excitement ,"Miss Erum, I saw a wonderful thing, there is some grass coming out of this rock".</div>
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And searching never ends, these two children are deeply absorbed in their quest for finding different kinds of leaves.</div>
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He is watching the movement of an ant which he just picked up from the ground.</div>
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This boy always brings me a bunch of grass explaining how their sizes and color differ from each other.</div>
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"Miss, I found a rock , I want to add this in our Nature Basket, it is really unusual", shouted one of my Explorer student.<br />
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While we were all in the field to collect the Autumn leaves ,this child came to me with a feather in his hand," look, I think some birds were there in that pile of leaves ".</div>
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I was surprised to witness the beautiful connection he has made between the pile of leaves and the bird 's feather. </div>
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It was a lovely afternoon when we picked different nature stuff from the garden, every child was supposed to collect something different like; grass, twigs, tiniest rocks, big stones, etc.</div>
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I was really wondering how these little children collected those stuff keeping in mind the scientific way of selecting and discarding things , they are BORN - SCIENTISTS</div>
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All my children know how to make their own toys using Cardboards. This "Throw a ball" cardboard box was made and then played wonderfully with them discovering everything related to ball, throwing, speed, gravity, control and perfection....amazing !</div>
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After the China project was over, my children decided to place it in the playground. Here they are busy discovering Sizes of the pipes as they were relating it to the wall.</div>
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Chinese Dragon was in the process of creation during our China project. What I discover that the children not only enjoys the "process of making or creating something but always start their Imaginary-play in the process".</div>
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While they were making the Great wall , they discussed every aspect of it's development, Born - managers !.................. I was just a silent observer.<br />
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<strong>"The senses, being explorers of the world, open the way to knowledge. Our apparatus for educating the senses offers the child a key to guide his explorations of the world, they cast a light upon it which makes visible to him more things in greater detail than he could see in the dark, or uneducated state".</strong></div>
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In our Montessori (3-6) class, children are given ample opportunities through Sensorial materials to discover color<strong>, shape, size, sound, texture, weight, temperature, aromas and taste . It </strong>enables them to use their senses to explore different attributes of the world</div>
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While making our "Smack the Puppet" using a cardboard box ,my children explored it with ways I never thought they could have discovered on their own.<br />
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When we finished our Cardboard made "Wall of China", I was just wondering how to start collecting the leftover cardboard pieces, but to my surprise, my children started writing on those pieces. Soon everyone was indulged in the writing process; some were writing stories, some were making cards for their friends, some were writing secret messages and the 3 year olds were scribbled in a manner as if they know the importance of written words. It was the day I discovered amazing things about children.</div>
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Exploring Autumn leaves of different shapes and sizes.</div>
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These boys are discussing the great discoveries they made about the different sizes of rocks.<br />
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Although it looks like they were all digging the sand but in reality everyone was exploring different aspect of sand in his unique way of approaching.<br />
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Ropes invite kids to explore the world in a unique way. This child was trying to insert the rope into that hole and after exploring different possibilities , she told me that what if the rope was wider ? what if the pipe was deeply inserted in the ground? what if the rope pulled out something from the hole? Endless questions show that children are Born - Explorers.<br />
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These kids are music lovers , they always find a way to produce some rhythmic sounds out of anything , anywhere. Rock n Roll..<br />
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Building with blocks is not a simple act of putting blocks on one another, it gives the child a correct sense of height ,his relation with his surroundings and the purpose of his activity.</div>
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In a free-play a child not only explores but in fact uses the scientific method to assess the information ; this girl tried really hard to get herself inside the box, while doing so she discovered the relation of space and weight, volume and mass, "characteristic of a cardboard box"; like its flexibility and many more facts of Physics which cannot be taught through books .<br />
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Discovering the Solar system through 3-D objects and exchanging each other views, all in a <br />
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A group of Montessori children ready to "Explore" in their Science project day.<br />
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This is not just a skill of Knotting , the child discovers the Balance she needs to adjust, the strength she needs to pull, all unconsciously . That's the beauty of free -play.<br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px;">― </span><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/34106.Maria_Montessori" style="background-color: white; color: #666600; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px; text-decoration: none;">Maria Montessori</a><br />
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All my children were excited after I announced that I brought a rock that they have never seen before. Someone shouted," O, really!', another smiled and said,"Which color?'...and then you can imagine how I was been bombarded by questions....which compelled me to believe that kids have better questions than me.<br />
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That was our usual Circle time when they are free to express themselves, explore ideas and connect with each other. I brought my Wooden tray and presented that special Rock. Everyone was curious to get a look, they knew how we all took turns, so there is no chaos but yes everyone was super excited...it's natural!</div>
