Albert Einstein said, “Never forget that science is exploring and exploring is fun”. Going by the spirit of what the great scientist has said, adults, be it parents or teachers must realize how important it is to inculcate scientific bent of mind at a young age in children.
Kids are nature scientists. We must teach the children to wonder and simulate their interest by just sharing curiosity. Instinctively children are eager to investigate the world around. We can do so by listening to their questions rather than ignoring them.
Children always wonder at something natural. I had a situation in one of my classes. At the middle school level a child stood up and asked whether I had seen a grasshopper eating leaves. I hesitated to answer. Nonetheless, he did not wait for an answer and said he ate leaves like that and had a stomach ache. It was my turn to learn valuable lesson from a child. I learnt about the overwhelming curiosity to experiment what they are taught theoretically and relearn it by themselves –A wonderful lesson a teacher learnt from a student. Sometimes we may not know the answers. We can as well say” I don’t know, but maybe we can find out”.
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