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We began with the question – What is a girl, what is a boy? What is the difference between them? Some responses were : Different energy levels, different Voice, choices, body parts, way of thinking, likes, clothes etc.Pink is for girls and blue for boys. Boy don’t hit a girls. For boys – Muscular, Stronger,…

“Wow, Good Job, Keep it up, I am proud of you, beautiful, so nice…” these are some of the exclamation we offer to our kids to keep them going (encouraging). But is there something beyond “praising”? Have you ever questioned “Why and when we appreciate?” May be to encourage, to make friends (other will think…

Repairs are part of Aarohi curriculum. When multiple people use resources, the wear and tear is natural – sometimes things break with usage, sometimes with misuses. Whatever is the case, repair brings an opportunity to understand our resources and connection with the tools. This Friday, “Repair Cafe” brought an opportunity for the community to take…

Can a campus teach? Water walk at Aarohi is nothing but understanding water and sanitation system at Aarohi. Where does the water comes to the campus and where does it goes? Water at the campus comes from the bore well and goes back to the ground through plants – in the process it travels to…

Often safety is looked from “fear” window or from a “rule” perspective. A session with Esha on personal safety threw some light on clear communication and the process of making safer decision. Esha works on personal safety with girls in Gujrat, the session brought an opportunity to make this topics even more open and sensitive.…

A day workshop to experience the magic of Gratitude with the team from SSY / RSVK pune “I am sorry, Thank you” have becomes some etiquettes for some of us. But, it’s not only about saying “sorry” or “thank you” but understanding what and why we hold forgiveness, what is gratitude or rather understanding what…

We did a show on playback theatre last year and left the audience mesmerising about the whole concept. This year once again we started practicing for the show in a conference. First question was to discover “what are the elements of playback theatre?” We all have understood that it’s not at all about “acting”. Few…

When we become teenagers an invisible wall gets created between boys and girls. At Aarohi it came to notice that there are some people I don’t interact beyond the necessity that comes with living together and these people tended to be of the opposite gender. To challenge this gap between people we did two activities…

Sports, Play and Games are integral part of our living at Aarohi. We play everyday (community sports), but sometimes we play whole day long and we call it “sports day”. Sports day at Aarohi began with planning :). Some wanted to conduct the sports – the criteria was “all ages should be able to play…

Bad News – Teasing and Rude responses. Good News – Teasing and Rude responses. Well, the helpmates brought an opportunity to express “a lot of teasing happening, for smallest of the question there is rude response and the communication lacking compassion”. Thank you Lakshmi for bringing this up. Some said May be freedom to express…

Some of my favorites are MAKING something. At the campus, while kids are busy making things, I often capture making of that. This one video is one of my favorites – some of us who were staying at the campus during the weekends together, decided to record a story as part of our TIME TOGETHER.Normally…

We play in playgrounds, but experience of working with people who create the playground was an humble experience. An opportunity to experience, creating a physical outdoor playspace – How a playground can be created, How one can design, How one can implement, How one skill can open up the doors of opportunity and how one…

Part of this week’s curriculum – Month of May spread sheet in accounts, Making router access point and repeater to make Internet working, UPS passage, Different drawings, Making thin blade to be able to make a sellable product, researching about the wood which can be carved and carve a tree, concentrating on shapes of cookies…

Themeasurementare not only about centimeters and inches or finding the conversion. It is much more joyous than just converting inches to feet and centimeters and meters.The joy ofmeasurementis in developing the sense of space. What does this mean?We began with questioning why the diningtablesize is what it is? What makes it suitable for four people…

Once upon a time, not so very long ago, I, theBody and Kinesthetic intelligence, was much sought after. Warriors depended on me; craftsmen used me to create both articles of utility and beauty; dancers and dramatists added depth to culture; sport was the primary pastime, and many professions used hands dexterously to achieve and to…

