Learning becomes an adventure with the help of FRoK

While learning can be fun in class, little ones learn best when there’s an adventure, and they do need to frequently go out and spend their fair share of time with nature for optimal development.

To support this initiative, Friends of Kloofendal (FRoK) put their hands together and hosted an educational environmental tour for West Rand Seventh Day Adventist Primary School learners.

According to research conducted by the South African Journal of Communication Disorder, children in low and high-income urban areas have exceeded the limit of two hours of screen time per day and are exposed to over three hours of screen time daily. This means kids spend most of their time in class or at home watching television or playing with cellphones. This is why FRoK hosts educational tours that focus on learning about the environment.

According to one of the founders of FRoK, Karin Spottiswoode, this tour aims to equip learners in lower grades with information when it comes to preserving the environment and understanding the species around them.

“There is a huge need for nature conservation and understanding its value. Humans do a huge amount of damage, and our resources are running out. Kids are the future of this earth, and this is why we have these tours today; to equip them with valuable information,” she said.

The tour guides took the bundles of joy around the reserve, and they learnt about different kinds of birds, rivers, invasive plants, soil, different types of rocks, etc.

Shyleen Dube, one of the teachers who was present at the tour, stated that this tour is educational and informative, especially for the learners who are doing Natural Science as a subject. She says it exposes them to nature.