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What I discovered as a teacher is that every child has it's own way of exploring, experimenting and perceiving things, and that is unique to him, which cannot be forced upon every other child...This is called individual's unique way of learning and grasping things.</div>
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Other explained, "smaller pencils will float and big ones will sink"..And these kids kept exploring objects from pencil to a piece of plastic pearl.</div>
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These are my lovelies, my LITTLE EXPLORER, they can experiment whatever they want..I gave them this courage.</div>
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What children need is not a Science Lab, or strict regime, all they need is your love, sense of trust , and then they can do WONDERS..................</div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17437750946460395082noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580475901750066658.post-39866940681934169462015-05-20T12:17:00.002-07:002015-05-21T02:14:27.577-07:00IS IT TIME TO BAN SCHOOLS OR REVOLUTIONIZE THEM ?<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Under the urge of nature and according to the laws of development, though not understood by the adult, the child is obliged to be serious about two fundamental things … the first is the love of activity… The second fundamental thing is independence.” (What You Should Know About Your Child by Maria Montessori)</div>
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we are living in a world where everything is controlled by Policy makers, so the fate of human species in different regions of the world is directly influenced by national or International policy making. Forget about the trade policies which affect our economies depending on the goals of policy makers, even our 'learning' is also impacted by so called 'good policies'. When a child is born in any modern society , he is not free to learn in his own Natural way but his parents are been convinced by the policies that he can learn best when he start living in a cage. They are been told that unless he is 'locked up' in the classroom, he cannot even know how to learn and it is the teacher who knows how to teach, because he is the one who can control his 'learning process'. Upon those assumption millions of children are been admitted to schools just to be 'Experimented upon' by those who don't even know the laws of nature and how it is unfolded. So one day our children ,find themselves in a 'cage',just like 'Lab-rats' , only to discover that they are not only be experimented upon but they are been controlled by the authorities who has all the right to do what they want , to implement what they wish, to test what they think they should, to humiliate when they desire in the name of discipline, to kill their natural talents once and for all. Modern man call this LAB a school.</div>
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(Below is a one-paragraph description taken from an article published few weeks back in 'Films of Action' )</div>
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"Any wildlife biologist knows that an animal in a zoo will not develop normally if the environment is incompatible with the evolved social needs of its species. But we no longer know this about ourselves. We have radically altered our own evolved species behavior by segregating children artificially in same-age peer groups instead of mixed-age communities, by compelling them to be indoors and sedentary for most of the day, by asking them to learn from text-based artificial materials instead of contextualized real-world activities, by dictating arbitrary timetables for learning rather than following the unfolding of a child’s developmental readiness. Common sense should tell us that all of this will have complex and unpredictable results. In fact, it does. While some children seem able to function in this completely artificial environment, really significant numbers of them cannot. Around the world, every day, millions and millions and millions of normal bright healthy children are labelled as failures in ways that damage them for life. And increasingly, those who cannot adapt to the artificial environment of school are diagnosed as brain-disordered and drugged." (Taken from a research which can even be done by a child , the only requirement is SCIENTIFIC OBSERVATION)</div>
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So collecting data on how human species learn based on School environment is like collecting data on how Tigers learn to run fast in a zoo. We need to OBSERVE children in their most natural environment :where they actually live.</div>
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Ethologist believe that in order to study species-specific behaviors, a species must be observed in its natural environment. One can only understand the function of a behavior by seeing how it specifically fits into the species natural environment in order to fulfill a specific need. So if we want to really improve the conditions of learning we should Discover how children learn in the natural environment and that can only be done by Scientific Observation. There are few amazing scientists who studied children using the method of Observation and we should be learning from them. But that 's not where we stop, we should carry on by training our teachers into Scientific Observers so they can carry on the process, discovering new elements each day. Teachers are like Observers ,…as he teaches little and observes much…</div>
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At last the question which needs to be answered by educationists is 'do we want our children to be Schooled or do we want them to be Educated ?</div>
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In the words of Dr Montessori ,"… we have learnt from him certain fundamental principles of psychology. One is that the child must learn by his own individual activity, being given a mental freedom to take what he needs, and not to be questioned in his choice. Our teaching must only answer the mental needs of the child, never dictate them. Just as a small child cannot be still because he is in need of coordinating his movements, so the older child, who may seem troublesome in his curiosity over the why, what and wherefore of everything he sees, is building up his mind by this mental activity, and must be given a wide field of culture on which to feed." (To Educate the Human Potential )</div>
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<span style="text-align: left;">(This is a series of Blogs which advocate Nature based learning opportunities for children. The goal is simple: unless children live in Nature, the will not develop any love for it , and only love can take them to the point of Protection. Providing Nature based learning is the most essential part of creating Environmental stewardship in children, who will take care of this planet )</span></div>
