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A letter from a learner Dear,I’ve to send you so many things. Will send one by one. Today I’m sending a specimen of my Hindi learning effort. Why I’m learning Hindi.. Because I need to learn my language…and it is important. If I learn to read and write Hindi I’d be able to learn Sanskrit,…

It was an intense workshop with Agni Band, people dedicated to bringing ParaiAttam to the people. Parai Attam is a folk dance in Tamil Culturein which folks beat Parai (instrument) and dance (attam) to its rhythm. First day, the first 15 minutes, I wanted to run away, as I thought I would not be able…

Recording of the Webinar on Open Learning / Unschooling / HomeSchooling, 12Feb is available on youtube here https://youtu.be/seWiPUF5skw The presentation (which is also like a concise guide to unschooling) is available herehttps://aarohilife.org/home/resources/concise-guide-open-learning-unschooling-homeschooling Check out more resources here https://aarohilife.org/home/resources/open-learning Email / call back if you want us to respond to some of your questions.

What does manifestation mean? Being the best version of yourself Living a life that you love, manifesting your desires and dreams into reality Feeling your best and creating the best experiencesfor yourself. The focus of this teen club was to get in touch with what would I like to manifest this year – 2020 in…

What is development? Growth, Better, City? Country?Think of places you think are underdeveloped and are developed in the world and why- some of the criteria for individuals were:Developed – Population, Nature and Easy living, Technology, Literacy, Cool stuff, Big Buildings, Best in everything, Costumes, Developed cars and roads, Bollywood, WI-Fi all around, smart disposal of…

When we started our journey with children 20years back one of the great sources of learning were writings from various educators in the field of education, Maria Montessori was one of them. Learning is not limited to age – More than 300 Teachers coming together to learn from different people. It was indeed a great…

A date with a book club with 14 yr old learner – This 14yr old was not small to lead this whole initiative. She likes books and is our librarian, she wanted to create an event around the library and that’s why this book club. In different groupsRead a book and expand a paragraph into…

Kids of different ages interacting with each other to discuss their goals, planning, reviewing learning, suggesting, questioning and supporting – 13 and 16 are not too small to interact with each other and guide each other on their learning plans, 8 and 9 yr olds are not too small to interact with each other and…

This 8yr old is not too small to organize an outdoor trip to Bangalore Palace in Chamrajpet. Trip plan: 10am – Reach the palace 10-1 See palace 1-2 lunch (get from home) 2 reflection and bye bye ta-ta The journey began with a belief “she can do it” – rest was just exploration for her.She…

Just a small debate session brought an opportunity to get engaged with different topics – a lot of research went into by each individual to present a one minute’s facts and proving the point – enjoyed the whole process.This 13yr old was not too small to lead and design this whole experience, not only for…

This week’s curriculum at the campus – Expressing my needs and wants and ways of responding to situations, Reading, football, learning songs on keyboard, singing, gardening, poetry, observing, researching, screenplay, stitching, termite treatment, English, Maths, Zentangling products, catch up with NIOS subjects, make classy pots, jewelry making, understanding vitamin D, stuck market course, campus medic,…

A small reflection in the thought club to connect with self and understand responses through images. Write 5 positive adjectives to describe youWrite 3 negative adjectives to describe youWrite 2 positive and 2 negative adjectives about your friend/peer}Write 1 negative and 1 positive adjective about a peer whom you normally do not interactNow mark them…

Dry season brings the phenomena of forest fire at the campus. And it needs understanding and mental preparation – we began the process today in safety training. Each one of us thought of a question and researched to find that answerWhat are the advantages of forest fireThe pros and cons?What are the famous forest fires?How…

Any opportunity at Aarohi is an attempt to create an experience – the trip to Mulki to experience Surfing was not only about surfing as a skill but to discover self with various processes. The learning began with Journey preparations – consciously not suggested packing list, left to all the travelers to plan based on…

Some beliefs before we began Surfing…I can’t do, it’s going to be tough, I will not get it, I should get it perfect and so on. We didn’t want to change any of these beliefs, we just went ahead with all these beliefs. Some had different beliefs…I will do it, I can get it, I…

A day to experience and creatine learning. Learning Utsav at Aarohi creates a platform where anyone can teach, anyone can learn… a day to experience the joy of learning, sharing, exploring, and mingling. Children or Adults – any age, anyone – can share their gifts/learnings – Some churning, some learning, some mingling, some playing, some…

She is just a few years old. She decided to teach drawing at the Utsav and announced a session on “learn drawing with me”. Took big sheets for big drawings and small sheets for small drawings She got a few enthusiastic learners who were engaged for an hour exchanging drawing skills with each other. Learning…

Traveling brings amazing learning opportunities – when we travel in a group it brings different dynamics. A trip to MUlki to learn Surfing and creating another learning opportunity was no different for us to learn from life, for life It began with the question “HOW DO WE LEARN FROM TRAVEL?” Learning through PREPARATIONS – Data…

Learning Utsav, an opportunity to learn and teach from others without any age barriers – at the campus this brings an opportunity. The organizing and preparing for the Utsav bring a bigger opportunity to explore different aspects of self and learning. Making of products to sell – sampling, quality check, feedback, costing, advertising and facing…

A session with Praveen to explore fitness through our body. Our body is equipped with all the necessary tools we need for building strength, flexibility and stamina – few demonstrations were enough to experience a different aspect of our own body. We know him since he was 16yrs oldA quiet, young boy who wanted night…

Bird race, organized by Bng Birds and HSBC Bangalore, was more about a day with birds and less about how many more than others – No we do not train and put our birds to race, rather from Dawn to Dusk we go around some pre-selected areas in and around Bangalore and try to see…

A group of enthusiastic adults creating an open learning community for their children in TURKEY and EGYPT.On a Sunday afternoon, parents and educators from Egypt had a call with us to learn from Aarohi’s Experience.Parents and Educators from Turkey visited the campus to learn from Aarohi’s Experience. It was encouraging to see their eagerness to…

Manifestation means “anything which can be seen”. The manifestation of achievement is about seeing my achievements Activity – Set a goal to balance the stick for 30 seconds – Do it for five minutes. Put your efforts, Try in many different ways and see the manifestation of your achievement “balancing the stick for 17seconds”. Benefits…

Purpose – To be Aware, understand and measure – Happiness, development, Healthy Life. Session: We explored individual thoughts and group thoughts about :Why and which places you think they are developed? – Facilities, Temples, Buildings, tourism, Why and which places you think they are underdeveloped – No food, No fresh air, No water, No transport,…

He joined the community as a daily wage labor while we were constructing our community kitchen, Ambrosia. Working with mud and construction of earthbag was new for many of us, including our head mason. Seenappa started showing his wisdom of mud by thinking and not blindly following our instructions – he would share his opinion…

‘What it means to be a citizen’. A session with Sudha to understand our country Questions we heardWhat does it mean to be a citizen of the country?How do we know that we are a citizen of any country?Who is a citizen?What are the rights and duties?How are rules made?What is the government? How is…

Purpose – Awareness about Images Session:We made subgroups. An insect was placed in the center and we all shared our thoughts about different insects and animals. For Insects Images came out beautifully like ugly, fat, strong, tallest, Scary, Flying, colorful …. For Self Images – we connected to self Images – How I see myself,…

Exchange, Together, Interdependence, Influence, Freedom, Co-operation, Co-exist, Care, Togetherness, Openness, Support, Acceptance, Group Opportunity, Responsibility, Communication, Perspective, Feedback, Contribute, Respect were some of the words we reviewed about the community – the words came from the group, experiencing them in different ways We do we really exist in isolation or independently? We all are interdependent.…