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How do children with open schooling become professionals? Do they have competitiveness, perseverance, grit, and excelling spirits? Are these some of the questions in your mind? Meet 17yr-old Davin who has been doing open learning since he was 11yrs – while the family would share the whole open learning journey, he would share how open…

21yr-old Asawari – an unschooler, leading her life without any board exams and without any college education. HER STORY As a little girl going to school and playing was what my life revolved around. I went to school because that’s what children do. I enjoyed school because I was a good student. I was very…

If you look closely the conventional education primarily works on creating fear – in children, in parents, and to some extent even in teachers. Fear of being less than peers, fear of getting bad marks, fear of not getting a star at the back of my palm, fear of teacher scolding, and yes fear of…

Meet Skanda, 14yrs old, and Dhrupad, 15yrs old. Both are open learners with Aarohi, let’s discover Open Learning with them. Skanda says “I have shown interest in various things in the last 6 years. My interests varied from dance, art, caricature, skating, swimming, cycling, making cycle ramp, making and selling mosquito repellent, making an iron…

Meet and interact withMunish & Angelinaand their 14yrs old twinsRadhika and Ansh– both open learnings very differentlyfrom each other. Just to understand how open learning is not a formula, but all about understanding and followingeach child’s specific needs. Munish says “We started questioning the current education system a long time back and took a leap…

FROM a MOTHER’s DIARY – NityaAarohi Where “holy” means child, Brave-hearted adults “ascend”, And become a child. That’s my first-ever haiku and one of the many sprouts of my creativity thanks to Aarohi-x. Since I’m on a roll, here’s another haiku for you. Aarohi Clock ticks monotone Polytonal Aarohi Sets-a “tune” to the tick (Btw,…

What is planning? Some say its organizing learning and life Some does hour by hour planning While some are focusing on what and when and how Some want a very vigorous schedule While some are looking for space for themselves and taking as it comes Some track what they do daily Some like to let…

What do Dhoni and Aarohi have in common?Think of a time you felt noticed, listened to, valued by someone? Placing you in the glare of the spotlight, that someone chose to remain in the shadows/ the penumbral glow. That’s humble/penumbral leadership. Where leaders stay in the glow and promote their team members to the glare…

This week is lazy for me till nowI am feeling tired of doing, planning for a child, I just want to be with myself.I wanted to watch a movie so watched one Hindi movie, Apart from regular stuff ( no option available to skip it) did not feel doing any other work.When I am with…

This happened at Senthil nagar, Bodichipalli. A mango tree which gives yummy, juicy mangoes every year in the month of July, was home for a crow with white streaked neck. Looks like it loves to wear this necklace all the time. This day was special for this crow. A liitle egg hatched (crack!) and a…

I have been working with an NGO (CoAst India) to support migrant workers. It has been a very humbling experience. To begin I had an apprehension that If I call and make my phone number exposed to strangers, they will misuse it – to my surprise I have not received any prank and disturbing call.Another…

We often work on interest, we look for resources, skills, tools, coaching, and so on. What about self and social skills? If we want these to be developed, we need to work on them consciously like any other skill.it’s not enough to say “I want to work on my emotions or relationship or my weaknesses…

TEEN Klub with Rajesh – Sometimes there is a big silence, sometimes there is thinking, sometimes there is an expression with QUESTIONS… it’s all about just chit chat!The idea is not to convey any one message but just have a conversation to explore selfSOME GLIMPSES of the ConversationAs we reach 14yrs – Hidden or explicit…

One child shared “I want to develop the basic skills of reading, I will be reading Suppandi Jokes”. Often there is an anxiety that if the child is deciding, the child will skip some basic skills like reading/writing or maths. One of the roles parents/ facilitators in open learning play is to bring AWARENESS and…

You must have heard this saying “When you teach your learning multiples”. Unfortunately, most of the time we as adults are multiplying our learning by teaching kids – inviting you to invite your child to TEACH something to others. Your child to teach you, friends, relatives, or simply record his/her lecture or class on video…

RATE yourself and share One task that you rate more than 8 out of 10 on satisfaction with your efforts One task that you rate less than 3 out of 10 on satisfaction with your efforts One thing that you did that was new or needed a new skill One task in which you observed…

My journey of homeschooling/unschooling started 6 years ago. Though I liked the concept, I did not have the courage to start unschooling, my son, Skanda who was 8 yrs then (14yrs now). It was a difficult choice. All my family members were not only against but also very furious with me. A bitter experience in…

Do you wonder how to bring different aspects of our planning? Can working on emotions be part of planning? Can contribution to the housework be part of the planning? Can how to go deep into my interest be part of the planning?Sharing a small framework, we shared in Aarohi-X with families – check pictures Few…

One 11 yrs old child asked, “I like electronics, but I have limited resources at this time of lockdown”.Advay, 9 yrs old advised Watch this Audio Recordinghttps://youtu.be/vJ7mORUS2AQ PRASHANT his Father sharing Shared by his father – I thought of sharing how it all started for Advay at home. Obviously its just one way to get…

LIVE TUK MARKETpeople sold their precious candle video, a joke, a bird call recorded, greeting cards, art, paradox ideas, playing cards, skill to make flower garland, story, song, 3d drawings and many more things – listen to the recordings if you wish to buy or sell anything. ABOUT THE MARKET In Tuk market, anybody can…

Some asked usWhat is Aarohi?​​A space to learn Some asked usWhat is your philosophy?​​We said we had none Some asked usWhat are your methods?​​A thousand and one Some asked usHow do children learn?​​All on their own In that caseWhat do you do?With them, we also learn Some asked usWhat’s the curriculum?​​Whatever is below the sun…

Yashas, His journey of language proficiency is interesting – began with struggling some years back and now as if out of nowhere, he is quite comfortable with both reading and writing – especially reading. His vocabulary is growing and spellings required to write clearly are increasing. He likes to do projects alone. When it comes…

Twesha..for his ideas and imagination are not difficult, implementation is a struggle. At Aarohi he is not working on imagination, rather working on implementation to discover genie inside him. He is magical with paper and craft work, he does not follow, he crates his own. He can make a song on the spot on any…

Shiva, 9yrs old, very clear with what he wants to. He is full of ideas and thoughts on what he wants to do. He began his journey at Aarohi with movie-making, he did that for almost two years. He explored many aspects by himself. Then he started with exploring Butterflies, Stones, and now cooking. Ghost…

He joinedAarohiwhile we were constructing Ambrosia, our kitchen, We needed people who would think and implement the new wayofmaking walls using mud bags. He was one of the people in the team who was very excited about the newness of the construction and also used his previous knowledge of construction. He worked as labor, soon…

Ratnesh, our source of inspiration in many ways. He does not teach nor ask us to learn, he just keeps learning by himself. He is unique in many ways and known popularly as ‘tormentor not mentor’. His mentorship will ensure all thinking brain working and learning by own challenges. He rarely helps anyone and he…