Riddhi Deorah on making learning engaging for kids. She argues that tapping into natural curiosity, connecting lessons to meaningful goals, and praising effort over results keeps children motivated and learning effectively.
Hi, everyone. So let's start. So the idea is to sort of. It's going to be a short live for just 30 minutes, and I'll be taking a few parenting questions, which I've already received. If you have any other questions, please put it in the comments and in the chat box. And I'll try to take a few questions. I might not be able to take all, but I'm going to try and take as many as I can. Hi, Karima. And so nice to catch up, live and see everyone. Yes. Okay, so let me take a few questions, which will also be your questions, because these are questions that have come from mothers. So, of course, you know, somebody's question could also be your questions. So the first question that I have for you is that how to make learning interesting for kids. And this is a very nice question. And what I like the most about the question is the way that the question has been structured. So, so, you know, there she's not asking that, you know, my. She's not saying that my child doesn't want to learn or my child is slow learner, or she's asking a good question that how can I make learning fun for kids? So the first thing that we need to understand is that every child wants to learn. Sometimes we feel that, you know, my child doesn't want to learn, my child doesn't want to study, or my child is not learning at the pace that my child should be learning. But it's very important to understand that every child wants to learn. That's the first thing. They might not always want to learn what we want them to learn, but they always want to learn. And they are very curious. Now, when you know that they want to learn. Now you also have to trust them that, you know, my child is learning at the pace at my. At the pace at which my child should be learning, My child wants to learn, my child wants to behave well, because what you think will start to reflect in their behavior. So you win half the battle by thinking the right thoughts about your child till the time you're complaining, you're focusing on the wrong behavior. And that's what our brain is trained to do. To focus on the negative or to focus on the wrong. And if you continue to focus, so sometimes, you know, you might just tell your child that, right? Or do math. But now your child is not understanding why your child is doing what your child is doing. So it's very important for you to link it to a bigger purpose. So let's say your child wants to become a pilot and your child tells you that he or she wants to become a pilot. So then you must tell your child that, okay, if you want to become a pilot, it's very important for you to know basic maths so that you can calculate the wind speed, you can calculate the speed of your aircraft. So just for that you need to learn math. So now every time your child is doing math, your child is linking it to a bigger purpose that you know. Now I want to become a pilot, so that's why I'm having to do math. So this will give them a reason why they should do what they are doing. So just like that, for everything, you want to give them a reason that's very important. And the next thing is that do not expect your child to be good at everything. You know, this is like a recipe for disaster. Because when you are putting pressure on them for being good at everything, what happens is they end up being average at most things. So you want to notice what is your child good at, what is your child showing interest in? And you want to encourage more of that. When you do that, you're actually supporting your child. You're also bringing out the best in your child. And when you do that, your child's self esteem and self confidence will go up. And when the confidence starts to go up, they start to perform better in all the areas. So they'll start performing and showing interest in other areas also when their confidence goes up. But if their confidence is very low and if you're over correcting your child, then your child will feel underconfident. And even if your child could be good at something now, your child will struggle to perform. So it's very important that you just try to bring out the best in your child by focusing on what they are truly genuinely interested in. That's also very important. So if you take care of all of these factors, creating an environment, focusing on what they're interested in, you know, focusing on what they are good at, not forcing them to be good at everything. And also one other important thing is that focus on the process and the effort. Do not focus on the outcome. That is so important. Because if you're focusing on the outcome, then again, you know, you're putting too much pressure on them and they might feel scared to experiment, they might feel scared to try. I'll give you a small example which will help you understand this better. So let's say, you know, I ask you to draw something for me and you draw it and you give it to me and I tell you, you know, this is not. Let me, let me pick somebody. And this is just for example, sake. So let's say if I just ask Neha to draw something for me and she draws it and she puts in her effort and everything, and she gives it to me and.
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