Prabodh Raj Chandol
Member-Secretary
Ped Panchayat
Mob: 9873002562
Role of Trees in Life of Children
The learning process of all the living beings starts with
their birth and continues till the end of their lives. This process among the
children of humans differs from the other living beings because human being
start observing, thinking, communicating by language, forming opinion, plans
and ideas and implementing those in a systematic manner by analyzing the things
before doing what they see in their surroundings. The most perfect age of
Children for the development of their intelligence is between 3 to 6. The
children of this age require the special attention of their parents because
they start analyzing all the things they see in their surroundings. The
children of this age often raise questions to their parents and sometimes
parents even found themselves handicap in answering the children’s queries. Today
children’s world has confined to computer, TV, mobile and videogames. Playing
in the ground has become limited to the children who belong to poor families.
There is need to change this situation by coming back to the older time when
the parents used to allow their children to work with them together to teach
them life’s basics. Although clearing capacity of each child differ because of
age, family and social conditions etc. but in an atmosphere of presenting the
things in meaningful manner is the best way to teach children. While working
with other people in a friendly way they were allowed to draw their own
conclusions subject to rectify them wherever necessary. In such situations
parents used to be very flexible while guiding the children to adopt their life
style. For coming back to that situation we will have to turn off the computer,
TV and video games to divert the attention of our children to the different
world.
Plantation and gardening with children is one of the best
ways of teaching children. Trees are our best friends and they play very
important role in our life. They give us timber which we use in making houses,
train compartments, huts, boxes, furniture, carts, agricultural tools etc.,
they gives us food, gum and medicine, we are alive because we get oxygen from
them. Trees control pollution and absorb carbon dioxide, they improve our
environment, make our land green and beautiful, provide us flowers and make us
healthy. Spending time with trees, sitting under them and talking with them
release our mental tension and stress and rejuvenate our energy . They cause
rainfalls, protect water bodies and maintain ground water level. They prevent
floods and drought.
The plantation and gardening play an important role to improve
the personality of children physically, mentally and spiritually. During doing
plantation the children work together, laugh, learn, play and help each other which
develop a unique and impressive character among them.
Planting tree saplings or seedlings
involve lot of physical movements like digging holes, activity for keeping
stones and twigs away from soil, planting seedling, covering plant roots with
soil and watering plants etc. Using tools like hoes, secateurs, pickaxe,
trowel, spade, shower and shovels etc increases physical movements of children
and makes their muscles and body strong. Brain development and formation of
learning capabilities depends on physical condition of a child.
Every child has genius potential and
requires right direction of education to develop child’s potential it has. Physical
growth takes places because of brain development and this is also true
contrarily that physical development stimulates mental development of a child. The
activity of planting trees increases learning capacities of children because
body and brain work together in this activity. They come to know about the
nature and its creations in shape of different type of vegetations i.e. about
the plants which are useful and contain medicinal values or the plants and
trees which are food provider not only to human being but other living beings
too. Similarly they come to know about the importance of trees and plants in
this world. Children love to explore the unknown so they learn to identify about
the different plant species, their family including the species of dangerous or
poisonous plants. It is must to keep all plants out of the reach of small
children or pets.
We become personally attached to the
tree we plant or that we see every day. Many people may have many childhood
memories of their lives related to trees and plants. Everyone reacts with
pleasant, relaxed and comfortable feeling in the presence of trees. Trees
provide us oxygen that makes us surviving on this earth. They have wide variety
of uses in our life but in turn they never ask us to do something special for
them. They teach us to live in harsh conditions, keep patience and provide
selfless services to others.
My dear all children, trees are our
true friends and we must take a pledge to plant and protect them. I will
suggest you to get ready and plant a tree every year at least on your each
birthday. I assure you that by doing this you will feel a sense of satisfaction
and live peacefully by facing all the hurdles in your life.
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