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Open learning does not start or stop only at “CHOOSING what I want to do”. As we travel the journey of OPEN LEARNING, we understand the IMPORTANCE of resources and being resourceful in journey. Being RESOURCEFUL is a habit of mind – cooking or playing piano…being resourceful adds value in learning journey. For one to…

Applied Arts with Nima, as Nima shared “The form of arts, which can be used on any object. Installation is one of the form of applied arts, where we collect things to make big forms of art”. Collected lots of Leaves Crushed them Added a bit of water Added a bit of fevicol Saw colurs…

As we walked down the road to Chinigiripalli,we saw farms to both sides of the road where beans, tomatoes, coriander, roses were being grown. We stopped to see the cultivation. Talks were about what techniques farmers were using to grow them, how modernised farming has become, struggles of not having enough rain and hence no…

Dear Teens, Children around your age – 14 to 16 yrs sometimes could be lost as to what to do. (This is true both for children in open learning as well as children going to school). What we see is that there are three options in front of you / children: Some childrencontinue to explore…

Bad News – Parents concern over kids food intake at the campus Good News – Parents concern over kids food intake at the campus Well, every bad news in our living at campus bring good news for us. Parents and adults have their own sets of anxiety, concerns, related to growing – some of us…

Open learning does not start or stop only at “CHOOSING what I want to do” But REFLECTING to understand why and how I want to do. What makes me work and what stops me from my work … here are some reflections What worked for me in the last one month is that I became…

I am standing in front of you because of the books I read, places I visited, people I got inspired from, movies I saw and experiences I had….. Do you think you life experiences have shaped who you are today? Tree of life is a tool to help one to look at past, present and…

I am fat, I am dark skinned, I have hairy legs, I am not tall, my nose is small, my hair is not long … Each of us have our own images and thoughts on our body and physical appearance. Every time we look at the mirror we have some judgement on our physical look…

Outdoor visit on Friday, 29th June. Purpose: The visitwas to meetSunil Uncle at his residence,who is an inventor and bike enthusiastic. He owns four bikes (includingDucati:), had designed a remote control jeep, and a bike ambulance. We wanted to explore a tour on bikes and his inventions. Story of our Visit: Sunil introduced himself to…

This June I began working on the Outreach program at Aarohi and has been an roller coaster since. After having four children come on our first Saturday, we decided to do a little more advertising to get more children to come for our outreach program. Little did we know that in our enthusiasm to advertise…

Once we began having rural children come regular to the campus on Saturday, thirsty to learn and do. We realized that doing conducted activities, where we as facilitators are driving the whole session is not really creating a different environment from school.So we began the concept of Learning Stations. Using different resources, we created learning…

After the success and settlement of the outreach program with children on every Saturday, I decided to begin something with the youth. We contacted the next door neighbor – government polytechnic college, with support of the principal of the collage we were able to communicate with the young people of the surrounding areas about our…

After a break of two years, we decided to once again begin Karral @ Aarohi Aarohi O-campus is a rich campus with lots of resources and facilities, creating lots of possibilities and opportunities for learning. In the wish to make these resources available for the neighboring people we are beginning some outreach programs. I decided…

I would encourage people to look around them in their community and find an organization that is doing something that they believe in, even if that organization has only five people, or ten people, or twenty people, or a hundred people. And to look at history and understand that when change takes place it takes…

One question often asked “Why a child who is doing campus care at the campus is not doing at home or the child who plans and does self learning at the campus, do not do much during break week at home”. Some are seeking “how to inculcate certain thoughts / habits / practices / values…

Why Read books – a view point from a child’s point of view – all thoughts written by a 13yr old child. “ The most important thing we’ve learned, So far as children are concerned, Is never, NEVER, NEVER let Them near your television set -Or better still, just don’t install The idiotic thing at…

Community Jaatre… imagine a group of families coming together to explore various aspects of open learning on a sunny and cloudy Sunday morning. Reflection is an integral part of our open learning journey, so we decided to understand it more. All ages participated to understand REFLECTION. WHY Reflection We began with a game – find…

We all get hurt, but very few know what to do for first aid.Many of us have fear of snakes/ scorpion/ bee but do we know what first aid to give in case of snake bite?One child told me “I don’t cook, because it will burn …”do we know what to do in case of…

A little forest, just few metres away from the campus, forest walk with Muniraj Anna to explore unknown … he has spent his entire childhood playing hide and seek in this forest. Through the thorns Through the rocks Some trees Some plants Some we knew Some we discovered And through this known and unknown We…

For to be free is not merely to cast off one’s chains, but to live in a way that respects and enhanced the freedom of others – Nelson Mandela” A reason to celebrate freedom with independence day.. but are we really free? Are we not slaves of – Fear of unknown, Resistance to try new…

Mixed media with Kanchan started with a need to make something using junk. She asked us to collect few random things and compose…old pencils, metal emblem, dried seed, pista shells, glass pieces…we used old newspaper to give texture in the background. Added colors and we saw the magic when our frames came alive!

The idea is simple – Different ages – Different skills and the joy islearningfrom each other – from different ages. Many morelearningspaces created by each other Many more teachersMany more ways oflearning LearningMela- An attempt to bringlearningand teaching in each one of us, breaking the boundaries of age.Where nobody needs to be beautiful, yet everybody…

8 young adults from various countries, part of Kanthari, an international institute for social leadership, Trivandrum wanting to make a difference, visiting Aarohi to explore open learning. Each one shared their stories to inspire us (especially this week during independence day, we have been talking about “are we free from cast, religion…). We read in…

She likes Bhajans There is spark in her eyes when she talks about Bhajan She gets engrossed when she listen to Bhajans She sings alongShe likes religionShe likes to read about Religion, about Gurus and Gods When she came to Aarohi – She was apprehensive to talk about her interest, as she thought “Religion and…

How do we expand our choices? By sharing our choices with others in the community! Book sharing, all of us (irrespective of the age) shared about book/s in closing circle on Friday to enjoy the world of books. Bean world, a Graphic novel, like for it’s funnyness and wierdness.Furniture design book to share about cool…

We got Trampoline in gift Some of us were involved in buying and installing Some of us also read the usual manual and explained the usage And still the Trampoline got torned in some places (the stitches came out)- it was too soon for this deterioration. It was the time to INSPECT and UNDERSTAND what…

Often asked “how does one know what one is interested in?” Exposure to resources is one of the key aspect of open learning – resources can be physical, tools, people or even places. Many times just the exposure and usage in various works helps a learner to connect with self. Many discoveries happens through resources…

We were travelling, during the trip One stranger squeezed one child’s hand while passing byFew people on bike came and asked questions to a group of kidsKids traveling in an auto and the action of the driver felt unsafe Some of these incidences left kids feeling “unsafe, scared and worried”. Most of them ‘did not…