Imagine, Aarohi, A learning community where learning is the core purpose of all action that happens. Since the whole world is our curriculum, whatever the child decides to do – a chore, a project, skill development, a campus responsibility or job or working on one’s interest – everything is for the purpose of learning.
Similarly, traveling is also designed to offer value addition to a child’s learning. Every opportunity, each moment is designed keeping in mind that each interaction is a source of learning.
A trip to Rameshwaram brought an opportunity to question – What is the purpose? How to make it a learning opportunity? What are the options?
A thought – If have one vague objective (see the fish) then we have that much-limited learning opportunity, How about having multiple objectives?
A session to ponder – what all different objectives one can think of?
Like to tell stories – Looking for stories
Like to write – Writing about the experience – sky, sea, fish, sea creatures
Like to draw – Draw the various experiences, Draw in detail
Like to make movies – Capture moments in short movies
Like to talk to people – Interview/ interact with people
AND
Fishing, Sitting on the seashore, swimming, snorkeling, singing fish songs
Observing
Analyze – sizes, behavior, features
Sketch
Research
Searching more
Interact with Marine life and self-time
And the journey yet to begin!