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It was a lovely rainy day, when Nermeen jumped out to play with her favorite stuff. On her way to the beautiful backyard of her Residential Compound, she found few broken branches of trees. She asked me,"Oh look at it, it fell down from this tree". I replied," Why its been fallen down, I couldn't see anyone cutting them".<br />
She was thinking and wondering here and there ,"Wow ,what a windy day it is!.look at this tree, how the leaves are moving,wind is making them fall, I know that".<br />
I was not surprised by her answer because I truly believe that by interacting with NATURE, children learn everything by themselves.<br />
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Nermeen ran to a field full of rocks and pebbles, she started collecting stones , feeling it in her fingertips, then at her palms. She shouted," I always like these tiny stones, I love to touch them, they are so cute".</div>
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I saw Nermeen many times counting them, throwing them on the ground and sometimes in a pool of water. A child discovers the Law of Gravity when he throws a stone, his Senses get sharpened when he plays with different sizes, different colors, and different shapes of rocks. He discovers the amazing strength in a piece of rock as compared to a piece of leaf. He may discover the glorious effect on water when he throws in a pool. He discover the whole Landscape all by playing in Nature.</div>
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"A child always moves ahead to a different activity when his soul finds satisfaction".</div>
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This is what I observed in my years of dealing with children in all kinds of environments where Free-choice is given.</div>
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So Nermeen went to the grassy field, hopping and dancing as she was enjoying every bit of this beautiful garden, she shouted," I love these Autumn leaves, and here I can see many". She started collecting the leaves." I can hear the sound of these leaves when I touch them, its different, I never hear this sound in a green leaf",she explained.</div>
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She ran to her favorite spot, Tree-House, but she told me that now she would only picked few leaves for her play without getting in the Tree house.</div>
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And Now we are back in our backyard, Nermeen filled many bags with dry leaves, green leaves, flower petals, rocks, and many other nature stuff. She started working in her beautiful MUD-PIE KITCHEN which she made sometime back last year.</div>
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I love her Mud-Pie Kitchen which she made using amazing metalic stove, pots and pans which was just perfect for her play.</div>
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She was picking tiny leaves from that broken branch which she picked up from the garden and adding it in the colorful soup.</div>
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Fine-motor skills can be seen developing using her little fingers. She had enough of her Gross-motor development when she was carrying and running around.</div>
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This was her beautiful play area in a perfect Autumn backyard.</div>
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The beans which she collected from a nearby tree, she was using that for her Vegetable menu that night.<br />
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I saw her enjoying every single treasure which she collected; thinking different ways to play , preparing for the cooking.<br />
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" I like to bake too, I can bake a cake", she shouted, taking a steel tray in her hand and then filling it with the sand, leaves, petals and pebbles.</div>
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"Hey, look at my oven, its there", she pointed to an old Bar B Que stand made of bricks and rods.<br />
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I could see a Log with some heavenly leaves, seed and flowers. Nermeen put it over there, I don't know whats in her mind when she put these Nature stuff on that log...........can you figure it out.<br />
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Busy in her cooking; Pretend-play is one kind of an Imaginative play which prepares a child for the real situations without getting the trouble of loosing anything but to gain the control on his environment all unknowingly without any teacher to instruct.<br />
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She tried every single moves to prepare food ; she was cuddling her palms as if making Kebabs.<br />
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MY CHILDREN LOVE TO CLIMB THE TREE AS THOUGH THEY HAVE CLIMBED IT 1000S OF TIMES<br />
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As we finished our lesson of PARTS OF A PLANT, we were planning for the next relevant lesson of PARTS OF A TREE, so we decided to go out look and observe some trees in the garden. <br />
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I pointed out the roots, trunk, branches , and the leaves ...parts of a tree and then they bombarded me with lots of amazing questions.</div>
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One of them shouted, " Can we climb this trunk ?"</div>
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My answer was ,"Yes ,why not".</div>
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And then the children dived into an Imaginary world , where they existed with their own fantacies...its wonderful to witness their wilderness and curiosity.</div>
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I was wondering and feeling ashamed how we adult think about children , how much we underestimate their powers, motivation level, their curiosity,and sense of discovery....its like I'm discovering HUMAN BEINGS again...... </div>
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This child was stuck up first ,but never ever felt bad, rather he came up strongly again and again . The key of Children's curiosity is that the word Failure never existed in their dictionary of life, and we have to learn that lesson from them.</div>
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The first few steps are the hardest, but then the NEURONS in the brains work amazingly to give a lift to any newly learned activity.</div>
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Tree climbing has a lot to teach a child about Balance, co-ordination of Gross-motor skills , controlling of Fine-motor skills, eye -hand co-ordination, predictability of height, the perfect Grasping positions, the relation between man and nature (nothing can be taught through lectures and books).</div>
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Every child learns in his own way, I discovered that each one experienced a unique way to hold the trunk, grasp it with hands or feet, where to Gaze while going up, what to see when coming down, so its all about INDIVIDUAL UNIQUE LEARNING , which cannot be generalized .That's the beauty of nature interaction.</div>
