Our Pre- Nursery & Playgroup session has just started. A fortnight has passed and yet everyday, their bags have gone home pretty much empty.
If our parents didn’t know us well, they might think that their child isn’t learning anything.
The reason why the bags are empty is, that it’s extremely hard to send home anything that they are learning as what they have learnt is far too big to fit in their bags.
How do we send home that the children have learnt to stay for 5 minutes on the learning center? How do we send home that the children are exploring new food? We can’t send home how the children are getting more comfortable and confident in our daily routines every single day.
How do we send home how the child learnt to wait for his/her turn? How do we send home how the child learnt how to use a shovel while sand play? However, we are surely sending home some dirty t-shirts which have food stains to remind you that they are becoming independent eaters. We are sending home some sand particles that got hidden in their pockets while sand play.
We are surely sending home some dance steps children learnt this week and some rhymes that being sung in the class.
Surely, if you looked inside their bags, it would seem like kids haven’t been learning but if you look outside, you will see cooperation, friendship, independence, discovery, testing, questioning, trial and error, confidence, exploration, and play. And believe us, that is our real learning!!
-Divya Joshi
