Anna and I placed a root of a tree in our lawn, below which we kept a water bath. Since then we have birds coming for their drink. A small provision, but valuable for some birds who normally live around gardens.
A small provision which parents can make for their pre-school child is a Child's Corner at home.
A child's corner consists of exploratory toys, books, art materials, colour pencils, soft toys for make belief play, and a Bulletin board to display drawings and pictures which a child might would create.
Let me a share a video link for parents look and get an idea about a Child's corner at home:
https://youtu.be/1e/ONrsUbwkA
The above video was edited and uploaded by Ms Shalini Shaji when she worked at the Developmental Paediatrics Unit at MOSC Medical College.
A Child's Corner would help a pre-school child in five different ways:
It creates a physical space for a child to consider it as his own with a child's table and chair along with a cupboard. This gives him or her a sense of belonging.
The Child's corner becomes an activity corner where a pre-school child spends his or her time. The older siblings also share this corner for group activities.
It is a corner to which parents also come to engage a pre-school child in play. The parent-child interaction takes place regularly as parents create time for interactive play.
Most pre-school children require a physical space to come back to and feel comfortable to be surrounded by interests that he or she is fond of. The rest of the house is often designed to meet the utilitarian needs of the family.
The pre-school children get used to a routine from early childhood to play and work on their own space, which gives them a sense of stewardship. They grow up being responsible to things that they have.
A Child's Corner is a space where a child expresses his or her identity!
A bird bath is a place a where a bird comes to routinely.
M.C.Mathew(text and photo)
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