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In our home, we had a stepped clothes cupboard in the kid’s room. Our kids would keep their clothes at different heights as they would grow in height and decide for themselves what they wanted to wear. From an early age (2-3 yrs old) they would choose their clothing.When I look at their childhood pics…

We asked, “what Basic skills we need to survive in the situation like COVID-19, And the list came up Cooking and Homecare Research and finding information Able to spend time with self Able to develop an interest Know how to keep self safe Self-care Basic skills at Aarohi are part of our LIVING – We…

Each one of us is different and that adds up value to each other as a team – Strengths WE FACILITATORS collectively use are Focus, Persistent, Consistent, Open to feedback, Love you learn, Honesty, Hardworking, Observing session prep, Listening to the discussion, Connecting to experiences, Little questioning, Reading little, Understanding way, reflecting own pattern. Open…

Democracy cannot be learned, it can be experienced. Our most aspirational endeavor – to create and keep Aarohi as a democratic space. We are experimenting with any form of interactions, communications, interventions, and systems – all targeted to make the community truly interdependent – with co-creation, co-learning, and co-existence as key parameters Reviewing is an…

Activity Club had 4 parts – Games / Research / Reading and Doing Experiences.The review is done by children and all comments were thoughts from their experience in Activity Club. GAMES We played a variety of games – Business, TT, Routes of Spices in Globe, Juggling, Bowling, Pictionary, Suduko, Memory game, Tower of Hanoi, Emotions…

In oneself lies the whole world and if you know how to look and learn, the door is there and the key is in your hand. Nobody on earth can give you either the key or the door to open, except yourself. Jiddu Krishnamurti A reflection is exactly that – looking at oneself (in the…

Experience of Deep – Diving by some kids at Aarohi was A window to experience that I can design my own learning around my interest. Film making, Dance, Music, Business through making and selling products, Business Through understanding the market (stock market) were some of the interest taken up by different children REVIEW of the…

Ajesh, a Parent shared “Will not be able to find words to express all that I felt during the week at the campus, but let me try collecting. Lots of learning, doing, thinking, creation, playing, mentoring, being mentored, “children, children & children “, expanded friend circle, rethinking development, football, pranks, falling sick, loose motion, “enjoying…

Passion found – Shock phaseIt was Early 2017 that we were asking Aadarsh about his hobbies. Our 2nd child Siddarth used to do multiple craftworks like Origami. We were curious to know what Aadarsh wanted to do as part of his hobby time. He never replied after severalinquiries but one evening he mentioned that “cooking”…

Dewey’s thoughts on DOING. He says “Give the pupils something to do, not something to learn; and the doing is of such a nature as to demand thinking; learning naturally results – Dewey” Our Thoughts Doing leads to various levels of learning When we DO for the child, we take away the opportunity for the…

Pari is 8yrs old, she is a self-directed learner at Aarohi. With a dream of excelling in gymnastics, she spends her time with art and clay, learning various things with friends including drama and dance. This 8yr old is not too small to be Aarohi’s official receptionist. She is capable: To Dream, To Think, To…

Today we asked, “What from the day/week would you like to REMOVE?” Task, Habit, Emotion, Belief, Style, Image, Thought, Action, etc Some sharing: What habit do I want to remove? Postponement. What emotion do I want to remove? Anger. What image do I want to remove? I get up late. What Belief do I want…

Four kids – three of them have designed their day for training themselves to become professional footballers, they have been working on for the last two years now, Due to lockdown they all are restricted to no coaching and designing their own day. The fourth child is a filmmaker, decided to work deliberately on film…

A boy was sitting on the edge of a lake, looking yonder.A passer-by asked, “whatcha doing?”“Nothing” the boy replied.He was lectured to use his time “productively”. The boy sighed and waited for the first passer-by to go away. After some time another passer-by asked, “whatcha doing?”“Thinking” the boy replied.Satisfied this passer-by moved on. After some…

