Facilitation is all about creating
Creating an environment. This could be judgmental or supportive, didactic or inviting, imposing or contemplative, expecting or accepting, interfering or inspiring, and so on.
Creating a relationship. This relationship could focus on me, my needs and wants, my thoughts and feelings or could value the child's. The relationship could be driven by me or could be understanding and empowering the child. In this relationship, I could be the leader or I could follow the child's instincts, interests, choices, failures, successes, and her act of creating her life.
Creating possibilities. We are creating possibilities for the child. This could be via suggestions, via offering options and creating opportunities. These choices could help the child expand her thinking, her explorations, her work. We could offer possibilities via resources like books, websites, videos, people, places, materials, kits, tools, accessories etc. We could offer ideas, concepts, skills, content, and know how.
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Aarohi is an Open Learning Community for learners of all ages: Open to all kinds of interests, abilities, styles and content areas. Learning by doing what one wants, how one wants, and self reflection. Community to co-live, co-learn and co-support each other. Aarohi's Campus is in a village near Hosur in Tamil Nadu (55km fm Bangalore).
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