Correlation

Learn while you travel

Learning is always fun especially when it is while you are travelling. Travelling teaches many valuable things which we can apply in our work too. Below mentioned are few skills which I feel correlate at work and while you travel -

• Keep calm : Delayed flights / trains; least preferred hotel rooms, always-complaining passenger and so on teaches you how to keep cool and enjoy the trip. Being adaptable to situations and circumstances also helps in managing stress.
•  Time management:
  This is one of the most important skills that we learn especially while travelling with children. Advance research on the places to visit and their working / opening hours could help in saving lot of time.                                                                                         
  
• Visualization: When travelling with different groups of people, we learn how each individual thinks or feels about a place thus broadening our thinking too.
  
• Planning: Imagine, it’s your toddler’s lunch time and you are in the middle of a boat ride where there is no food available. Timely planning could have avoided this situation where the toddler could have been fed before getting onto the ride.
  
• Communication: It is very important to communicate in the right manner keeping in mind different cultures have different ways to interpret things. Always be a good listener to be able to communicate better while travelling.
  
• Appreciation : As we travel, we also learn about different cultures of different countries. We enjoy listening to and discovering their history. Appreciating the same will enable us to adapt to different cultures easily.
  
•  Make friends:
  Making friends with strangers while on travel helps in understanding their culture better by learning their language, tasting their local food and so on. It is so amazing to discover how every individual from every culture is so unique and different.
  
• Curiousness: The inquisitiveness to know about a place helps to improve our knowledge and enhances the cognitive skills too.
  
• Be adventurist: It is good to experiment new ideas and experience things out of the comfort zone.

No matter where and how you travel, you are always learning something useful. Similarly, whatever work/ job you do, learning from mistakes & developing new skills takes place on a regular basis.

On to a new journey

My journey from motherhood to a facilitator has been a fascinating one – because I enjoy sharing my knowledge with the younger ones. Being an inspiration to my little one has made me realize that I can make a difference in the lives of the learners. I truly believe in 21^st century learning which means all of us are learning at every stage.

          After completing my “Early Years in childhood” teaching course from a renowned institution, I decided to enter the Education World. During my journey, I learnt:

• Each day, each child brings with him an immense number of variables and possibilities.
• Lesson planning with class management is a must.
• Its absolutely OK to fail in the lessons that are planned.
• Every learner is different and unique.
• Always listen first.
• Age appropriate experiments are one of the best ways to understand and learn concepts.
• Sharing essential knowledge leads to a positive bond of communication.
• Connecting home and school makes us a great community of Learners.
• We inspire, mentor and support.
• With good co teachers, we also make new friends.

         Though it was a tough decision to take up a job which is filled with so many responsibilities, it gives immense happiness to know that the children have taken back something that they did not know before. The ability to share knowledge is a bit like a superpower.

Dedicated to all the mothers who decided to take this bold step of “being a working Parent.”