understanding children through their creations
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Understanding Children Understanding Children through their Creations through their Creations
"The teacher whose child within has become like dead wood is not qualified to take responsibility of children. There ought to be not only closeness but also identity and mental similitude, otherwise there cannot be any exchange between the two .... The eternal child in a born teacher comes out in the open at the first call of the children.”
Rabindranath Tagore
Exploring the Exploring the Perceptual Perceptual
World of the World of the ChildChild
The Growing ChildThe Growing Child• What Sources Can we use to
understand the Growing Child – her emotions, capabilities and so on?
The Growing ChildThe Growing Child• Understand the Children by Exploring
their unique perceptual world • In other words, Every Child has his or
her own unique personal life space – Exploring this holds the key to proper understanding
How do we explore?How do we explore?• Child’s creations are the best source
for Exploring their World, their Perceptions and Emotions – what they talk what they draw,
what they play and play with, stories and characters they play-act
– In many ways, Creations of a Child mirror his or her personality
The Growing ChildThe Growing Child• Emotions and capabilities are not
static or finished goods• Let us remember that we are
DEALING WITH A GROWING CHILD – emotions and capabilities are also evolving with age and environment
MY SELF -5 YRS. MY MY SELF -5 YRS. MY SELF-4 YRS. SELF-4 YRS.
Personal Life Space to Social Personal Life Space to Social Life SpaceLife Space
• Need not be the social space that we draw around them
• Social space has its own hierarchy – mother, father, grand parents, other adults, siblings, neighbours, even pets, and so on
• It is Originally Constructed by Every Child – not given by the adult world
• Influence of media – fantasy world and the real world in the life of the Child
Moving from Physical Moving from Physical Description to Behavioural Description to Behavioural
manifestationmanifestation• The statements like “I
can jump”, I can dance, I can wear my clothes, become part of their self concept
• As children grow, these descriptions become more complex
Personal Life Space to Social Personal Life Space to Social Life SpaceLife Space
• With Growth and Development the personal life space of the Child Expands
• Becomes Complex by Incorporating Other’s Perspectives through Interaction, Emulation and Learning
• Leads to Creation of Unique Social Space by Every Child
Evolution of the Social SelfEvolution of the Social SelfHow others perceive gets
incorporated• Views, comments,
statements by significant people at home
• Comments like, ‘you are smart, you are clumsy, ‘oh it is wonderful, you can do it!, Why cannot you do it properly?
• Expansion of child’s world as he/she grows. Learns, to express feelings and ideas, social world of the child expands, learns to make friends, shares, and co-operates with others.
Framework for Analyzing Framework for Analyzing the Child’s Creationthe Child’s Creation
• Recognize that Each Child is a Unique Individual– All children of a particular age share certain
common characteristics but each child is still unique and different.
• Identify and Tap Potential in Children – Every child has a natural urge to develop
one’s own hidden potential and talent. – Satisfaction/deprivation of needs affect
growth and development of children
Framework for Analyzing Framework for Analyzing the Child’s Creationthe Child’s Creation
• Create an Environment of Trust– Accept children with their strength and
limitations– Environment of trust develop them into
secured and confident individuals. – Pleasant childhood experiences help
them to develop positive concept of self
Framework for Analyzing Framework for Analyzing the Child’s Creationthe Child’s Creation
• Age and Stage Appropriate tasks create a Sense of Achievement – Every child has to go through different
stages of development– Rate of development may be different
but sequence remains largely the same. – Match your expectation with their age
and stage of development
Framework for Analyzing Framework for Analyzing the Child’s Creationthe Child’s Creation
• Freedom – A Precondition– Freedom to explore, freedom to express,
freedom to think, freedom to act, freedom to create.
– We cannot park our ideas in the child’s mind– Freedom to explore and fear do not go
together– Freedom to explore cannot be
compartmentalised
Summing Up …Summing Up …
“Child as a natural explorer” and “Freedom to explore as a major educational strategy” as central themes in early childhood education programme
“Free Exploration” is the heart of ‘Building Creative Spaces for Children’