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Art of asking in Jatre on Bus donation.We have a bus for our library, we need money for the bus. So what do we ask for? We explored the power of persuasion.Add Pathos (emotions).Add Logos (logic)Add Ethos (credibility) Just a small amount (Logos)When you visit, you can also visit (Ethos)This bus is good, had good…

AKD special – Estimation.We use Estimation on daily basis – how much to cook? How much to buy? How to plan our day? How much profit? Why my idea will sell? Where to invest? – we estimate based on our experience or data available or analysis.Estimation is a skill we introduced in Jatre for AKD.…

Meaningful conversation in Our Jaatre – The purpose to experienceConversation which adds value to me, to othersConversation which helps in knowing my friends more and deeperConversation which connects me with others Peer group of 7 to 45 formed a group and pondered on questions “What is education? Is caring is the only way to respect…

“Camping” was the word where it all began. Two of them started dreaming and just talking about it. With every conversation, their dream became bigger. Finally, they started planning – invited more people to join, wrote notices with details. And finally, they began. Few more joined. They tested tents, made safety notes, planned food, and…

Community Jatre, to connect to explore “profession”. To help community connecting to understand the process and role of parents/ facilitator to go deeper into the concept of a profession.To facilitate the process of “what profession you are in NOW” the community came together. We began with pondering – What does the word ‘profession’ mean to…

Bad news – Few kids falling sick very frequently Good news – Opportunity to understand food and health. The journey began with questioning “do we know how does food gives energy?”. Hmmm…only the discovery about food digestion, nutrition absorption by blood cells led to the understanding role of food in our growth. So when we…

Bad News – One child received several concerns – Abusive language, Teasing, Pranks, Shouting at parents, Taking other’s stuff without taking permission, Misuse of laptop/internet, Touching others inappropriately Good News – We get the opportunity to explore peer support! ​​ Five kids from the community came forward to be part of a ‘counseling circle’. This…

Bad News – Dome hall heating up. Good news – We understood about radiation The need to understand about ‘Radiation’ came from the need to make our Dome cooler. IT ALL INSIDE ME”. Yes its all about me and my experiences. A Jatre on radiation – where all the answers came from kids, most of…

A trip toTown Panchayat office was enough to understand many civic chapters. Themore important was to understand the working around our area – who arranges for the water? who is responsible for electricity? Who builds roads? How is garbage collected? What is govt around us? GOverenmnt is a very broad term, we never get to…

The need of more biscuits was raised in My Voice. My voice is an exercise to express thoughts, concerns, a suggestion in a forum! Two kids raised in my voice “Increase the numbers of biscuits from three to six in milk timings”. Currently, we have a restriction of max three biscuits. Based on options we…

Travel is an amazing learning opportunity. Wondered, how one decides where to travel and why? We began with a dream to travel to a place of our own needs, choices, and planning. Often when we travel in the group for our outstation trips, they have a mixed bag of choices -some are mine, but some…

A little spark, A reason, A need – that’s all is about learning and living at Aarohi. The occasion of Ayudha Puja was enough for us to make a show on our resources and understand ‘reverence’. Each one shared one resource with stories and added drama. Stories of a Paint brush, Cello tape, Torch, Broom,…

What will happen if you think about you as ‘lazy’ and you think that others also think that you are ‘lazy’ and also you are fine others thinking you as ‘lazy’? Now think that you think you as lazy’ and you think that others think that you are ‘active’ and also you want are others…

Salt and its magic in the magic of one. Observation, prediction and experimenting in our kitchen – Food with or without salt, Cooking with or without salt, Metal and salt, Oil and salt, Salt and its sources, Different kinds of salt, Salt in history – Just a pinch of salt in our day to explore…

What is your profession? Often the profession is considered when one “grows” up. Often kids say “when I grow, I will become”…question to ponder “are they not something today?” Some of the kids are at the basic level of various interest like sports, chess, sketching, reading, gardening, crafting, painting, science, cooking and so on…and some…

