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Visiting our Railway station while the train is entering the station gave us a very different perspective of understanding about how many people are working behind us to keep our train travel safe. Signal Systems, Maintenance of tracks, maintenance of batteries, greasing the joints, Team of people tracking the train at different stations. For us,…

We often ask questions to others as well as a lot of questions to ourselves. How about asking “what if, How else, How about, What else and Did you mean? Just a consciously asking these questions pushed some of us to think differently. No curriculum, allows us to have unlimited curriculum! Each week we play…

We all went to farm with a purpose to experience harvesting tomatoes, to our Milk Anna’s farm. On the way to the farm we explored Plucking tamarind from the tree, One farmer was cutting Coconuts from the tree. We were curious to see how they climbed the tree and cut coconuts from the tree. We…

Living as community demand each individual to throw out of their comfort zone – as we experience living together as a community, we feel the need of acceptance of each other as individual which helps us live, grow and glow. Different culture Different ages Different interests Different needs Different temperament Different styles We call it…

PROJECT MOVIE MAKING One group made movie The making of the movie was not the curriculum (or the agenda for facilitator) Self-discovery was It did not matter who was good or bad (strengths or weakness) What mattered was what all the different possibilities for one to choose GROUP REFLECTION done by them – they shared…

He is passionate about insects and Reptiles, traveling all around the world to see specific species of snakes and reptiles. He shared his passion with us at the campus. Whenever he comes to the camps, he brings excitement to the campus We went around in search of insects Below the rocks Under the bushes on…

We played with science Levers are all around us in scissors and nail cutter They are all simple machines Machines are not always complicated Is lock a mechanism? They work with force and friction Have you ever lifted with pulley The quiz to know different layers of the atmosphere It did matter who went to…

What are you doing? Exploring Strengths! Life is not just about skills, but super important are how we use our strengths. But what is so special about strengths?Skills without strengths is like a pot without water. It will not quench our thirst. One extremely angry – “do-not talk to me I am frustrated, I will…

When Howard Gardner put forward his Theory of Multiple Intelligences (in 1983), he was only acknowledging something we have all intuitively known – the existence of different abilities (intelligences) inside each one of us. What is “child’s play” or fun for one could be scary or boring for another. This diversity arises from each child…

Imagine Open Learning, where there are no tests and exams – because we believe that each individual can assess themselves, can reflect on this work on an ongoing basis. Also because one does not need to learn for some external objective (marks) but for own love for learning. My journey of drumming –As a group…

The world is our curriculum. But what is the curriculum? Is it defined by me or the learner or none or both? Life is part of the curriculum Living is curriculum Learning is part of the curriculum When all this merges, it just becomes an experience. We asked shared one difficult thing from the day…

Wake up at 5am Why shoes? Small water bottle is enough? I have never trekkedI have done many How long is it? How far is this? So high? So far? I donot know why this experience! It was cloudy day Ah! Its so nice Ah! I can run Oh! Rocks and stones and thorns –…

Herramientas, our tool room was busy designing a Bamboo chair, making joints which will last longer, making wooden dice to just play and experience carpentry, make dumbbells for fitness Ambrosia, our kitchen was busy cooking variety of meals to cater to different tastes, special food for b’day celebration, pickle, salads, kheer and cake are just…

Trek to Himalayas with family and family friends was one of the agenda this May. There is something in mountains, I carry back deep in my heart. The ascend, the descend … all were incidental, what made the difference was meeting life in just one trek! But there was something different between life and trekking.Life…

“I am Able – TRY, FRY, CRY and FLY! The journey often starts with TRYING, then action (FRY), And sometimes the challenges makes you CRY (sweating, pushing, failing, persisting), and once you cross that you FLY!FLYING this week with TRYING at AarohiWhat better way to spend holidays – Do what I want – I decide…

And with this open structure – how does one “learn” anything? One also wonders how can one move ahead when one does not have a specific interest or one has very specific interest, one is confused, also what if one needs a guide and so on – each child is different. SOME of the OPTIONS…

A dream wallet……. The session was focused on the process of designing a ideal wallet but the twist was that we were not designing for our self rather we were designing an ideal wallet for our partner. Step one is to empathize with the partner and understand their requirement of a wallet. What all do…

The project “Team build” was born with the need of another residential building at Aarohi. Just one announcement Few interested Few thinking Few indifferent Some joined Some stayed Some left Some hanged around First, what all are the options? Dreaming, Researching, Imagining, Ideating Then, Meeting Samyukta and Stanzin from Earth Build to give muddy shape…

Each day is a gift full of possibilities, let’s live it! We took an object and used it in different ways than the usual usage and explored possibilities. We could come with many many ideas of using that object in different ways. And that’s where we began our journey of “possibilities” this week. Many possibilities…

We all have dreams, – Dream for self, like I want to be successful, want to be an artist, to look smarter, etc. We dream for family, like all in my family to be happy. Dream for country like gender equality, no poverty, more money, my country to be like Singapore. Dream for the world,…

What is a romantic relationship ? Our image of love, romantic relationships and dating is heavily loaded by external influences. Media, movies, songs, advertisements, society, parents and friends all play a role in shaping our understanding of relationships. This teen club we tried to look at how all are we looking at relationships. Below is…

Well, he is 8yrs old young electrician of Aarohi. He says “I love electrical work”, He likes to fix switches, He likes to connect bulbs, He is enthusiastic to put casing and capping, At this stage, he does not want to read about current, volts or any other things related to electricity, But to do,…

Choices are “what I want to do”. Non-choices are “what I have not explored yet”. Every time I make a choice, I leave some choices…I chose to do carpentry, I am leaving out cooking or reading a book. And that’s what we experienced in the first week of summer. “I am able, I can choose…

Just some colors And Some music – slow, fast, instruments, old, new, different culture…just music. Let the music lead your hands No brushes to paint Use body to paint Not paint to make a painting Paint for joy and music!

He naturally connects with paper folding He gets those precise folds He can do it without any distraction or external push He does it just like that.

Marathon started with the spark of idea from a Parent, Fitness coach of Aarohi. The Spark spread the Fire of Running in everyone in the community who participated in the event. Some missed, some participated and some wanted to keep the fire alive. The Spark of Running Marathon event was fueled by 3 children who…

Turtle walk at Chennai stimulated many thoughts in me about conservation, interaction with animals and the life! There was something special about the volunteers I met at the beach – one of them doing for last 22 years and still doing every weekends for five months. He was as inspiration for me to walk the…

Many stories on how children learn and each story is different. But each story reminds us that each child is unique and learn in their unique way. How a child Learn? Well,I started with looking for the tiniest flower I could find, and slowly my interest grew and it went into looking at flowers and…

GIFT was the theme of the week – We receive and give gift to self and others in various forms like physical, verbal, act, written, environment (things, nature, people happening, events), time and opportunity but this week was the opportunity to pause and reflect on the gifts we give and get Gift of support Gift…