How to Make a Horse Drink Water?

Today we arranged our classrooms for the NCTE visit. The first class was by Maya ma'am. We discussed about the demerits of naturalism and started the topic, realism.

During Giby ma'am's class we discussed about the different ways to make a child ready to learn. She used the analogy of a horse for this. The question was 'How to Make a Horse Drink Water?'. The class had variety of interesting answers. One of them suggested to mix its favourite food in the water, then it'll drink as it eats the food. This can be applied in classroom as well. Make the class more lively to make chikdren interested in it. Another person suggested to use another horse as an example to show the horse how to drink water. This can be interpreted as the comparisons often teachers and parents make between students. This is not right and can affect the mental health of children badly. The right approach is to add salt to its favourite food which will make the horse thirsty.This is called the salt principle. This can be applied in classrooms as well. The teacher must add valuable knowledge as salt crystals in their favourite food which can be in the form of music, story etc making the children more interested in the class and understand the concepts better.

In the last hour we were divided into twelve clubs. I am part of the 'Creative Club' and 'Ek Bharath Sheshta Bharath'. Looking forward to club activities in this academic year.

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