Bad news – Stinking toilets due to lack of flushing water. Good news – We got the opportunity to explore toilet plumbing and understand consequences of our actions! We surveyed toilet plumbing and re-discovered that when we do not flush, it affects the plants (urine goes directly to trees, so mixing water is important). To…

We use electricity, we use it in many different ways. Electricity has become an important resource to live e life.Wondering where does it comes from? A trip to electricity board gave an insight into this vital element of our lifestyle. Visit to Tamilnadu state electricity board– The officer shared that it is a 33kva power…

Joy of pets Introduction of our pets: We have many kind of pets like fishes, dogs and cats. Normally they are really fun to live with and the do not trouble you too much. But sometimes i guess you will have to get out of your lazy mood take care of them. The names of…

We all are magnets. We attract people by our actions, the work we do, what we speak, how we speak, by our thoughts, by our style, my identify me ( caste, brands, position, religion, name ). We all are living magnets. We can decide what we want to attract.This week’s planning began with “what do…

Baul singing, with Arpita. Boul, the word comes from wind (vatul) and mad (bawara). She made it very easy for the kids and all of us to understand about the Baul. Her interaction and presentation instilled curiosity among the kids of all ages to know more about it. Baul is an oral tradition, coming from…

We asked “How do you learn spellings?” Many responded, “By how the word sounds; Breaking down the word / sound; By saying it; By memorizing it, repeating it; By reading, revising and so on. But English is a phunny language, often the way we speek is not how we rite! In the world of words,…

What is Bharatnatyam dance? Our first impressions something like this….Mudra, ancient, Like Kathak, God dance, Folk dance, It has moves, stories are told, traditional dance, jewellery, different dress and particular makeup, shake hands and legs, statue of Shiva, different Poses, you have Payal, balance, give exams, performances, expressions, involving in it, type of an exercise,…

Imagine Aarohi where there are no tests and exams – because we believe that children can assess themselves, can reflect on this work on an ongoing basis. Also because children do not need to learn for some external objective (marks) but for their own love for learning. This term we assessed ourselves with parents by…

Manthan is an opportunity for the community to organize the community event where parents join us at the Campus to live altogether for a day or two. The planning for the event started with a word game, the words which we connect with Manthan – Environment, Talk, friendly, enthusiastic, Youthful, Yummy, Youngsters, yippee, Gupshup, Good…

Every bad news is a good news. I am slow and doing it slowly. There are expectations about the work. That’s a problem and that’s a bad news. Expectations push me to work fast, allow me to fulfill the needs. And that’s a good news. The bad news is that it is difficult to read…

We received few wooden strips. They looked perfect to make ‘nameplates’. We made few and others got excited to make more. Gift factory at Aarohi announced “nameplates for families”. For me making those nameplates was very easy. Neither it was new for me nor it was difficult. But it was interesting for me, so I…

Learning in small things we do.Daily diet – A word or a quotation or a law or a puzzle. It begins with choosing a word which I don’t know. Then go ding meaning, then the usage then the similar words than the word in different languages. The quotations also start with choosing a quotation. The…

Different chidren, different needs, different reactions, different responses, different ideas, different soultuons, different chaanges, different solutions. Few kids were excited to explore various games in Dome. They connected with board games, puzzles and various indoor games with so much of ease, while some find it difficult to even sit for few minutes. Some worked alone…

We started with exploring the difference between museum and gallery:Is Gallery small, few collections? Is Museum vast, different collections, artifacts? The Museum had a theme of gods of different religions for this month.We began with pondering over what is mythology? – Past, Mystic, Fantasy, Myths, Stories, may be History? stories of special powers/boons and curses?…

Can a campus Teach? Yes, We believe a campus can be the very lap of learning if it is conceived and developed just as mother nature; if it offers constraints to children which make them think, do, learn, and live differently. The Architectural Design of the campus is based on these three guiding principles: Design…