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The "immense concentration of a child" is the natural outcome when he works in nature , we need not to do anything to build up the span of attention in children or speed up their curiosity or raise their concentration level. Its already there in their SOULS . Stickers (artificial reward systems) never works in reality, it only makes a child greedy.</div>
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After the climbing session, they all relaxed. At that time, I introduced them the lesson on PARTS OF A TREE through pictures and culture cards.</div>
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If you look at this picture in a bit detail, you will find out a PIECE OF TRUNK from the tree which one of my children had pulled out from the tree he climbed .He came to me and asked," Miss Erum, can I pull out one of those part ? I want to see if I can pull it ? It was amazing to witness how children CHALLENGE themselves ,they don't need artificial or externally induced Challenges ,they know exactly what to challenge and how to challenge....Speechless!</div>
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And then the boy asked me that he wanted to put that piece of trunk on our NATURE TABLE . So he took out the Nature tray, put that piece over there , brought it to the Circle area and then announced proudly, "Look at this ". The children shouted ,"wow ,you have pulled out one, how did you do that?" Is'nt it amazing what IMPORATNT AND RELEVANT Questions kids ask .</div>
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"When children come into contact with NATURE, they reveal their strength".</div>
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Whenever I see kids in nature, I feel as though they are enjoying every bit of it and nobody is forcing them to pay attention, engage, interact and involve but they are doing it on their own. That's the power of nature.</div>
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It all started with a Rainy day in Riyadh, that I found kids running out of their homes, apartments and doors, just to Play and play out. It tells us about the nature of man himself who notices every change in his surrounding which leads to curiosity, inquiry, and then discovery in the end.</div>
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Some boys started playing with the water itself, some chased each other, some ran after their sticky balls, some jumped trees, some traced their fingers on the newly formed mud, some were wondering at the sight of the changing color of the trees, leaves, and sky because everything was fresher now.</div>
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I saw few youngsters on the tree house, trying to get to the top, communicating about the tree climbing tips, making new connections with their friends , helping each other, balancing their eye-hand control, getting the strength, exchanging new ideas about the relation of tree structure and tree houses. Once they got there, they started looking for new ways to climb faster and on that they talked many things which just opened up the window of new learning ....all unknowingly.</div>
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One of them looked around as if he was capturing the sounds, the rythm, the beauties of nature and analyzing it's relation with humans and solving the problems just aroused in the mind.I saw another boy on a branch of a tree, he found himself stuck up but he never gave up and continued trying out new possibilities. That's the power of nature which challenge young minds to come up with the most creative and workable plan.<br />
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That boy was deeply immersed in the nature and became extremely curious, he showed amazing concentration level while in school he might be labelled as ADHD. Nature has the power to attract attention until the discovery is made by the child.<br />
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So he ran into his house, brought the skate shoes, fixed it under the box and sat inside it just to discover how fantastic a cardboard could be. So they started the play, one pushing the other, and taking turns.<br />
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Children love Free-play , it’s a way of
grasping the new world, investigating new ideas, exploring the unleashed powers
of the environment, examining the differences of facts and fictions, digging
the strength of human potential. Play is the way a child enters into the world
of reality although it seems that he exists in a fairytale world. It’s a
process of natural transformation into an adult life. Let's give our children the opportunity to play, it's a real learning..... Boys need it too and they learn those life-skills through Outdoor- play which no school can teach and no teacher can even imagine of making such a lesson plan.<br />
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“Education should not limit itself to seeking new methods for a mostly arid transmission of knowledge: its aim must be to give the necessary aid to human development.... If the 'Formation of man’ becomes the basis of education, then the coordination of all schools from infancy to maturity, from nursery to university, arises as a first necessity: for man is a unity, an individuality that passes through interdependent phases of development. Each preceding phase prepares the one that follows, forms its base, nurtures the energies that urge towards the succeeding period of life".</div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px; text-align: left;"> Children are capable of leading their own learning process.The learner has all the capacity to build and construct his knowledge, all in their unique way of interacting with the new concept. The teacher's task is nothing but to touch the Imagination of a child so as to excite him to a level of Curiosity, and then the learner is ready to Explore in his own way depending on his interest, experiences, and specific hidden talents. Exploration leads to Discovery; the ultimate goal of Education.</span></div>
<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px; text-align: left;">The teacher is always there not as an Instructor or Dictator but as a scientific Observer who specializes in OBSERVATION SKILLS, just to witness what's going on and then to predict what and where he should add.</span><br />
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The teacher has to discriminate between Careful scientific Observation and careless Interference.</div>
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Teacher's role is so sensitive that he has to be extremely careful about her looks, attitude, facial expressions, gesture, posture, and even where he stands or sit...and what he speaks, otherwise he can easily make the Learning process disappear.....<br />
