How many legs do two chickens have?
2025-03-08 17:30:00
Manjola Lloja Bushati
And to show how well he had learned multiplication (hell, you know why multiplication has to be learned in first grade, but that's another topic) he called out without raising his hand: 8 teachers, 4 +4 = 8; 4 x 2 = 8.
The little one did it well, but with a small mistake, chickens don't have four legs, but 2🙈 He had simply never seen a chicken up close, except for an animated one. How would he know that they hadn't raised her to walk like a lady on high heels, like they did with the other characters?
Now seriously, are we going to take the situation a little bit into our own hands? Are we going to take these children out into nature?
Studies suggest that playing in nature helps children be more physically active, reducing the risk of obesity and related diseases and significantly strengthens the immune system through moderate exposure to microbes and vitamin D from the sun.
Walking in nature strengthens the body's balance and strength. From a social and psychological perspective, being in nature reduces stress and anxiety, helping to regulate emotions and improving concentration and attention.
Creative abilities and imagination find much more space in nature, for questions, curiosity, exploration.
Outdoor play helps children interact, share, work in groups, but also be more sensitive to the environment and its protection. Damn it, take those cell phones or tablets out of their hands. These arguments are backed up by science.
Are they enough to make us get up from the bar/couch and go out because we are also lucky enough to have endless beautiful days ahead?
But even if we didn't read any studies, wouldn't it be nice to go back a little to the time when we were little?
The house wasn't the place we ran to lock ourselves in, but where we went to run to get our bread so we could go out again, to play outside... I know there aren't many squares under the buildings anymore, I know there are very few spaces to play safely, I know that many things are not the same.
But I also know that going on vacation to a closed resort, taking them from one course to another (read from one class to another) by car, buying them cell phones or tablets, or leaving them alone in a room, locked in
20m², costs much more. And I'm not talking about the money. It's the physical and mental well-being of children at stake. The good thing is that their healthier future is a winner.
