So soulful! Kids spark creative side, become more innovative amid lockdown
Deepkamal Kaur
Tribune News Service
Jalandhar, July 20
Locked in at home for four months as schools and educational institutions continue to remain shut, it has been hard for children to cope. But they have fashioned the times with their creative spark. Apart from having managed studies and boredom, many, notably, have accessed their creative side in such circumstances. They have developed the blue-sky thinking and are more innovative than ever.
Exploring their other side
- “We have done quite a few interesting things like raising a dog and a cat together. We have designed mobile phone covers, grown vegetables in the kitchen garden, made cement planters, renovated our old dressing table, penned poetry and designed a wall with colourful posters.” said Anmol from Apeejay College, and Aadil Bali from Innocent Hearts School
- “We have been attending webinars on various activities. We are taking bhangra classes from a Canada-based trainer and taking classes in art, drama and spoken English too and it really has been fun for us.” said Sartaaz and Geet Pannu from Cambridge International Co-Ed School
“From baking cakes to preparing puddings, penning poems, making sketches and doing video shoots at home, we have been keeping ourselves engrossed in many activities. We have tried several five-minute crafts and made many useful things at home.” said Kamya and Divyanshi Mehra from Swami Sant Dass School
“I always had interest in pursuing literature and wanted to write a lot of stuff in free time. I have all the time and am writing poems. I am even Instagramming them on page ‘Art is heaven’ and my friends too add their creations said Sanjivanie Bhalla from Hindu Kanya Collegiate School.
With so much time on their hands, the kids have been indulging in various activities. From baking cakes to making portraits with pencil shading, learning to do make-up, renovating old furniture, indulging in photography, trying their hand at foreign languages, classical dances, polishing their literary skills and trying new hacks that they learnt from ‘guru YouTube’, kids have shown the best of their abilities.
Jasmin Pannu, a blogger on parenting, says, “Kids certainly have become more creative owing to free time. But a lot depends on how parents guide them to use this time. There are a lot of opportunities for parents to train their children at home under international and Indian experts of reputation.” Attending webinars and being a member of Rotary Club, she often gets a chance to interact with more people. “And find new things for my son Sartaaz, who is in Class X, and daughter Geet, a Class VI student,” shares Pannu.
Sonia Chawla, a parent, has a word to say about how her daughter has dished out surprises. “Even though my elder daughter Kamya remains busy in her Class XI studies, she keeps surprising us with a new recipe every other day,” she tells. Her daughter has honed her skills in baking chocolate cakes and mango pudding. “While my younger daughter Divyanshi makes a video of her as she does cooking. Both of them are having a lot of fun even as we parents remain occupied with our office work,” Sonia adds.
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