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"The mind takes some time to develop interest, to be set in motion, to get warmed up into a subject, to attain a state of profitable work. If at this time there is interruption, not only is a period of profitable work lost, but the interruption, produces an unpleasant sensation which is identical to fatigue".<br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px;">"Before such attention and concentration have been attained, the teacher must learn to control herself so that the child's spirit shall be free to expand and show its powers; the essence of her duty is not to interrupt the child in his efforts. This is a moment in which the delicacy of the teacher's moral sensitiveness, acquired during her training, comes into play. She must learn that it is not easy to help, nor even, perhaps, to stand still and watch. Even when helping and serving the children, she must not cease to observe them, because the birth of concentration in a child is as delicate a phenomenon as the bursting of a bud into bloom. But she will not be watching with the aim of making her presence felt, or of helping the weaker ones by her own strength. She observes in order to recognize the child who has attained the power to concentrate and to admire the glorious rebirth of his spirit."</span><br />
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"The vision of the teacher should be at once precise like that of the scientist, and spiritual like that of the saint. The preparation for science and the preparation for sanctity should form a new soul, for the attitude of the teacher should be at once positive, scientific and spiritual".<br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px;">This role if played by the teacher changes the outcomes, change the environment in such a way that that every child becomes a thinker, innovator and creator ....</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px;">For all this to happen Schools should stop acting as a Prison and stop Producing Confirmists and only then Explorers, Innovators and Creators will be joining the CREATIVE FORCE...and not the (work force).</span><br />
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<span style="text-align: left;">(This is a series of Blogs which advocate Nature based learning opportunities for children. The goal is simple: unless children live in Nature, the will not develop any love for it , and only love can take them to the point of Protection. Providing Nature based learning is the most essential part of creating Environmental stewardship in children, who will take care of this planet)</span></div>
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NATURE WALK BRINGS FAIRY LAND ADVENTURE...<br />
MAKING FLOWER NECKLACE<br />
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Nermeen and her friend are always ready for a Nature walk.<br />
It was a rainy day I was also excited so Nermeen called her friend, and she joined us near the Neighboring Park.<br />
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Nermeen loves to explore the little garden area with lots of flowers, she kept moving with her basket from flower to flower.</div>
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She started picking flowers which fell down on the ground and asked me if she could also pick from the plants.I told her, sometimes if we really wish to pick few, we can but not always.<br />
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They talked about their different colors, shades and shapes. They talked about the shades of pink and relating it to some other objects .<br />
So we got few beautiful ones, and put them in the blue basket.<br />
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They arranged the flowers on a piece of white cotton and and were excited to discover their colors and textures.<br />
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'I want to a make a Necklace, can I?" Nermeen asked me in a cute requesting tone. I liked her creative idea and we started making few Designer-made Jewelry.<br />
They realized it needed a plastic wire or thread to create a necklace, Nermeen got it from her mom. I showed them how to thread a needle, they practiced until they got the mastery.<br />
Now the question is how to arrange the flowers on the thread, they brainstormed and started matching the flowers with each other ,making patterns and analyzing different combinations. Finally they used the needle very carefully all by themselves.<br />
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And while making it, they were appreciating each other's work, thoughtfully exchanging new ideas, developing new patterns and finally came up with their original works.</div>
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They discovered that the necklace couldn't be fixed by themselve, so they helped each other<br />
(I was a silent observer, noticing how they discover things, explore new ideas and solve problems without any adult interference)<br />
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Her friend was happy to get the beautiful necklace all made up of multi-color leaves </div>
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Her friend helped her by making a neat knot at the end.<br />
(estimating the length of a thread that is required to make a perfect knot, keeping in view the Locket size and its perfect length hanging from the neck)<br />
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Out of many Necklace they loved the Leaf Necklace<br />
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Leaf Necklace was special , it was decorated with small red pearls which has given it a perfect Designer touch.<br />
Learning happens when a child finds a real life connection with the skill learned . It has to be initiated with the key developmental milestones in the mind.<br />
Skills developed;<br />
1. fine motor /Gross motor skill<br />
2. Color identification / differentiation<br />
3. Simple Sewing<br />
4. Sense of Estimation<br />
5. Creativity<br />
6. problem solving<br />
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<strong><em>"I remember the first that a grading rubric was
attached to a piece of my writing….Suddenly all the joy was taken away. I
was writing for a grade -- I was no longer exploring for me. I want to
get that back. Will I ever time get that back?" </em></strong></div>
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-- Claire, a student (in Olson, 2006)</em></strong></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">( this story was mentioned <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>by Alfie Kohn , a renowned education<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>reformer <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>in one of his articles)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Ask anyone what is education and he will clearly state that
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Most of the Schools across the world are working under the
factory model of <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>nineteenth century
Industrial revolution . Public schools supplied factories with a skilled labor
force, and provided basic literacy to the masses. This was the education that
the vast majority of the population receive everywhere around the globe.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">If we look more deeply we can clearly see that Schools
operate similarly to ‘assembly lines’. The school assembly line is divided <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>into years. Students are sorted by age. Every
day students receive instruction on specific subject. Every subject is
taught during a fixed time period in the day. Students are then tested on each
subject to see if they meet the ‘standards’, so they can move along the line.
