Grandparents as Guest Teachers
Once a month a grandparent from the village teaches a lesson: seed saving, folk songs, old measuring units or how the village got its name.
Kavita RathodHeadmistress · Eklavya Model Residential SchoolOur residential school is far from the children's homes and the local community felt distant from the school. We invited grandparents to teach.
Each month one elder spends a morning with a class. So far children have learnt how to identify 14 local seeds, three harvest songs, the old measures (mutthi, pali, maan) and the oral history of nearby villages. Students prepare questions in advance and write up the session in the school newsletter.
The elders feel honoured, the children see their own culture inside the school, and social science finally has local examples. Attendance on guest days is the highest of the month.
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Log in to commentThis is so moving. Intergenerational learning at its best.