Ahoy!! What an adventurous month the little learners of our school had!
Any guesses?
Well! There can be many!
But let us all share this one!
“PETS” as we call them, were our guests for the whole month of August!
We had the cat with her kitten, the dog, the rabbit, the tortoise, the fish and also the parrot as our visitors.
Our little Einsteins enjoyed enormously and also came up with questions!
(A sign of opening doors to learning)
With the children even our teachers learnt things to add to their knowledge.
Mother cat with her baby kitten was the first to arrive. Some of the children cuddled the cat and the kitten encouraging the others to try too. The surprising element was about the Mother Toddler kids (6 months to 1.6 months) as they adventured to hold the tiny kitten in their tiny hands.
Our faithful friend the dog entertained the children with his wagging tail and his not so scary bark. The children imitated him and did not need to know that ‘a dog barks’. Mr. Dog also had his food –the bone and the kids said it aloud, ‘The dog eats bone.’
The Bunny rabbit hopped its way in the school feeding on the lettuce leaves offered by the children.
Our next guest was the slow but steady tortoise! We all called him Tuk-Tuk tortoise and sang the rhyme:
Mein toh tuk tuk tortoise hoon
Mein toh dheere dheere chalta hoon...
Our children even after visiting the fish aquarium on a field trip were very delighted to have the fish in a fish bowl in the school.
Our kids turned out to be perfect hosts by talking continuously to the otherwise talkative parrot, as it was happily feasting on the guava and the red and green chillies offered by the children.
We were lucky enough to have all these experiences due to the sincere and voluntary efforts made by the "PRAYAS ENVIRONMENTAL TEAM" - a Surat based NGO that works towards the conservation and protection of environment and nature.How many of us would have had such a thrilling fun filing childhood!
We surely are as happy as our children to have such an on hand experience.
Our children are now as close to these pets as to human relation.
We are proud to have our children build a bond of friendly co existence with these PETS but more likely to be called FRIENDS.
3 comments:
Dear FOUNTAINHEAD Team, It was a great feeling to see the joy and astonishment mixed with excitement on faces of the kids. Thanks for the initiative to give us an opportunity to help you in the 'real learning'..! - Darshan Desai (Team PRAYAS darshan@prayas-india.org)
hello.... Fountainhead- its a vry nice and creative school n the teaching method adapted is quite innovative.. each n evry day is full of surprises while teaching to kids... its fun, enjoyment n willingness tht comes from inside which is not for the sake of teaching but to think like a child and upgrade urself more... each moment is a new moment for a teacher as well as a child... keep it up..... thnx
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