Author: rekha aarohi
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Why should teens experience event management as part of their learning?
Last term Aarohi hosted 2 events .Learning Utsav and Open Learning offline meet up. Both these events were led by a team of teenagers/ children below 18 yrs at campus with the guidance of facilitators. The whole experience of organizing an event along with its nifty gritties of understanding the requirements, planning, execution and hosting…
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Emotions and Children – Here’s what an 8 year old taught us
Children are not things to be molded, but are people to be unfolded – Jess Lair We, as adults, often view children with certain preconceived notions, assuming they need to be instructed in most of the areas, including Emotions. This might be because most of the adults today aren’t aware of their own emotions. Our…
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Exploring Empowerment in the Parenting Journey
At Aarohi, parents meet weekly to discuss certain topics related to parenting. One of the weeks the topic was Empowerment. The agenda was to discuss Empowerment in the space of Parenting. The discussion started off with these questions Then the discussion moved on to how to Empower our children? After the session, one of the…
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How can children learn about reflection through investments?
Reflections play a vital role in the lives of Aarohi community members of all ages.Every week, we come together to share and reflect on the week that is coming to an end. One such week the topic on which we were reflecting was the amount of investment we did on different activities in the week…
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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.…