Finally they receive their stamp of approval (diploma) at the end of the line.(a
perfect factory model). </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Calibri;"> Where is the Creativity by the way ?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Another blunder is the assessment itself; Psychologists
Maehr and Midgley studied the effects of ‘assessments on student’s learning’,
they concluded in these words, “an overemphasis on assessment can actually
undermine the pursuit of excellence”.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>For me the <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>joy of reading can
easily be taken away by a teacher who always<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>judge a child by his ‘reading skills’.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">The ugliest fact <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>which
gives<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>school<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>a complete factory like model<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>is the fact that the<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Term ‘Standardized ‘ is being attached
with<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>assessments. Factories always rely
on the standardization of their products, so is the school. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>How can a ‘standardized test’ determine the
vast differences of talents and imaginations of different children <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>? It can’t, so they just ‘kill the creativity
factor’ of each and every child on a way towards standardization.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Einstein ridiculed the modern education system with these
words, “</span><i><span style="color: #373737; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;">“Everybody is a genius. But if
you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life
believing that it is stupid.” The question I have for you at this point of our
journey together is, “What is your genius?” This simple statement is a challenge
for our modern day educationists.</span></i></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">What I think personally that there is some value in
‘assessing the quality of learning’ but it doesn’t mean it should be quantified
into numbers . Learning cannot be ‘measured in numbers’. How can I quantify a
piece of writing which is above spelling mistakes?</span></div>
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here, ‘Grading’ is the next step to humiliate children. Researchers are proving<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>that grades kills the natural human<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>curiosity ,suppress intrinsic motivation
,<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>invoke a ‘preference for the easiest
possible task’ in students and finally<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>they reduce the quality of children’s thinking from “How can we be sure
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">To kill the ‘creativity’ permanently, schools are praising
certain subjects like Mathematics and Science which demand<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>precision and accuracy at the cost of others
like different kinds of Arts which promotes ‘divergent thinking and
creativity’. Now the world economy is thriving towards ‘creativity’ but the
schools are busy suppressing it. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">The book published last year “One Size Doesn’t Fit All; A
Student’s<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Assessment Of School” by
Nikhil Goyal <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>took into account the
‘Prison –system of schools and how it is damaging the young brains. A 17- year
old Goyal indicates bluntly, “</span><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 115%;">we are forced to sit at desks, shut up,
listen, and raise our hands to speak. By the time we make it out of high
school, we have been taught to think just like everyone around us, and our
ability to think critically or creatively has been squandered. What’s worse, we
fail to ask questions and we fear risks, because all of our formidable years
were spent spitting out “right answers” instead of being taught to inquire and
think for ourselves to solve problems”.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 115%;">Maria Montessori reveals it in these words, </span><span style="color: #333333; line-height: 115%;"><br /><span style="font-family: Calibri;">
"The basic error is to suppose that a person's Will must necessary be
broken before it can obey, meaning before it can accept and follow another
person's directions. Were this reasoning to be applied to Intellectual
Education ,we should have to destroy a person's mind before we could give him
any Knowledge".<br />
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to the conclusion that Educationist needs to Re-define Education, they have to
change the mindsets, they have to bring the ‘Paradigm shift’ and that’s what we
need it desperately.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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definition of education will not be accepted until it caters the individuality
and creativity of each child without Stamping him ‘passed’ or ‘failed’. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 115%;">I love the TED TALK of Sir Ken Robinson released last
year on You tube. He said boldly challenging the mainstream education ,</span><span style="font-family: Calibri;">“The
fact is that given the challenges we face, education doesn't need to be
reformed -- it needs to be transformed. The key to this transformation is not
to standardize education, but to personalize it, to build achievement on
discovering the individual talents of each child, to put students in an
environment where they want to learn and where they can naturally discover
their true passions.” <br />
― </span><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/43940.Ken_Robinson"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Calibri;">Ken
Robinson</span></a><span style="font-family: Calibri;">, in his book, ‘</span><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/work/quotes/4271462"><i><span style="color: blue; font-family: Calibri;">The Element: How Finding
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mould the child to undergo <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">tyranny, to
obey a dictator? How can we expect democracy <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>when we have reared slaves?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Real</b> freedom begins at the beginning of
life , not at the adult stage. These people who have been diminished in their
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</span>philosophy of Maria Montessori, an Italian physician who believed that
children should be allowed the freedom to pursue their interests. “In a
Montessori school, you go paint because you have something to express or you
just want to do it that afternoon, not because the teacher said so,” she says.
