Today at dream a dream, the children from Ananya gave a decent presentation, an output of the 202 program we did with then with the Enable Child Foundation.
After a group of 2 children gave a presentation on the Olympics, the director of Ananya asked the children why they had chosen the particular background for the presentation. The children didnt have an answer, which got me thinking if it was my mistake for not having told them that the picture they had chosen didnt really represent the Olymics clearly. But what i was definitely proud of was that I had not medled with their product, it was as they had created it.
One of the biggest conflict when it come to teaching children is deciding to what extent you let the them experiment and to what extent you keep them within the requirement of a particular class to get to a desired result.
Another important aspect is the intellectual capacity, the mood and the inclination of the children. It is easy to deal with a bunch of kids who are at par in these things, but more often than not every child has a very different mind of his own. You tell them to research about the Great Wall of China, but rest assured after a minute you'll find them researching their favorite movie star, the likes of Kamal Hasan and Ganesh here in the south.
One of the best things about these courses is that over a period of the 3 weeks you develop a bonding with these children, some of them are soooo cute, some so inquisitive, some so mischievious.
Teaching children is a big challenge as its amazingly difficult to hold on to their attention and everyday is a new learning in terms of discovering myselfand in learning about the world of children.
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