Allow children to improve their five senses.

How can anyone know the results of any attempt before hand. Nobody can foretell the future. So, we will never know what tomorrow may bring. However, if we never gather the courage to try, we can never know whither such a move may lead us. Therefore, to strive for the best possible, there is no alternative but to go for it.

However, sometimes we have to experience failure before success comes. Knowing this, we should look upon any failure as just an indication that out talents are best put in another field or sphere. With that we know ourselves better, We understand better where our chances for success lies when there are choices to be made. Sometimes, we face two possible paths and at this juncture, we certainly would be at an advantage if we know which path gives us better possibilities and probabilities of success and happiness.

Therefore, we must dare to try so as to know ourselves better. Perhaps, from experience, we realise that we did not have the advantage of elders who would urge us or guide us to try. Even though we only realise this when the possibilities are less; I would never say that there is non left; we still can use this understanding to improve the lot of our children or our grandchildren.

Too often parents or guardians put a stop to the spirit of wanting to try out something; to be adventurous and curious, to know what lies behind something or beyond some place.

This came to mind the other day when I observed a grandparent quickly hiding things of putting things out of the curious grandchild's reach. The grandchild was sent to another direction when he started opening drawers and cupboards. Has the grandparent ever asked: Why does a child do that? It is the innate desire to explore, to find out, to be curious and so to know everything in his environment.

A child rummaging through the contents of a drawer, is learning and improving himself. Unless the things are dangerous or easily breakable, the child ought to feel the textures of the things, see the objects in the drawer, smell the plastic or wooden articles, listen to the sounds of movement of the things and, if possible taste all the contents in the drawer. The five senses will be exercised.

Each time the child is allowed to experience things through the five senses, the senses are developed. All the senses will be more sensitive. The child's learning ability would be enhanced.

Have you noticed that some of us depend more on just one or two senses. For example, we initially exercised our feeling of touch. Later, we go on to emotional feelings. However, some people have not been allowed to give rise to emothins and feelings. Feelings are sometimes suppressed by adults, not allowing children to voice their feeling on so many matters. As a result, such children do not feel as much for others or even their own selves.

Unreleased emothions or feelings can lead to depression and other emotional problems.
Unable to relate the feelings and emotions to people close to them, they burden themselves with it, unable to release it and so suffer from it as a result.