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Activity Club: Purpose – is to expose to different basic skills thru games, doing, reading and researching. The following were a few different ways we explored.Reading day– Read for fun with a common theme – We explored reading together and share what I read, read and conduct quiz, read for action words read for describing…

Learning is not only about the end result It’s also about the journey He did not get this in a day He got in many many days 8yr old sharing the story of his learning flute https://youtu.be/9YNCbzO5_x8

Imagine, Aarohi, A learning community where learning is the core purpose of all action that happens. Since the whole world is our curriculum, whatever the child decides to do – a chore, a project, skill development, a campus responsibility or job or working on one’s interest – everything is for the purpose of learning. Similarly,…

Questioning – not to find answers but to ponder. Some reacted with “it’s difficult to make 23 questions about the Marine Life”. Some pondered Some went through a session to explore questioning – The process of making questions from books – choose a word that I don’t know and frame questions, read and just frame…

Imagine Aarohi, An Open Learning Community, a life education, where learning happens because children want to learn from their life – for their life. Travelling is an amazing education. Traveling together is even better. That is what are KAA trips – travel, see, meet, eat and learn. The trip to Rameshwaram – the journey began…

Is there an abundance of ideas, thoughts, feelings, resources, kindness, help/support, etc. Look for abundance in people we meet, in nature, in man-made systems, in me! ABUNDANCE was part of the curriculum this week – We have in ABUNDANCE (collective wisdom of all in the session) – Abundance of Joy Food Space – universe Ocean…

Session on CreativityChildren were busy with the preparation for Exhibition as special for “Teachers day”. As I saw children were preparing, I gave the choice of continuing their project and only who were interested to do the activity can join for the session..We started with a jig “Rum Sum Sum”. We took little time to…

Three parts of this story – visit HAL museum Preparation and my struggles My visit and my exploration Kids visit and their exploration Well, this began with a child taking the responsibility of organizing a trip to HAL museum, Bangalore. He is skilled in interacting with people, finding routes, finding information, planning travel, etc. All…

Do you know about survival of the fittest? Do you know birds are modern dinosaurs? Contact her to learn more about evolution – She is 8yrs old, She read about evolution, she read about it from different sources. And She took a session on “evolution”. She left some of us with wondering “did in Ice…

Agastya foundation sharing science experiment with the community, their mission is to reach out to rural areas to create understanding about science. We explored science with them and words we heard – Eddie current, magnets, magic, metal, laser light, light traveling, fog light. convex, concave, reflection, mirrors, difference, snell’s law, focal point, imaginary focal point,…

A session with Sonal on feelings and body. Yes, this is part of our curriculum – curriculum which comes out of our living and learning. Teencafe – an exclusive space for Tween and Teen to understand self and social needs. In TEEN CAFE this week it was about body and emotions – Body has a…

he loves birds – talking birds, dreaming birds, hearing birds, watching birds, chasing birds, reading birds, drawing birds and sleeping birds. And if at all he got some time this week, talking/sleeping/dreaming/drawing… animals and insects.

A child describes Aarohi as Aarohi is the place where you learn with the grace Open learning a power you can embrace at Aarohi Life at Aarohi is not a race We are often asked “do you follow any philosophy? And we say none. As we believe so many, so so many – people have…

Asawari is a 21-year-old unschooler who has not given any exam nor got any certification. She in this session shares her journey of unschooling and responds to queries from other homeschooler or unschooling parents from her point of view. Aarohi – An Open Learning Community Education at Aarohi is an endeavor to Understand oneself and…

It began with a desire “I want to organize sports day” – and it happened! The community came together to play – the day started at 5 in the morning with football, then kho-kho, races, volleyball, Kabbadi and Table tennis – four teams competing with each other to discover self. For some, the pleasure was…

What happens to our brain when we play different sports, games, do yoga, dance, do fine motor activities like crochet, stitching, painting, etc. The idea was to explore and experience.

Just one announcement “let’s celebrate Ganesha” by Leela, she likes to celebrate festivals. The community came together to celebrate Some joined in making sweets Some decorated the place Few together made clay Ganesha Statue And all came together to have a meal! And that was all about our celebrating life and living!

Pillow fight was the part of the planning session, followed by alternate relaxation – Just to bring awareness of different states of minds and response of the body.

Using different ways our body to play the games in thought club – just awareness and experience that the body exists! And there are unlimited possibilities with it – carry a ball between shoulder, keep the ball in between knees and take from one point to another, keep on the forehead and drop from one…

Multi Jaatre are the session taken by different ages. Although the sessions are for the community, most of us know each other very well – but the act of standing in front of people and sharing our knowledge brings a different experience for most of us. A session on Stock market by a 12yr old…

Just one announcement “let’s celebrate Ganesha” by one of us who likes to celebrate festivals. The community came together to celebrate Some joined in making sweets Some decorated the place Few together made clay Ganesha Statue And all came together to have a meal! And that was all about our celebrating life and living!

Who are our teachers? Who inspires us? Well, parents are the source of inspiration – the belief that EACH individual is a rich resource. It does not matter what do they read? Satyajit Ray or Galesiti Baruti? About evolution or astronomy? Whatever they read – they just share with the young population of Aarohi? Lenzen…

A session with Sonal, This Teen cafe we explored 6 Wisdom points in the body by Suzanne Scurlock Durana. 1. Brain – The logical mind 2. Heart – Our feelings 3. Gut – Instinct. Does it feels right or not – Why we don’t listen to our guts? May be brain overrule. 4. Hips –…

13adults from Bhoomi college – visiting Aarohi to learn about learning!

Is our mind and body connected? Awareness of mind and body Awareness of stillness – Close eyes and sit as still as possible, open eyes and write your experience Awareness of sight – Gaze at one point and that’s all Awareness of movements – Close eyes and move one by one body para ( as…

Three days of carpentree from his eyes, he is 10 years old. He has lot of dreams, he is understanding his dreams, that the path to reach out to those dreams is by DOING. His story of three days in his words (unedited). So, today everybody was excited for doing carpentree with murli uncle. Everybody…

Understanding about “Getting in touch with my thoughts and feelings” with Sonal. Sonal runs an organization called Journey 2selfhood. She is a mother of 2 homeschooler’s teenagers, a counselor for children and parents and a life coach. Imagine Aarohi, An Open Learning Community, where there are no classes Imagine a learning community where there is…

Swim in the pond Eat snacks Mulch the trees Pluck and eat rose apples Play with rabbits Eat lunch Pluck wine cherries and eat And express gratitude And that’s all we did for five hours this Friday!

Hmm… campus care – a platform to contribute – A social responsibility for the campus – Resource, Campus and Kitchen team – rotate team, rotate work do every chore in the campus. But what it does to me – does it adds value to me or to the campus was the question we pondered. Sometimes…

The welcome action of HIFI, clapping and a jig caught their attention. JIG – ” I am the tower of Strength,from within and without” was connecting to the session topic. Code setting– reassuring codes – “Listen to others, talk turn by turn and choice to participate”. Planned versus Practical experience:We planned to give strength cards…