“Fun isn’t the experience of pleasure, but the outcome of tinkering with a small part of the world  in a surprising way.”

Thinking skills are important skills used in everything from putting together puzzles to mapping out the best thing to work for every child. But what does it take to be critical thinkers?

In today’s changing world, it is crucial for children to not just retain the information but also the practical application of it. Being critical thinkers allows the children to use their ability to reason, to analyze, interpret, observe and be good decision-makers.

Our modern learners are fast in absorbing knowledge and retaining information, so we at JBM Global School, one of the best schools in Noida, encourage students to ask “HOW?”, “WHY?” and not just “WHAT?” to understand the cause and effect behind any topic.

Students learn best by observing, hence they are taught to communicate through the thought process to further handle future challenges in an effective way. Students are motivated to be creative problem solvers by understanding others’ perspectives to solve problems.

JBM Global  School – recognized as one of the best schools near sector 137 Noida is continuously working for the betterment of its students by encouraging them to flourish by making their own choices, planning and managing their time and creating something new from scratch.

“If it’s not broken, tinker with it till you find out how it works”, is rightly said by Bob Proctor as Tinkering is the most natural way of learning.

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So, “what is Tinkering and why is it essential for our children to be tinkerers and not only thinkers?”

Children are tinkerers by birth as Tinkering is learning by doing and children at an early age engage their curious minds to understand the mechanics and mysteries of how things work around them.

JBM, a global school in Noida, inspires its students to become tinkerers as “today’s tinkerers are tomorrow’s inventors and entrepreneurs.” Children are provided with opportunities to explore materials, take things apart and think of new possibilities through invention and this is what we call “hands-on learning”.

It is made sure that children have focussed and unstructured time to show interest in tinkering where they are allowed to view mistakes as learning experiences, take risks and have a willingness to try new things to have desirable outcomes.

Tinkering brings a bag full of benefits for the holistic growth of children.

1. Builds confidence and persistence
   Children become productive and self-confident when given a chance to show their creativity with “mistakes” being valued and considered a learning experience.
2. Become kinesthetic learners
   Children learn more from examples and when they take education into their own hands as an opportunity, they feel fortunate to see where they are going by doing.

1. Learn new skills
   Through making and tinkering, children develop fine motor skills, solve problems creatively and improve their logical and critical thinking.
2. Enhances imagination
   Troubleshooting with different things expands and enhances imagination in children to find the most innovative way, which slowly becomes a habit and helps in the long run. Learning by doing also paves the foundation for strong imaginative behavioural development.
3. A powerful extension of play
   The ability to create helps children to imagine new ideas, go beyond the boundaries, experiment with alternatives and implement new ideas based on their experiences. With more opportunities to create, they enjoy this creative process of play and learn.
4. Learn to accept failure
   This process of learning can not go right all the time and children learn to accept their failure and try a new idea every time. They become aware of on-handling failures and also learn to cope up with future challenges and odds of life.
5. Become future inventors
   To have a new idea is what can change the world in some way and with this creative process, every child can bring some change for the betterment of the world.

JBM Global, one of the top schools in Noida, aims to make its students work in a manner of a tinker to learn, create, imagine, discover, fail and have fun by doing in their own ways. This learning adds valuable life skills of being resilient, as learning to fail is the only path to real success.

Also, a child who learns how to learn from failed attempts is a child who grows up to be a resilient adult. To nurture critical thinking, children are provided opportunities to tinker, test and experiment without any expectation.

Positive reinforcement of tinkering and thinking can inspire young minds to become future inventors and achieve success by experiencing failure as a part of learning.