IMPORTANCE OF CURIOSITY IN PRESCHOOLS

Learning helps an individual grow, and humans are the best learners. We learn throughout our lives by exploring, observing and experiencing new things. Human nature is quite curious, and that’s why we have great scientists and mathematicians. The curiosity to know more, understand and try different things has made us evolve so much in years. 

Kids are the most curious of all; their curiosity is almost endless. They will bombard you with questions as they want to know more about the world and their surroundings. Curious kids learn better, and so teachers should encourage inquisiveness in their learning process. 

Eagerness to learn in preschool kids shows their thirst of seeking knowledge. If the questions asked by the kids are submerged in the classroom, it can hamper their learning and quite possibly, the student will not questions again. Hence, Vidhyashram, the top CBSE school in Jodhpur, focuses on teaching-learning methods used in classrooms and provides the facility to bloom the curious minds of young learners. 

Why Curiosity?

Questioning Allows Deep Learning

When students are curious to know more, it motivates them to learn. The motivation that comes from good grades or rewards is short-lived and fragile. When the students are allowed to follow their interest, it will ensure the continuity of exploration and learning

Curious People Exhibit Enhanced Cognitive Skills

Eager to know kids are better learners. The study shows that people who seek to gain new information and experiences learn better and faster. If inquisitiveness is encouraged from preschool, it can get into the habit of students and result in better grades in higher and middle schools. 

Curiosity and Classroom 

• Teachers play a significant role in helping students transform their questioning skills into learning by encouraging them, challenging them and keeping them actively engaged. 
  
• Interest about things is cultivated within classroom walls where with students, teachers are also curious, excited and involved in trying new things. It is a collaborative beginning of sharing ideas and asking questions to one another. 
  
• Fostering eagerness involves the exchange of voices and perspectives amongst the students in the classroom. It benefits all the students as everyone gets to know what others think. 
  
• The welcoming body language of the teachers encourages new questions, ideas and thoughts by the young learners. If teachers seem interested, they will feel free to ask questions and share their thoughts. 
  
• Inquisitive kids are very active, as they are intrigued by everything. They want to learn and know more about things and are often not satisfied with just the information provided. So, it is important for the teachers to carefully listen and answer patiently.
  
• Teachers often spark a conversation with students, which can turn the tables and give an opportunity to the kids to think, analyze and come up with their own viewpoints. 
  
• Teaching with a conversational tone, rather than a passive lecture, can incorporate a healthy teaching-learning process in the classroom. This will enable a conformable and judgement-free environment where kids can freely ask questions and spread curiosity among other students. 

The goal of Vidhyashram is to encourage innovation, creativity and authentic progress, and for a goal-oriented school, curiosity is a blessing. We as a team work towards promoting curiosity in the classroom from pre-schools, so children learn to take risks, make productive mistakes, try new things and learn deeply.