Our curriculum this week included – Guitar, Crochet, Wood carving, Astronomy, Cooking, FestivalPuja, Craft- Gift factory, Knowing about airport and aviation, Repairing speakers, Aqua phonics, Theatre, Sketching, Making poster, Carpentry,Tippytap, Reading about atoms and plants, football, maths, Repair cycle, Fitness, Drumming, Sewing, Painting, Fishing, Musical instruments, Electronics, History and Geography. And we continue with integrated…

Had a wonderful festival celebration this week. Festivals are one of the most enjoyable celebration atAarohi- brings different ideas, beliefs and ideas together.One announcement “dance practice on a song” led to few people coming together and practice began. A dance drama was prepared within few hours of practice.Together food was cooked, served and we all…

What makes one to feel that only structured education can teach you how to learn in structured way? Our son Dhrupad, now 13yrs old has never been to any structured education. Often that also lead to surprise for others “then how is he learning maths and science?” Last two years he had been going to…

When he came we asked “what are your interests” He asked “what does it mean?” We asked “what you like doing?” He said, “Matlab (meaning)?” We asked “what you do at home?” He smiled “watch TV and play video games on my tab” We got hopeful and asked and … He said “that’s all”. We…

They both love Video Games They both understand technology They both have not gone through any classroom teaching of computer programming But they both are our “System Admin” – repair laptops, setup internet for our campus and … solving all our technology problems. All they do is DO!

During my trip to Andaman, I overheard one of the Scuba Diving instructor telling a participant “You are not doing too good with diving, but you don’t do good just by talking about it, you do good by DOING, so just go and DO”. Just one idea “Gift a Dosa to others in lunch today”…

Love of Rasam But how to make it was a question I have never made Never thought of making it Well, the journey began with finding out recipe Then collecting the ingredients And then making And guess what – it took three hours to make this Rasam, which Amma and Akkas makes in 15 minutes.…

The story of Jaggery cutting The big lump of Jaggery to cut in small pieces to be able to fill in small jar First idea was to break it – what to use for breaking was the question? Somehow got some ladddle to break and broke with a thud! But it did not broke into…

The story of Jaggery cutting The big lump of Jaggery to cut in small pieces to be able to fill in small jar First idea was to break it – what to use for breaking was the question? Somehow got some ladddle to break and broke with a thud! But it did not broke into…

When the learning process is not defined by the tangible outcome, the focus goes on process and not on product. And that is why we have no curriculum or rather we are not worried what does a child chooses to learn – all learning is WORTHWHILE. Recently at Aarohi there is wave of learning crochet.…

Celebrating “integrated learning” this term. This term celebrating “Integrated learning” means adding value in what we already doing – At Aarohi no process or no curriculum is fixed, it evolves from the life we live at the campus. A child baking a cake finds it “waste of time” to read about history of baking or…

Growth is inevitable. Physical growth is something that happens naturally in a human being but how aware are we of it and how much do we understand our growing bodies. What about our mental and emotional growth, how do we develop that. Somewhere Teen club started to prepare the budding adolescents for the various changes…

AKD – Aarohi Ka Dukaanon We Bring in various exposure to experience through our AKD. Purpose of AKD :understanding Supply chain – manufacturers, dealers, whole saler, retailers. Our Lunch was to earn by being part of supply chain. We explored a small video on Supply chain: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JzLoo8cFJBI Our Supply Chain consisted of : Team of…

Every action in the community I do, it creates an effect. Knowingly or unknowingly – it’s an exchange. Exchange of thoughts, feelings, vibes, experiences, words, acceptance, support and skills. Learning Mela brought an opportunity to exchange skills. Learning multipliedin learning Mela.One child who recently learnt stitching with sewing machine, taught sewing to few more.Two children…

“I know nothing more inspiring than that of making discovering for oneself”George Washington The myth of learning is simple to state and prove. The myth says that only when we learn, do we learn. What it means is that unless there is a conscious and methodical method to learning, learning cannot happen. It is only…