A school trip to the zoo is not solely an educational experience.
Our teachers - facilitators, guides, directors - need to become critically attentive to the deeper relation of preschool experience to the whole child and society and environment, all together in a holistic framework. Sadly, the above rhyme is not the only troubling content that our children get exposed to everyday in thousands of preschools (and homes) across the country.Īnd the problem is not limited to rhymes and stories, or one language. They keenly engage with them, relate to their characters and situations, develop mental categories and cultural sensibilities, and try to imagine their world through them. Yet it may only take a moment of pause and a reflective look to see problems with what actually is a glorification of baby hunting.Ĭhildren at preschool age do not just listen to a story or sing a rhyme or learn their vocabulary. The vocabulary level is also appropriate for nursery age, and children know the characters and can understand the actions. We recall its jovial tone and celebration of a family working in cooperation and enjoying their time.
The dad does the catching, the sister does the cutting, the mom does the cooking and together all family members relish eating that poor newborn.Ī horror story is not how many of us remember this rhyme. In this rhyme a newborn fish is hunted by a human family. Most of us are familiar with the popular Urdu nursery rhyme, Machli Ka Bacha (The Baby Fish).
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