Then I put them into small groups and they have to talk about the picture and remember it. I will then sing a song about the picture and they all have to learn and sing it with me. I might also act out a story of some birds and get the class to copy bird gestures and act with me. Furthermore this would lead to more fact finding questions about what birds eat, how they fly and how they make their nests and so on. One of the favourite pass times of the children is writing on the blackboard, the lower section of the classroom wall which is painted.
Many children together can draw pictures.
Through such activity based teaching, Shikha has realised that children will learn more quickly when they have inspiration and individual attention. She now believes that all children love to learn. It is an automatic process for them. They have a natural inquisitiveness. Teaching them then becomes a pleasure and joyful.