“This is baked into how Larry and Sergey approach problems. They’re always
asking, why should it be like that? It’s the way their brains were programmed
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It was a wonderful afternoon when Nermeen decided to go to the woods area inside their Residential compound. when we were heading towards that area, she shouted, "what's that ? looks like an amazing place".<br />
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Soon we entered the Construction site where some new construction has started. Nermeen and her friends were delighted to see many tools lying here and there. So they grabbed a Wheelbarrow <br />
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Now it's time for her Spanish friend Giamo to take over the wheelbarrow, and he learned something different focusing on how to hold it in a manner when applying speed. (the boy's way of learning).<br />
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Her friend was little reluctant to try, but Nermeen convinced her to give a quick try.<br />
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And then she was just enjoying the moves and the excitement of handling such a big stuff.<br />
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Children are always curious to know why things happen? what's the cause and effect relationship? how it can be done? and when they are through, they feel the sense of achievement which inspires their souls ,brighten their neural connections and finally leads them towards more Exploration.<br />
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Nermeen found a steel rod ,fascinated by it's shape, she started inserting it in the soil.</div>
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Because, she couldn't see holes clearly which started appearing on the soil, she brought the spade ,leveled the soil and then tried the rod again only to discover the amazing 'holes'.<br />
A child feel curious and excited at the same time when he discovers the relationship between what is being done and what is coming out of that process of 'doing'.<br />
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They decided that one child would be leveling the soil with the hand while the other would make the holes.<br />
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To make it more obvious, they decided to pour the water on the soil before leveling it.<br />
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"Education is not something which a teacher does, but [is] a natural process which develops spontaneously in the human being. It is not acquired by listening to words, but in virtue of experiences in which the child acts on his environment. The teacher’s task is not to talk, but to prepare and arrange a series of motives for cultural activity in a special environment made for the child".<br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17437750946460395082noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580475901750066658.post-80611778492671207272013-07-30T10:15:00.001-07:002013-07-30T10:15:37.660-07:00Learning for Life: Outdoor Play Link up - Bottle Babies<a href="http://nosuchthingasbadweather.blogspot.co.uk/2012/10/outdoor-play-link-up-bottle-babies.html">Learning for Life: Outdoor Play Link up - Bottle Babies</a>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17437750946460395082noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580475901750066658.post-19656950566521701412013-07-06T02:31:00.002-07:002013-11-08T14:48:31.435-08:00HOW TO DEVELOPE DEEP CONCENTRATION <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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DEEP CONCENTRATION DEVELOPED BY SIMPLE PRACTICAL LIFE ACTIVITIES<br />
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<em>If teaching is to be effective with young children, it must assist them
to advance on the way to independence. It must initiate them into those kinds of
activities, which they can perform themselves. We must help them to learn how to
walk without assistance, to run, to go up and down the stairs, to pick up fallen
objects, to dress and undress, to wash themselves, to express their needs, and
to attempt to satisfy their desires through their own efforts. All this is part
of an education for independence." - Maria Montessori, The
Discovery of the Child.</em><br />
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<em>In todays world, Teachers and parents feel helpless dealing with hyper active children with low Span of Attention, very low concentration level, fidgeting, and many more problems related with concentration. Pre - school children coming to schools are sometimes nightmares for the staff. If we carefully analyse the children in their Free-play in their natural environments we can feel how much they are deeply immersed in activities which is related to Practical life.</em><br />
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<em>Maria Montessori discovered a century ago that Simple Practical life activities creates Long Span of Attention and deep concentration and here how it develops in a Pure Montessori classroom.</em><br />
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<em>In my class my students just loves the Practical life area and here I discovered my most hyperactive ones immersed deeply .</em><br />
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When this child came to my class, he found it really difficult to concentrate even for a minute but soon he started concentrating at a level which is just amazing .Simple Shoe polishing with many small steps which a child does repeatedly, not only develops a daily life skill but takes his Concentration to its maximum. </div>
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Spooning activity not only develops his Fine-motor skills and makes him an independent eater but also elevates his Span of Attention.</div>
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Whipping soapy water not only makes bubbles but makes a child deeply involved and thus creates remarkable levels of Concentration.</div>
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This child is busy in Grating, he is not only enjoying the process, but developing a practical life skill, and in the long run it makes him realize the Importance of deep concentration needed to learn a skill.<br />
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In our (3-6) Montessori classrooms , we have Dressing Frames which allows a child to learn, how to Button, zip, hook, tie a lace, and a ribbon ,it develops beautiful concentration levels in children.</div>
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This child is learning to Buckle on a Dressing frame.</div>
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Simple Pouring and then Crushing activity teaches a child the skill of patience.</div>