We need not assess a child by any exam or grades – The child explores her strengths, her competencies and understands what she is worthy of. Allow your child to lose interest this summer Personally in my childhood, I have gone through all kinds of hobby classes like painting, clay, photography, music, guitar, computer,mehandi, salsa,…

One reason we are not able to appreciate the joy ofdoing nothingis because we have made ourselves and our life very busy. From Yoga gurus, to medical practitioners to spiritual thinkers – all advice a daily dose of doing nothing. It’s the nature’s way of recuperating, of restoring one’s inner harmony, of enriching oneself. Next…

We need not teach them!Allow your child to not learn this summer Learning as a goal can in itself be a hindrance or limitation. To quote HERMANN HESSE from his book ‘Siddhartha“When someone is seeking … it happens quite easily that he only sees the thing that he is seeking; that he is unable to…

Each child is CAPABLEAllow your child to make the wrong choicesThe mother had encouraged him, goaded him, wished and prayed for him. He had told her, “Yes mama, I will win the race”.Loaded with expectations, as he came back from school, mother asked, “You won”?He replied, almost triumphantly, “Neeraj won the race. I wanted him…

We need not make things fun for them Inviting you to allow kids to design their own learning, decide their own challenges and let them fail. Allow your child to fail this time There are many reasons to let children fail: * One is to bring down the premium on success or on winning. Given…

Exploring shirt as part of the Life cycle of the product Stimulation:What all products do we use in our daily life – Bag, Box, Pencil, Pen, Show, socks, Clothes. What is the Life cycle of the product – From starting raw material to making of product to disposal. Session: We named starting stage to Extraction,…

Sometimes it is difficult to comprehend what all is happening all around us – Self-reflection at the end of the week reveals the unlimited churning inside each child, and yet more remains inside, hard to express all in words. Some of the snippets from our reflection… Three kids interested in football took up the challenge…

POSSIBILITIES Looking at any opportunity in many different ways Using talent in many different ways Don’t get stuck with one WAY, one opportunity There are many DOORS Here is one such living example Do share if you know people who are experimenting with music, looking at the profession of music beyond the conventional way (popular…

Small actions, just an hour a week – and we could explore many areas of self-development with the teens of Aarohi SELF IMAGE – How I see myself, How others see myself LISTENING – listen to each other and that’s all BELIEFS – Where does the belief come from? THE MODEL with Sonal – If…

Bad News – Trampoline out of order, few springs injured.Good News – An opportunity to re-look into our actions! As the investigation happened, the experts from Decathlon shared “even for one or two times, if two people are together jumping in the trampoline, it can get damaged”. And the sources confirmed, “Ya, when one is…

Exchanging notes on drumming, spending a day together and the relationship is only through DRUMMING! Exchanging notes on movies/videos/advertisements…learning has no boundaries, any age, any experience…all is fine when it comes to learning! Learning has no boundaries – any age, any place, any stimuli! Exploring dots with Water and Feet – Its summer and our…

This week we came up with a list of ACTIONS possible for MY INTEREST – the idea was to self discover those possibilities by THINKING about the interest in many different ways – ANHAD (boundless). The idea was to THINK of the possibilities. The idea was to COLLECT. The idea was to go beyond our…

Holi – a festival of spring, love, and colors. The act of playing Holi brought an opportunity to understand “spring”, an opportunity to be aware that the seasons are changing, and with the change, something are changing! Few kids planned a different Holi – play with water anytime between 6 am to 3 pm, it…

Think of someone, we normally do not think (shopkeeper next door, station master, milk anna are some examples)Make a handmade giftAnd give a gift – just like that!

STIMULATION: Remember your favorite hero, heroine. Do you all like their looks, body built and so… Imagine what could be their lifestyle, what if they don’t do fitness, what if they eat. More, less or any restriction on food.Do you believe food has any effect on the body? Initially questions made them little lost, but…

We dream – this was a pause from the dream and connect with the dream or maybe expanding our dreams! Stimulation – Childrenthought through and made a list of 10 things that they wanted in life in the future. .Activity: Making our Vision in life. PROMPTS to draw our Vision – How do we want…