Home learning activity
HOME activities for children have become a norm since the COVID-19 restrictions and it’s wonderful to see that children from around the country are taking the opportunity to learn more from the comfort of their homes.
Children from Wailevu Settlement in Naiserelagi Village in Saivou, Ra are the perfect example of this.
The children have taken up the effort to participate in extra learning activities like weaving, farming, art and craft, construction and carpentry while staying at home during the pandemic.
Parents, Peni Matea Tikomailepanoni and Seruwaia Rokara Tikomailepanoni believe that engaging children in exciting activities daily is a healthy practice that keeps children excited and interested in learning new things.
Mr Tikomailepanoni
said after COVID-19, activities were organised for the children.
The activities are planned in advance, so the children don’t run out of activities to do in a week.
He said the children have their art and craft sessions where they tap into their creativity and weaving sessions where children learn something traditional.
There are frequent visits around the cattle farm where they learn how damaged fences and posts are fixed and replaced.
He said the children also learn farming, which is an important source of livelihood for the family.
The children learn farming from their grandfather Semi Rokara who teaches them about root crop and vegetable farming.
With construction work being carried out at home, the children also learn a bit of construction and carpentry work.
The activities keep the children engaged apart from their school worksheet activities daily.
At Naiserelagi Village, siblings Kelevi and Merelita Radaroro also do a bit of farming and sell their produce to villagers.
These children attend Madhuvani Primary School and Navunibitu Catholic School in Ra.