Day before, Aditi-Ratnesh Mathur and Venugopal Maddukuri had to leave in a hurry. Lunch was half done and many things were happenning. There was no vehicle either, so me and kids had to manage on our own. I was wondering - Aditi ne kaise manage kiya. Initially I was waiting for the kids to come. That was leaving me challenged with so many things to do. Then I shared with children, sat in circle and we discussed responsibilities and how they can help. One child said, if there was a clock which would announce who would announce what needs to be done and by whom ( I am understanding it NOW as to remind without being emotional about it), one more child said if there was a robot which would do all the work and so on. After sometime, I realised that if I am clear what my expectations are and I communicate clearly, then we are able to work it out. Then we started having more discussions and more circle times and I realised that if I give option, they understand that there is an option, if I dont give option then they understand that as well. If I crib and complain, their response is in one way, If I ask with clarity, their response is different
Friday, April 20, 2012
Day before, Aditi-Ratnesh Mathur and Venugopal Maddukuri had to leave in a hurry. Lunch was half done and many things were happenning. There was no vehicle either, so me and kids had to manage on our own. I was wondering - Aditi ne kaise manage kiya. Initially I was waiting for the kids to come. That was leaving me challenged with so many things to do. Then I shared with children, sat in circle and we discussed responsibilities and how they can help. One child said, if there was a clock which would announce who would announce what needs to be done and by whom ( I am understanding it NOW as to remind without being emotional about it), one more child said if there was a robot which would do all the work and so on. After sometime, I realised that if I am clear what my expectations are and I communicate clearly, then we are able to work it out. Then we started having more discussions and more circle times and I realised that if I give option, they understand that there is an option, if I dont give option then they understand that as well. If I crib and complain, their response is in one way, If I ask with clarity, their response is different
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