He can be anyone he wishes to but that is not my point, my point is that Educational Kits and puzzles do improve the cognitive development of any child, and that is as important for an aspiring artist as is for a science and math enthusiast. Its like saying a child playing with clay and making something will be a potter someday. We have to give equal attention to these questions as well!Įducational DIY kits and Rubik's cubes are not just for nerds: Most of us have a misconception that all these STEM kits out there and the fancy puzzle toys are just for geeks and nerdy kids especially those who want to take science as majors. Just to end the conversation, we somehow give a silly answer to his "not so silly" question. But we do not bother to give the same attention when they ask "Why is this Burger bad for me?". We immediately take them to hospital, take the best care knowing that kids have a little less immunity. From my 3+ years of experience in this sector, here is what I think that can be done to make sure the curiosity never ends:Įqual attention to "Why?How?": As parents and adults, we generally tend to be very attentive and caring when a kid says "Look it's hurting here, I fell from cycle". What is it that as Educators we can do that our next generation will have a different opinion about this. Almost 95% of people gave the answer as "Yes, ofcouse". I did a little survey in the office by simply asking people "Are kids more curious than adults?". Now just imagine that you have to still complete the book, this is the "Education system" no wonder students don't like it.īut enough of problems, let us discuss what can we as Educators, Companies and Organizations do something about it. Suppose you do not like chapter 1 you will eventually loose interest and shut the book. It's good when they say that "do not judge book by its cover", but you will start judging it by chapter 1, right. And this is what I think when we say the child is no longer curious. Eventually he will stop asking questions. Suppose this activity repeats for about a 100 times, the kid will have a get an impression that there is no point of asking questions. Now just imagine a situation where a child asks a lot of questions (obviously he has got to the step 1), but either there is no one on the other step to guide him or someone misguides him. The more curious I am about knowing that topic, the more I will be engaged in the process of learning.We can even say that curiously is the step 1 of learning. So when we say that kids are born curious, then what is that we do that makes them less curious over the period of time.Īccording to me, the curiosity acts as a fuel to the process of learning. Here is what comes when you google curiosity:Īs mentioned above, by definition Curiosity is a strong desire to know or learn something. For those who are a little "content" driven, let me warn in the very beginning that this blog is not rich in "informative content", it is more of my thoughts on "Why do kids loose their curiosity?" This very thought made me dig deep into this and write this blog. Wouldn't they be asking a lot of questions there? Amidst these thoughts I sort of realized that most of the kids are curious initially, but somehow end up being the victims of education system and sort of loose on their curiosity. That is the place where they learn all the new things. So, I thought to make sure that Curiosity (or the questions) never ends, one simply has to experience new things, right? But is the world that simple, well simply not 😂 ! If experiencing something "new" was the only criteria, wouldn't kids be the happiest in schools.
But if I see an alien today, I would be curious to know all about that creature and will have a ton of questions. This could be the reason why kids are curious and ask questions, like today I would not be fascinated by seeing a rainbow because I have seen it a hundred times, but a kid who is seeing it for the very first time would be excited to another level. Kids are born learners, with a natural curiosity to figure out how the world works. One of the reason that came to my mind while I was researching about this topic was that, most of the things kids experience for the first time. Maa, Why the moon is round, How will I grow tall soon.What is this thing.Look what I found.Why do I have to brush my teeth twice and what not. Kids are always curious, aren't they? Asking a lot of "silly" questions is their thing.
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