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March and April are the summer months in India. This is the time when parents look for the best schools for their children. This adds tension to the already stressful sunny days. There are so many schools, methods, and institutions, but ‘which one is good for my child’ is a common question among parents. Along with this, the question ‘what is the right age to start schooling for their children arises.
little worms in the sand intensely; a school that has low steps, suitable gates, doors and windows convenient for them to operate.
Philosophy of education is a branch of philosophy that addresses philosophical questions concerning education’s nature, aims, and problems.
Movement distinguishes living beings from non-living things, plants from animals and animals from human beings. In plants, movement results in flowers and fruits. While plants are incapable of moving from one place to another, animals move across the place. Each animal is born with its own perfected unique movement like swimming, climbing, running, slithering, crawling, leaping. These movements are not found in the human being at birth.
Montessori is gaining popularity. Most of the Parents are aware of the Montessori method and have a reasonable amount of knowledge. Unfortunately, most of this knowledge is merely a misconception. The three main misconceptions surround the Montessori method.
Those who got educated in English came to know about their own culture and realised the necessity of imbibing its spirit through the knowledge of English. One among these is Raja Rammohan Roy. From his letter, we come to know that there was some amount of money issued for the education of Indians. Governor William Pitt decided to use that money for some other purpose other than education. The same thing is mentioned in Macaulay’s Minutes of 1835.
We use counting in our day to day life. We count the number of idlies we eat, the number of glasses of water we drink. We count the money to buy chocolate in the shop. We count the number of eggs the hen laid. We count the number of books to take to school. We count the number of kilometres to reach the city. We use counting so much that we take it for granted. We forget that the method of counting we use today has to be invented. It took many centuries for counting to reach the present form.
Counting is an essential part of our life. Our day begins with counting and ends with counting. We count the number of apples we eat and litres of milk we buy. We count the money to buy chocolate and kilometres we need travel to reach the city.
Every parent looks forward to the day when the child is dressed up in that cute school uniform, with tiny little shoes and a fancy snack basket in hand. Every parent is anxious whether the child adjusts to the school, starts crying, is punished by the teacher or is bullied by other children. This anxiousness is completely normal. This very emotion in the parents protects the offspring. It is similar to the instinct in animals which protect their babies fiercely.
Have you ever wondered why some people are poor, some are rich, some are healthy, and some are sick; some are lucky, fortunate and happy while others appear unfortunate, unlucky and sad? The answer to all these questions lies in the Karma we have accumulated.
