Last
week during a dinner at one of my relatives place, I was just shocked to notice
few kids from the family aged 3, 5 and 6 singing and trying to copy the exact
movements of a famous dance numbers… Let me recall … yes!! “Yeh halkat jawani”
and “Pinky hai paise walo ki….”
I was
even more stunned when I saw parents clapping on their performance????? I was
about to recover from this shock and I learnt that they learned those steps and
song at their school. I was dumbfounded. These kids have been hearing this song
on TV almost every day and learnt it better from their classmates. The reason
being, their pre-school was making them perform on same song during their
Annual function!! Now, I don’t want to name those branded pre-school but what
kind of culture these pre-schools are incepting at the name of fun??? Away from
home, pre-school is the only place which has major impact on a child’s
psychology.
Years
ago, Gurukul was the source of education in our country. It was one of the most
vital aspects in building a child’s character. Learning and Knowledge linked
with concentration, sincerity, dedication and loads of hard work. But, times
changed and we started adapting concept of “Fun into learning” from West, who
said and believed it is ‘Fun to Learn”. However in our endeavor to learn from
the West, unfortunately we started copying their evils even in the education
arena. So, in India Fun to learn has converted into Fun and Learn.
Is balance missing
in your child?
The fun
part has to be included to make children expressive and multi-skilled which are
important too, yet most important aspect is to preserve the innocence of child.
I am a little disappointed to see that the balance is missing. Why can’t our
child enjoy the ramp walk on a nursery rhyme like “Twinkle Twinkle little star…
or humpty dumpty”? Something that has suitable lyrics and music for the little
ones.
Continuing this imbalance, Let’s
expect The high school students enjoying the beer parties!
Today’s Pre-Schools
are miserably failing to imbibe values in a child as it seems that Fun &
Learn have divorced each other. As a result of that, I was miffed at the above
incident and if this imbalance continues, I will not be surprised if we hear
stories of high school students enjoying beer parties in future? What are the
schools doing to our children? What kind of environment are we providing to our
little ones? Will we be able to preserve their innocence?
Did you as parent ever asked or thought about these
serious Questions before choosing a Pre- School for your little one?
Be a alert parent and carefully select your child’s
Pre School.
Shanti
Juniors, Yes We assure the balance! J
