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I decide-I do-I ReflectThe learning cycle continues every week at the campusIt is not about learning music or reading a book or learning Taekwondo or cooking food or getting engaged with mathematical calculations during the week at the campus – it’s all about “how do I know myself?” Who is this child? Who is this…

Curiosity Rules.Construction of understanding and learning not only is natural in children (just how a toddler constructed a whole mother tongue) it is the way they enhance their cognitive powers. The child uses his thinking to experiment, to know, to make sense, to create his own learning. The child naturally explores, invents, copies from peers,…

The kitchen was converted into a restaurant for our Lunch this Wednesday The special restaurant which Gives money to buy items and also charges only for a few items and is free for many items. The chips were free but limited to 10 numbers. No money could buy more chips. They decided the Name of…

The world is our learning spaceAny space for us is learning spaceAny experience is a learning event A trip to a nearby streamWhen we reached – it looked like a dirty placeSome even thought of going to another place since it did not look like natureWe continued to the same placeWe took a walk a…

My 24 hrs looking like 8hrs sleep 3hrs eating and cleanup 2hrs klubs and prep 1hr music 1hr fitness 1hr sports 1hr entertainment 1hr games 1hr table tennis 1hr economics 1.5hr drawing 1.5 hr hygiene 1hr lost

A month back we did seeding on the back hill After the rain a trip to the hill again Found some baby trees Cared about them and made doggy bowl Scream “I found one” in each little sprout, we spotted

What an experience! and what an expression!!No words to describe it On the first day of rope There was a lot of hope I saw girls going upside-down But none of them with a frown I thought that they were great And what was their starting date? The trainers were cool And I hoped I…

“Wonder what makes me not do what I want to do?” was the question this week in the beginning SOME SHARINGFear of failureAnxiety to startComparisonCompetition with othersThe expectation with self or othersWhy do I need to do this?What will be the outcome?Fear of criticismFear of opinion And a POEM ON FAILURE with Lakshitafailure is something…

One morning at the Aarohi campus Team was challenged to design a vehicle for an egg to safely land on a cement surface from a height. This was a simulation of an astronaut landing on the moon surface A brief, with some material, some constraints Discussions, designing, debating followed Anxiety, excitement, predictions continued And launching…

One treeOne big treeClimbing, falling, swinging, singing, eating, Is this all about a trip to the nearby big banyan tree? What about – Planning, organizing, deciding, preparing, communicating, deciding for self, choosing where to get involved, pushing ourselves a bit, to get inspired, predicting, cooking, and experiencing it in different ways. Two from the group…

One evening Community coming together Making jingle on one word Making, Practicing and then presenting What would happen if we free the child of education systems, of curriculum, of teaching, of ranking and comparison? When we invite the child to grow organically (just like they do in the first few years of life). When they…

Seenappa Anna at the campus is skilled with using tools Making puzzles and play with strings in his free timeHe shared his joy with the community Learning continues …

One Friday morningMake your own breakfast in teamsRaw material Rava, MIllets, and Vermicelli availableFind your own recipe, ask people, and experience making it yourself

They like listening to mash up music They can sing along with almost all the songs They enjoy singing Simply singing They added dance to their singing Choreographed together Practiced for a few hours And the joy continues

Collaboration & Camaraderie in Open Learning In conventional education, 20 to 100 children are all taught the same set of subjects at the same time in the same way. Some schools even design their activities to encourage collaboration. So a common concern among families considering Self Directed Learning is, ‘how will my child learn how…

Can the festival be a learning space?Celebrating it with reflecting HAPPY DIWALI

One storyOne day, one writer asked us to review her story The writer’s Klub in Aarohi created another version of the same story Then one day, the art KLub came up with an idea to illustrate the same story Then one day, they got introduced to the work of an artist And then they illustrated…

Few fire bricks And a need for Chulha That’s the story behind everyday new inventio in Chulha Play with brick and lay them in a different formationFire the chulha and document the observationsThe next day play again with another shape and designAnd they do it endlesslyThe exploration continues No endAs it is new every dayIt’s…

For an Open Learner anything and everything around is a resource from which to learn and reflect. They might decide to jump around in a puddle, try and swim in a pond, challenge the currents in a river or ride the waves in the sea ! Each one identifies what they are comfortable doing and…

One of the week “talent show in thought club” led to bringing the newly discovered amphitheater at the campus within an hour of the idea – the space was set up for the show with lights and amplifier, etc. and then Project Idea – Create an AMPHITHEATER for Aarohi Project Scope 1) Clean and set…

Search for Chalkstone Under the rocks Under the ground, The week was full of searching for chalk stone A conviction for searching chalkstone Different stories of chalkstone And that’s where the learning begins Every learning is a story

One day, while on a trek on a mountain, it struck us – we get so much from nature yet we hardly give back anything to it. We realized that it is just the way of nature: while it works hard to give, and give more, it leaves it to us to respond in the…

I am in Aarohi You can come and see It’s very funAd there’s no gun You can do as you like And sing in the mike You can dance like a monkey And become all funky You can play a game Or become very lame But you can be cute And steal some loot And…

One evening sports at AarohiOne announcement “today evening Olympics”idea-one spark and that’s all we needed for an experienceOne team started with badges, logo, dress codeOthers picked up and the day was contagious with preparationSomeone named it “without practice Olympics”The day was engaged with ideas, making, sharing, discussing, and creating – badges, medals with dry leaves…

Every week we work on land together. Last few weeks afforestation has been our dream for the hills behind the campus. We made seed balls and placed them on the hillside – just an experience. What would happen if we free the child of education systems, of curriculum, of teaching, of ranking and comparison? When…

We asked this question What is education for? Some said, to know me Some said, to be able to live my life Some said, to understand the world around Some said, develop my skills Some said, to gain wisdom, And with this intention of education, each one of us went around creating our own curriculum,…

He wanted to make a clay potMixed more water and the clay became gooy gooyHe could not make what he wanted to makeHe said “feeling bad, waste of resources”I said, isn’t that what you learned about water and clay working? He said, “This reminds me of Krishna telling Arjuna – don’t feel bad about mistakes,…