Author: rekha aarohi
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How Reflection Adds Value to Your Child’s Learning?
Reflection and self-assessment are important for everyone, but they are especially crucial for Open Learners. Educational reformer John Dewey once said, “We do not learn by experience… We learn by reflecting on experience.” This means that just having experiences isn’t enough; we need to think about them to truly learn from them. By reflecting, we…
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Natural Learning ; How Daily living gives opportunities to learn…
Have you ever wondered, “How does a child in an open learning environment plan to learn?” or “Is it even possible to learn without being taught?”Here’s an account from a mother trained in Montessori education. She never planned for the child’s learning, rather she just sits back and observes him go through his day…. In…
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Deliberate Practice: A Life Skill
Deliberate practice is about making small, specific changes to improve a skill. It involves: In this video, Dhrupad talks about how he uses deliberate practice in kicking a football at a certain spot and angle. Deliberate practice isn’t just for football; it’s a life skill for improving any area. These steps themselves are skills you…
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The Essence of Open Learning
When people hear about open learning where there’s no set curriculum, they often ask, “What do you do all day at home?” and “How do you decide what to do?” Even after explaining that these learners choose their daily activities based on their interests or needs, many find it hard to understand because they’re used…
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Collateral Learnings while doing everyday things.
During the summer months, Tej has been experimenting with mango recipes at home, making dishes like mango falooda, mango lassi, and mango shrikhand regularly. Due to the high temperatures, there was a need for a matka to store drinking water since fridge water is too cold and filtered water isn’t as satisfying. This led to…
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How to create Lasting Connections among different Generations?
In the Aarohi online community, we have something called the Parenting Circle. It’s a time when parents get together to talk about parenting topics or things that concern the parents. There were many different opinions shared, with some people sharing stories to support their views. It was an interesting discussion, set up like a debate.…