By wisdom a house is built, and through understanding it is established. (Bible)
Let’s understand the understanding.
Water: A very simple word. We and our kids might be reading, observing , studying it from the time they start understanding the world around them.
I wonder if we ever thought of the power of this single word in framing our kids future.
If today you ask your kids to write or speak a few lines on this topic, they will start thinking…...How many of them would be able to write or speak confidently? Tell them to draw, write or speak something on water.Try this activity with your kids.
Another activity you should try is ask your kid if they can provide a solution for solving water crisis or can think of minimizing water pollution around them. Don’t tell them the problem let them ask. Let them ask what is water pollution , let them ask what is water crises. This activity you can try with your 5 year old too.
(A note to parents as guide. We generally try to tell or teach about problems instead of asking them solutions. Asking for solutions is kind of reverse engineering where solution will lead to understand them problem better rather than we telling them what is the problem.
Don’t tell them what to write. Just guide them to recall what they have studied about it in Science, English and what they observe daily. Then see what they can write or speak. )
It's important to understand this activity in perspective. Here we are guiding our kids to consolidate their knowledge and hence their understanding.
Lot of careers are associated with water….just think of the list and believe me it would end up lasting at least two pages.
So it is very important to distinguish between the knowledge and learning. Although not possible with each and every topic, nevertheless we need to guide our kids to convert their learning and knowledge in understanding.
Please share your experience for this activity with us. (Let’s start trying things now).
You can send your child creativity as text images , or voice drawings ,or text. We will publish and share and let the creativity evolves. The beauty of this topic is that it's relevant for every age, a 2 yr old can draw pictures on it and a 10 year old can write an essay or a 15 year old can address a group of intellectuals (and a grown up like us can write a thesis may be.. Just kidding)
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