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The session was about Introduction to the process of Design, Discuss, Do Design – Any Project we take, we start with the exploration of the idea called Design which includes What we want to do? Why do we want to do it? What resources do we need? Who all are teams? what role each one…

He likes to play football He also likes to play table tennis He likes land work He likes the job of “cash manager” He also works as “pet pal” He likes to take responsibility for pets food He likes to coordinate with the support staff at the campus He likes video games, watching movies and…

Dadaism Poetry with Kanak – an Art moment followed by painters, writers.Politicians looked at war differently, the artist looked at war differently. People were lost, suffering, celebrating meaningless How to Make a Dadaist Poem Take a newspaper.Take some scissors.Choose from this paper an article the length you want to make your poem.Cut out the article.Next…

It began with a desire to PAINTThen paint on the WALLThey searched and selected a suitable wallThey made a designGiven other art styles – Warli, Madhubani, Zentangle, Mandala, etcBoth made their own designMade a couple of designsAnd decided to paint on two different surfacesAgain searched for another surfaceSo now we have two wall paintingThey drew,…

Our Rocket oven was not working, an opportunity to do the test-fire again! The test fire took just five minute but understanding about fire took 55 minutes. Understanding about fire took just 5 minutes, it took 50 minutes to observe the fire. Throughout the session, Dwilji was insisting on “let’s observe” – the flame, the…

Two Suggestions to bring changes in our scheduleSuggestions –“Planning to reduce to 45 minutes” –DIscussion in various groups – The challenge is to cater to different needs, different levels of clarity of planning, Different views, various suggestions – as a community we came up with solution which we all agreed upon “45 minutes of planning…

Have you heard the songDo (do) re (re) mi (mi)Fa (fa) so (so) la (la) ti (ti) do (do)Do, re, mi, fa, so, la, ti, do!doe, a deer, a female deer(Re!) ray, a drop of golden sun(Mi!) me, a name I call myself(Fa!) far, a long, long way to run(So!) sew, a needle pulling thread(La!)…

Manji Akka did not come What to do was the questions One said, let’s fast, have some fruits One said, go to a hotel One said, rice and curd Some said we will join in the cooking Few joined together and made Molli and Paratha, not Mooli Paratha Raw papaya salad made with a lot…

A session on “Love and relationships and their changes”with Dwiji We feel something for different people when we interact with different people and that is what we call relationship We are not alone in the feeling of love Have you observed how do different people interact, and how that has changed over time – relationship…

Make your own breakfast on a Friday morningSome made for selfSome made for others tooSome made it togetherSome did it aloneAll ate and that all about one of the Friday Morning Breakfast!

Watch a movie and ponder over some random questions Do Not give the answers of all – no rights, no wrongs Just ponder A movie can bring thinking What do you say? Watch together to ponder together – talk more about it, share more about it and that’s about learning and living! On one Friday…

He reads He just reads He talks about it He can talk about it any time of the day He took two days to prepare He felt a bit nervous in the beginning, but once he started, he did not stop Words we heard during a session with on prehistorc birds and cats- What is…

Friday morning, Active WE Rain at the campus Some weeds Some growth in our paths Some harvesting to be done Fridays are different at Aarohi – visit places, meet people, go around in the neighborhood, work in farms, plan learning mela for the neighborhood, go trekking and sometimes just stay at the campus and work…

Make your own breakfast on a Friday morning Some made for self Some made for others too Some made it together Some did it alone All ate and that all about one of the Friday morning Breakfast

Celebrated reviewing HYGIENE– A game played to explore how the mind works – play a game to be played, swap the instructions and see the reaction body! Hygiene of the BODY– Played Tambola for just play and look at hygiene from a different window. Hygiene of the MIND– Image we carry about self – for…

One child was dragged, hit and chokedThe forum of three kids (8,9 and 12yrs old) took up the caseThey listened to all, called witnesses and solved the case amicablyThey did what I would have done – ask questions, question their actions, advise them of safety and so on.The only difference was that they did not…

What – Experiencing a water factory Why – just like that Many questions in mind (each one had 23 questions in their kitty) – the following questions were answered during the visit What is the material used for bottle making? Why do we need a high-pressure motor? How can the bottle blow from small to…

There are 101 ways to do anything, even football is just not playing – let’s explore many many more ways of doing/creating/connecting with our interest. Imagine, Aarohi an Open Learning Community,Aarohi …an Open Learning Community for learners of all ages. Open to all kinds of interests, abilities, styles and content areas. Learning by doing what…

Some younger member feel that they are being bulliedSome elder member feel that they are being bulliedIt’s not that all are being bulliedIt’s just that it is part of living A session on Bully was to explore options – Parents to connect with kids and explore roles in bully and being bullied and being part…

Two teamsTwo pairs of slippers to saveAll members to go from one island to anotherFew constraints of only one time crossing the riverAnd that’s allDifferent minds, different strategies but one teamDifferent reactions, but one teamDifferent options, but one teamSome were a listener in the teamSome were thinkerSome were followerSome co-operated, some did not,One fell down,…

I felt a child acting on my nerves (I here am facilitators) The list was long of my discomfort with his behavior and attitudes and responses and actions and blah blah! (you know facilitators are also human, we also have many good days and many bad days) Ah! I felt helpless and overwhelmed I felt…

Celebrating the gift of language – Some of us know basic language, some of us are developing the language, but how do we refine when communicating with the world, how to make it descriptive, beautiful, bring quality, bring clarity, vocabulary, etc. – So its all about STYLE, BEAUTY, and CLARITY! Words have stories Words have…

Identification of effort in any task needed “Efforts” – Reflection of efforts put in my own work, gave us an insight on efforts! Efforts of resources, time management, initiatives, make a plan, making checklist, commitment, stay focused and peeing self, not satisfied, be regular and punctual, time management, reaching out to people, finding new resources,…

He likes animals He likes movie making He is clear he does not want to do make movies on animals which torture them during the shoot He is also scared of holding animals He started an Internship with Prani every Friday Each Friday is a new experience for him His session on “All about rodents”…

Sex educationThe weirdness of the topicMYths of the topicHesitation to talk about the topicTalk about the topic in a whisperMaking fun of body parts, double meaning slang to tease or to provokeHmmm, the young community needed to know that there are healthy ways to talk about this beautiful topic called “body and sex”.Began with drawing…

What do you know about China – Food, Hardworking, population, food, looks, language etc? This is how he began his session on China. He went to China for a business trip with parents and shared his experience with the community taking a session about China. Words we heard during his session – Shanghai, Xi’an, (terracotta…

When I say the word doctor? When I say farmer what image comes to your mind? What are gender-specific words or professions? Doctor – male, Farmer – Male, House servant – Female, Watchman – Male Just a small game “Prove me wrong” Whatever statement is said, prove it wrong with an example in a dating…

The meaningful conversation around the books in a sharing circle – Pick a book (new, never read), read for 15 minutes, share with the group and initiate a conversation – we call it collecting wisdom! Imagine, Aarohi an open learning community where we have no classes, the whole world is our classroom.

Our session was about Difference between boys and girls, man and woman We started the session with a small stimulation. Children were asked to pick a pista shells. All of them picked hand full…. A basket was labeled as Tween Café’s thoughts…They were asked to imagine the pista shells as the different thoughts and ideas…

The story is very simpleShe came with a dream of “want to make movies”. Initial few days did not took out the camera, one day shared “itching to do something with my camera”.She came up with an idea of “a day at Aarohi” – took the brief, created the movie, got feedback, worked again just…