siliconindia | | November 202119but also about life skills. Experiential teaching and learning lead many minds to come up with ideas and strategies to solve the problem, lead a team, be empathetic to people and other living things around you. This kind of learning is certainly not restricted to a right or wrong way; it's a unique way of doing things that instill a sense of pride in the learner and the teacher.No two children are alike, every child is special. So how can the learning abilities be the same for everyone? Every child is able to do tasks at a different time; it could differ for weeks or months. Teaching should be differentiated to meet specific goals based on the specific needs of the learner. Differentiation helps to push the learner to his or her best, and can be with instructions, level of thinking and materials. When materials and instructions are best suited for the child it brings the best in them. They are challenged and engaged in a task. For example, a child who finds adding single-digit numbers a cakewalk will certainly be bored in class where everybody is doing single-digit numbers. However, differentiation can help to create a challenge for the young one, if addition is with doubled numbers. This kind of differentiation will challenge the child and keep him interested and engaged for the class. Differentiation also helps to keep our expectations in check and therefore give children time and nurture them to grow and develop, socially and cognitively at their own pace. While learning to develop fine motor skills, differentiated material helps children to stay on the task and develop their hand muscles. Using pencils that have a grip to hold on to, it eases the pressure to write, clay molding activities, or just paper tearing, materials, and instructions when differentiated bring the best in a child's overall growth and development.If children learn differently, they surely have different ways to express themselves. Not necessary all will draw and color, one might sing, other may write or may paint. A child has a hundred ways to express, so let's not take away ninety-nine! Loris Malaguzzi, the founder of the Reggio Approach, describes "infinite ways that children can express, explore, and connect their thoughts, feelings, and imaginings". The poem hundred languages of children by Loris Malaguzzi, The child has a hundred languagesA hundred handsA hundred thoughtsA hundred ways of thinkingOf playing, of speaking. A hundred always a hundred.Every teacher must make learning experiential and differentiated for children, as the children learn best with play-way method and discovery. Hence, Walt Disney rightly said, "It's kind of fun to do the impossible". So, as a teacher its my effort to bring some magic in my class leaving the young minds spellbound with the creative opportunities that lie ahead of them. Experiential Teaching & Learning lead many minds to come-up with ideas and strategies to solve the problem, lead a team, and be empathetic to people & other living things around you
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