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Two Friends were excited about making a tyre chair Design Design Design, Made me crazy to think, Think, Think, Think, Never did in my College too, College, College, College, What did I do I don’t Know, I don’t Know, Imagine Aarohi, a learning communityWhere we all learnWhere we tryNo age barNo idea bar

Who is this child? Who is this learner? Do we understand him or her? Do we know what lies inside and in the future of each? Who will show them, teach em, lead em. Each CAPABLE To Dream, To Think, To Decide, To Do, To Fail, To Achieve, To Assess, To Learn, To Enjoy, To…

No Typical days at Aaorhi – each is different The week started with a blank sheet – what happens during the week is what and how the people at the campus create them. What I WANT TO DO is the question one is encouraged to ask and go deeper with it. Sometimes it is just…

From Bhaval’s diaryThe beginning of the year 2021 brought some determinations. One of them was to learn a sport. As a child, I used to play quite a few street games but never went for any sport. As a mom, I have always gone to drop kids to sports class and have mostly waited there…

Pranav sharing his poem – he created based on his experience at Aarohi So you can call it experiential poetry

Imagine a learning community for children (and adults) where there is no curriculum – because we believe that children can decide what they want to learn, how much they want to learn. So children effectively choose what they want to do or learn from whatever is worth doing or learning in this world. As we…

She wanted to stitch a dress Found an old dupattaShe had her own imaginationHer own collection of designAnd the tools to startAnd her own motivation to createAnd the joy of wearing it!

It has been interesting to understand what does the new normal means?We began with making extensive guidelines but the question arose “who will monitor the application of it?” The obvious answer that came to us was “self”, believing that each one of us is responsible for responsible living. And that led to us making 3…

Children do not need encouragement, they just need us to respect their endeavors. Then they encourage themselves, lead themselves. the simple joy of doing – observe the actions of the hands

They visited the campus26th Jan was a holiday at the officesome time to create somethingwhy not a rope laddermeasure, buy ropes, watch some videos, do discussion and that’s allA day’s work togetherand the climbing rope and rope ladder ready to use

We asked “draw something you were Immersed in during the day” andthen, “draw what strengths others would be using – add to their drawing”.We were immersed in reflecting – recollecting, drawing, and thinking about other’s strengths. In some ways, the only real way we live (and learn) is by thinking. Hence open learning is all…

Open learning is not without structure and rigor rather the very core of open learning is the process of “I decide, I do, I reflect”. Sreya talks about her experience of this process and how it opens up the possibilities to create her choice of learning which is of her interest. How this loop focusses…

Children can figure out their goals, chart their roadmaps, and plan their doing and learning. ADVIK (14yrs ), sharing how he is doing this as an Open learner in pursuing his passions.

Designing a robot, with measurement – started with any measurement and then this much, that much, and then a big inch and small inch and feet.Understanding scale measurement – small inch, big-inch, feet what are these?? The detailed design of Robot, a lot of discussion on understanding big, small, medium and then actual size and…

I made myself aware of observing Visual intelligence through drawings, craft, lights, and shadows through my own body lens(The EYE), After a long time, I am living in my present moment and thought that I took very seriously this challenge. Enjoyed every moment of my sublime nuances.1) Bathroom – Tile patterns, The leg feel of…

Popular media would make you believe that we need to rejoice when our children achieve something. But we know the real rejoice is when we marvel at their capabilities, their energies, their intense involvement in what they like doing, et al. We rejoice in the fact that they have all the strengths anybody would need…

One parent-child askedPlease help us identify. Is this a caterpillar? We love the pattern on its back, the yellow and black combo also looks beautiful, it walks quite fast, it’s like a worm on a mission! And then they shared Update on the caterpillar we found! It turned from a bright yellow to a very…

What does my day look like? Each one of them making a different day for themselves. Aswtahy 17yrs old sharing “After spending time previously exploring the different aspects of filmmaking, doing some deliberate practice, making short films, and finally doing the visioning exercise, I stopped and asked the question, what am I really working towards?…

There is a myth that open learning means an “easy path”. And these myths get busted when you meet some of the young learners at AarohiDhrupad,15yrd old is meticulously training himself to be a professional footballer – he knows that he is not there, he needs to develop the skills and he is working on…

Friday Multiplex at Aarohi is a space to have exposure. This week the debate was part of the exposure. Some parents coming forward and bringing the exposure of different topics – often not talked about, all ages coming together in one space and creating exposure for each other. It was an informal space for discussion…

TWEEN and TEEN Klub a space to share/listen/express – something which is not often talked about. Sometimes a simple topic like “Pets” brings the engagement, while sometimes “why do I feel angry?” creates the listening space. Sometimes fear brings us together while sometimes joy makes the space alive. Whatever is the topic – we make…

Is this learning?One of the parents shared in the community “Tell me what comes to your mind when you see this ART” Others respondedI see a meadow of flowers with blue sky I see patience, joy, precision Colour, brightness, love and patience Unity in diversity! ascending and descending orderExpanding in all directions. Rainbow colours, different…

Why one would like to REFLECT? And together as the group the words we came up with Funneling, filtering, fully being there – finding new ways, forging a path of commitment, focus, filtering my impurities of lying
, For flying high, find forbidden paths, foresee fail, find ways
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flip through your day, freedom of self from others
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Some kids are deep-diving into one or few of their interests. Going deeper into an interest beyond “I like to do”. Some of them spending 8-10 hours daily on developing their interests – football, filming, business, music are some of them. While some are not going deep into something but going specific in their choices…

For some The klubs are looked at as “interest development”, for some it’s just another class, for some, it’s a valuable addition to existing skillsBut also what about a space to develop THINKING SKILLS? One of the facilitators shared – “kids in Dance Klub are just bringing some videos, they watch the video, dance, correct…

Some long some shortFirst in breakout room and then all togetherOn the spot poem on chicken CoopExpressive poem with Misthi Meldoiuis poetry with AvaniExperimental horror poem with PranavCocreate poems by Shaunak I am alive with Saba killed all of usMy son with PreethiAnd THE END with surprise with Preeti and PranavAnd that was all about…

Aarohi X Jaatre – A Space to come together to have a different exposure. People from different fields, different passions share their journey and sow the seeds of thought in the community. Often we know about the people’s profession but may not know the journey and its various sides. The Jaatre is to bring an…

Campus reopening with the NEW NORMALIt began with knowing the “guidelines” for this new normal living with COvid. Different teams drafted the guidelines in different areas – Food, Stay, and Living.As we reviewed with different teams, we started to get more confused. The more we got confused, the more we went into our own understanding…

It began with a need for the chicken coop at the campusSanjay took the initiative to decide the design and mentorAchalesh decided to take it upIt began with – what it is, why do we want, watching some videos on different possibilities.Then deciding the place – near or far, within eyesight or out of sight,…

Arham is five years old He joins some online sessions and rest explores at home.He began with not wanting to join any online space. Anjali, his mother is active in her own way – participating in different online sessions with the community of Aarohi. Soon Arham started choosing where he wanted to participate. Anjali, his…