The Sun birds are regal visitors to our garden.
The arrival, feeding nectar and departure to the next site have a pattern the the Sunbird follows by habit.
It flies directly to the flowers and lifts the body with outstretched wings at end of feeding to move to the next site. This is almost like a ritual.
When nectar is not enough it would turn to catching the insects crawling on the branches of a tree.
The way a Sunbird finds and swallows an insect as seen in the photos above also happen in a planned manner.
They are learned behaviours!
Yesterday when I listened to a family during an on line conversation, I felt enthused by what a mother does to her five year old child, who is still learning to attend to self-care needs on his own. The feeding time is difficult as the child avoids to sit and eat on his own. The mother with patience and creative planning made the feeding time a story time and singing time! This conditioning habit seemed to help !
What was evident in this engagement of the mother was to foster a comfortable way and avoid confrontation.
This mother uses pictures of birds from children's books, while feeding to engage the child. The child is fond of birds and their movements.
A sunbird has a planned and orderly way! It got introduced to them.
A child can also be introduced to an orderly way of behaviour when it is introduced intentionally to develop that into a habit and pattern!
The early childhood education in the first five years involves effortful engagement by parents to introduce desirable behaviours to children!
M.C.Mathew(text and photo)
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