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Pouring in different glasses not only gives a child the "Sense of Estimation" but satisfies his instinct of playing with tiny objects as it spreads out of the glass.<br />
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This child is Threading a Pearl bead and will continue it till the necklace is ready for use.</div>
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A small child finds it wonderful to discover the "Fullness of a jug" and then feels excited when he finds the other one Empty, the whole process might be a Reflex action for adults, but for a child, it is a process which needs to be practiced till the NEURONS get the perfection in their Neural paths.</div>
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Pouring of Liquid is the best way of making a child Independent and then it makes him realize the simple Scientific facts related to liquid.</div>
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Planting teaches a child to care for his environment and makes him discover the science behind Botany.</div>
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Simple cooking makes a child feels independent , makes him Sense the different steps through direct participating and thus created a High Span of Attention in his inner psyche.<br />
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This child is deeply involved in this activity of Caring Plants. Skills like Cutting using scissors, picking up the dirt, watering ,cleaning and dusting the leaves are developing him into a more attentive person.</div>
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Locking and Unlocking the Keys are again making a child independent and serves the opportunity to develop deep concentration level.</div>
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When the child learns the basic elementary excercises of Practical life , he soon will apply to his work.<br />
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Watering Plants satisfies a child's need to play in Nature.</div>
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This child is picking tiny crystals using the Tongs ,beautiful concentration !</div>
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This child is cleaning a Silver box.</div>
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Children feels intensely satisfied when they perform daily life activities, folding and unfolding of Napkins is a beautiful way to learn little steps, and makes them highly organized and attentive.<br />
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Sewing activity using the needle makes the child sense the Unique skills required to do certain jobs perfectly.<br />
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Cleaning the Silver box. Amazing concentration.</div>
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This 3 years old is cleaning a Glass using Newspaper strips....<br />
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In a Montessori classroom, children are given lessons and activities which cannot be described as "Finished" until it is cleaned and kept back in its original place, so a Montessori child have a Unique sense of "Completion of work" from day one, he knows that a work finishes only when it comes to its original place, ready for another child to explore.</div>
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Cleaning, Dusting and Wiping a table ,mopping , brooming and washing floors, cleaning windows and doors, wiping spills are just few activities in which a child feels Independent and satisfied. </div>
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Cleaning often requires collecting tiny objects from the floor or table which satisfies the child's need of playing with the small objects.</div>
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Practical Life activities never ends, its up to the Directress or a Montessori mom to initiate more activities according to the culture and needs of the time. Children loves to use Everyday Tools and thus attain skills to be used in their daily life.<br />
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Children at this age enjoy, and even prefer, spending their time helping adults with their activities. When allowed to do so, the child learns that his contributions are of value, thus boosting his self-esteem and independence. He should be encouraged to use child-size replicas of adult tools. In short, the direct aim of 'Montessori Practical Life' activities is to help develop social skills and independence. Indirectly, Practical Life activities develop fine motor skills, as well as strengthening intellect, concentration, and personal will. <br />
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LETS GO TO SPACE IN MY SPACESHIP<br />
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After we were done with our SOLAR SYSTEM PROJECT with the Thermocol Balls, children were really excited to play with it ;matching it with their respective picture cards, talking about them , discussing different facts which we are sharing in the class and many more .<br />
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This child was trying to find out the right planet which can be matched with the planet ball she was holding.</div>
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For our final day celebration, we started preparing a large Picture Board of the SOLAR SYSTEM for our Circle Time area. Kids took their active roles of gluing the Sun which we cut from a Yellow sheet.<br />
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It doesn't matter if some children participates actually in every step , some children learn some different skills while watching their friends doing the sctivity.<br />
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And once we were done with the SOLAR SYSTEM BOARD , we discussed about the facts and figures in much detail through pictures, books and stories.Their intelligent questions just surprised me , a very acttive child of my class announced, "And you know Miss Erum, we can even go to the Space and have a direct look at the planets which are in the sky, please , can we make our own SPACESHIP ?"</div>
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Once the the initial structure was ready , children started their most favourite activity of cutting the strips of black sheets to add some designs on our Spaceship.<br />
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Now its the time to paste the Black strips on the Spaceship, this process was itself a fun part as they all played with the Spaceship while pasting in their own way and style.<br />
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Everything can be learned in a PLAYFULL environment , the point is to allow children the freedom to play and explore by themselves without much "interference".</div>
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