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LIFE ENRICHMENT 7: ENHANCING COMMUNICATION SKILLS IN CHILDREN

LIFE ENRICHMENT 7: ENHANCING COMMUNICATION SKILLS IN CHILDREN

CHILDREN EXCEL IN COMMUNICATION WHEN YOU LISTEN

by P S Sundar

Coonoor:   Encouraging children to narrate actual happenings from their life will sharpen their communication and observation skills.

This was demonstrated by Think Tank Management Resources Group (MARG-TT) in Coonoor on Sunday.

Eleven year old Rohan Gupta, sixth standard student of Riverside Public School, Kotagiri, kept listeners spellbound with excellent narration of his school tour to Andaman using some photos but without any notes.  The whole exercise was impromptu as he had no clue that he had to brief and the ambience was informal and homely.

Sitting on a sofa, he gave a broad description of Veer Savarkar’s imprisonment and suffering in the cellular jail, the highlight of light and sound show, the exhibits at Samudrika Marine and Anthropological Museum and Jarawa Tribe’s lifestyle, experience of water sports besides features of Havelock Island, Radha Nagar Beach, Neil Island, Elephant Beach, Baratang Island.  And, there was long description about the food -- what was available, what wasn't, what he liked, what he didn't and how it was different to his normal food.

“This arose when he realised that he has good listeners.  Children excel in communication when they are guided on proper words and body language”, MARG-TT co-ordinator Shyamala said.

These photos I had taken of Rohan engrossed in describing his school tour to Andaman...