I was invited to witness a fancy dress presentation, yesterday of the Montessori pre-school in the campus. I found all the children in interesting roles.
This girl in Mother Teresa’s attire captured my attention. Her parents had trained her to walk like the mother. It was an effort to get the costume and make her act like the mother.
Once someone told me that, the fancy dress is more than a role play or wearing a costume. It is getting into the role of the person.
It looks like that every thing in life has an obvious meaning and a deeper meaning.
One parent told me yesterday that their child refused to take on many roles they proposed. He made the choice himself and the parents were most happy about it.
One child with whom I had a brief conversation told me that, he enjoyed making things with his hand and that is why he chose to act like a carpenter.
There is a thought or desire which children express even at this young age. Children think, explore and choose. They are exposed to a variety of informations that they too think and consider many issues.
This calls for considerable healthy investment into their lives. It is through make-belief play we can influence pre-school children. They can also be influenced by good bed time pictorial stories. They would find the stories from the childhood of parents equally interesting.
What they shall become personally or professionally is not just decided at the time of school leaving. The pre-school children are already fantasising and we need to stay close to them to get them to think and pursue a purposeful way, compatible with their skills and instincts.
M.C.Mathew(text and photo)
This girl in Mother Teresa’s attire captured my attention. Her parents had trained her to walk like the mother. It was an effort to get the costume and make her act like the mother.
Once someone told me that, the fancy dress is more than a role play or wearing a costume. It is getting into the role of the person.
It looks like that every thing in life has an obvious meaning and a deeper meaning.
One parent told me yesterday that their child refused to take on many roles they proposed. He made the choice himself and the parents were most happy about it.
One child with whom I had a brief conversation told me that, he enjoyed making things with his hand and that is why he chose to act like a carpenter.
There is a thought or desire which children express even at this young age. Children think, explore and choose. They are exposed to a variety of informations that they too think and consider many issues.
This calls for considerable healthy investment into their lives. It is through make-belief play we can influence pre-school children. They can also be influenced by good bed time pictorial stories. They would find the stories from the childhood of parents equally interesting.
What they shall become personally or professionally is not just decided at the time of school leaving. The pre-school children are already fantasising and we need to stay close to them to get them to think and pursue a purposeful way, compatible with their skills and instincts.
M.C.Mathew(text and photo)
Thought provoking and educative ! Thank you
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