4 skills my toddler developed during ganpati festival
There is silence in my society today, as the 7th day ganpati has bid adieu to us. I personally feel the festival has ended today since i cant hear the melodious bhajans, cannot participate in the aarti/puja, enjoy connecting with faces i did not know once and moreover be happy and lost in the spiritual, positive, vibrancy around me.
However, I am so happy and thankful to our society members who had organised to celebrate this festival. Because I never imagined my kid would come back home with so much of learning that i never planned or foresee it. Although BabyKJ took 1-2 days to adjust with the changes in the surrounding, he ultimately was just so happy and picked up skills during the ganpati festival
So without wasting much time, I am sharing 4 skills my toddler developed during ganpati festival
SOCIAL SKILLS
Kiaan has always been a mom’s baby. He always clings around me or sticks to me like glue. But attending and being part of this celebration he started communicating with others, playing with kids elder or similar to his age, started going to people whenever he felt like and interacting with everyone. Since a long time I waited to see this side of him and I was super happy about it
EMOTIONAL SKILLS
Happy environment acts as brain boosters for kids. They tend to pick up certain developmental skills and start to understand the true meaning of it . For example whenever Kiaan heard the aarti he use to clap and feel good about it. He use to dance with others on bhajans/ songs and hold his head with pride on his behavior.
LEARNING SKILLS
Kids learning pace fastens when they dwell in such positive environment. He now knows we need to say ganpati bappa moriya, pray by folding the hands together, take aarti with his hands, decorate bappa with good clothes and jewelery etc. These are small things but for a toddler the learning process happened within 7 days.
INTELLECTUAL SKILLS
The impact of this 7 days celebration has been so much running in his mind that whenever I cross a pandal or he sees an image of bappa on the streets he tells me “moriya” or “jai jai” etc. I would rather say his memory power has been boosted and he remembers and tries to interpret things he see.
This larger than life festival has improvised my toddlers behavior and enhanced his skills set. For those who participated in this festive occasion, I am sure you would too have noticed some positive development in your kids. Plz feel free to elaborate this pointers ans share your experience with me and others by commenting on this post. I would love to hear from you.
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Kids do learn as they observe around. And as a mother you noticed his new development keenly. My toddler was bowing at every pandal we crossed
Hey , this is so wonderful . You must be such a happy mom that Kiaan learned much in a festive surroundings , Learning naturally is always better than Classroom education . #MyFriendAlexa #SujatawdeReads
oh yes, specially after all that phase of not leaving me, this was blessing in disguise
Yes, its always a pleasure to see our kids grow and learn all by themselves.
That’s the power of our Indian tradition and culture. Happy to know that your son enjoyed and learnt from Ganapthy Birthday Celebration.
Good to see your little one has learned a lot.
Yes, kids ought to learn the skills you have mentioned. After all, humans are social animals and we can’t live without mingling with each other.
Such a sweet post. And picture is so beautiful.
Kids definitely imbibe things from the social environment around them. Every festival and interaction is a means of learning for a toddler. It is indeed important that children are exposed to celebrations from a an early age.
Yes its laying their foundation
First of all that Ganpati idol looks gorgeous. And it’s so amazing to read the skills that your son picked up!
thank you
Absloutely a positive attitude to observe your little one’s learning.
I agree upon this. Kids learn what they see and memorize so clearly.
It’s wonderful to see what one festival taught ur baby. Indian festivals have always been a learning experience. There is so much happening, so much to see, hear, learn. I wish we keep celebrating these festivals with all the traditions and rituals. #wordsmithkaurreads
Kids learn so much from what’s happening around them. These gatherings definitely improve the social skills of children and also lay ground for understanding religious beliefs.
That’s the effect our festivals have on kids. I don’t have kids of my own, but I remember as a kid myself, being a shy, introvert girl, it was during the Ganeshotsav that I used to go up on stage and despite the stage fear, dance in front of the audience. The environment in which kids are impresses upon them quite a lot of which they might not experience on a regular day.
I guess these are the best times to overcome the fear..
Similar experience with my toddler – he says ganpati bappa morya, even bits and pieces of the bhajans, learnt garba steps when kids were dancing to the dhol music and even participated and bagged a prize in fancy dress competition! Such a proud moment.
Its delightful to see kids learning through observation and experience.
I totally agree with what you have shared here. My 16 month old enjoys festivities and imitates every action we perform related to aarti and pooja. How much they observe is fabulous.
yes indeed .. it is fabulous way of learning
The idol looks very serene. I do agree that all these festivals are the building blocks to kid’s learning process. There are so many skills they learn. The participation in various performances is an added bonanza too as they also receive gifts in return.
yes that so true