Play-The
name itself has a lot of curiosity, enthusiasm and fun. When a child plays
games and participates in any activity, he does a lot of effort to win and face
the challenges. Playing games improves various skills, values, and more so
brings curiosity in the minds of these children
Sports
teach us to face challenges, to become decisive and of course the possibility
of winning a competition.
We
should play with children to know their personal lives, challenges, abilities
of thinking. When we play with children, they become more comfortable in
sharing their thoughts and this way develop a strong bond with their mentor.Children
like to play with their friends and family with a lot of enthusiasm. Sports also
remove hesitation and fear of public speaking in a group or a team.
Last
summer I went to Delhi to attend a workshop 'Drama in Education' which was an
amazing experience for me. Before going there, I had lots of questions in my
mind like -
What
will happen? How will we do? Who will be our mentor? How he/she will behave
with us? How will I speak in front of unfamiliar people? and so on. I was a
little nervous but excited at the same time to learn from the workshop. This
curiosity and enthusiasm makes me optimistic to face whatever will be next. We
reached there and met many people belonging to different parts of our nation,
made friends, did many groups activities. Through all the games, skits, dances,
orchestra related to the academic subject, we learnt skills of collaboration,
observation, punctuality, responsibility, imagination, confidence and many
more!
Playing
games also cover our subject related problems and that’s why all educationists
are emphasizing on play-way methods in schools because it makes our learning
easy to understand.
A
curious child learns more effectively. As it is said, “Curiosity is the mother
of discovery”, so an educator must inculcate this skill into a child through
his teachings and let him/her find the information. In this way, children
become more self-reliant by doing it themselves. It thus creates a learning
environment.
Enthusiasm
is basically dependent on the environment and physical health. Parents,
educators, guardians should learn to be an enthusiast and fill it in their
children through storytelling and adventures. We should also tell them the
success stories of our players and great leaders.
An
enthusiastic child can be a great leader, actor, educator or inventor. It plays
a big role in our life and helps in achieving a goal. It never keeps us down.
It motivates children and makes them ready to face the world.
A
happy child always creates curiosity and enthusiasm and these aspects
rejuvenate and recreate our thoughts, imagination and learning.
Urmila Rathore, Educator
ure4fab@gmail.com
TheFabindia School, Bali