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Sometimes we underestimate the impact of our actions Two recent storiesPreeti, she is 28 yrs old now. When she was around 12 yrs old, she did a summer program based on the Multiple Intelligence “discover me” program with us in Bangalore. Last week she called up and said “the experience which I got in that…

This year of the pandemic has been the year of co-creation for me. I have been collecting and collating – here is one more: Hasmukh from the Sapna Ranch shares this picture with the tag “This is for the adults to share with children.” Shared with the parents of Aarohi with “reminder for parents” and…

They got togetherCreated this magazineThey had to work on getting the entries – multiple reminders, different ways of communication They had to work as a team They had to work on editing They had to put it togetherAnd they did it!

Says Vishruthi, So before I present the audio story to you, here is a small (though looks very big ) STORY behind the AUDIO STORY (Ratnesh named it ) So it was an impromptu idea of Ratnesh “Vishruti, would you like to create an audio story with children?” I loved the idea and it was…

Isn’t the child’s future in open learning insecure? What if the child is denied opportunities of Jobs etc because he/she does not have a degree?”A good question that we should delve into! Dwiji, a parent sharingFirst, it is important to clarify Open learning does not imply that the individual does not get a degree. They…

The question was asked, “What are the pros and cons of open learning vis-s-via conventional schooling?” ROSHANI sharing, mother of 5yrs old Ronak, doing open learning for last one yearOpen learning = seamless extension of real life. Open learning = integration of individual/ family/ society. Open learning = freedom of self-expression while considering the interests…

Story of co-creation When mixer jar and shin pads joined hands:) For the last two weeks, Krishiv has taken up the responsibility of repairing things in the home under his contribution to the home. He had two tasks 1. Repair mixer jar 2. Repair handle of his bicycle Bicycle thing got done but mixer jar…

A parent asked “How does this reflection help me to understand my child? LET’s THINK IT THIS WAYIt will be difficult to “understand the child” – this claim “understand child/you” is a “mirage or a trap” (good feel factor type). The information which the child is giving you now will be soon outdated. As the…

At Aarohi – learning comes in millions of ways. Children decide what they want to do/learn (content) and how they want to do/learn it (process). Often these goals involve making (a cake), creating (a movie), building (a house of pets), exploring (gardening or poetry), researching (about Ashoka the king), and so on. Most of the…

Three teams coming together for Planning, Preparing, and Participating Posters, Communication, Calls, Discussions were just some of the actions to make it happen How, What, When, were some of the questions to take us forward Excitement, Apprehensions, Eagerness, Confusion, Joy, were just some of the emotions Listening, Sharing, Cocreating, were some of the Ingredients of…

AAROHI – X is a BUSY place with more than 40 collaborations throughout the week – each space is created with “I decide”. All ages participate, someone leads, someone follows – no age barriers. All spaces are self-organized and have different styles, The style of each space is created by the participants of the space.…

Imagine aarohi which guarantees one definitive outcome – that learning will be self-discovery. Every day in the morning we meet to coordinate – our coordination sessions are chaotic, full of chatter and voices “I am making bulbs and want a volunteer help me, I am organizing trek – sign up, I am practicing dance, Kitchen…

We read a book called HELLO RUBY which is a very nice exploration of a computer..then he spent a few days exploring my old sony vaio himself (i wasn’t part of it but could see him sitting with it everyday)..then yesterday he decided to just make it himself..both hardware part and software part…explaining all the…

We rejoice when we see a child leading himself and herself in so many walks of his/her life (just as they led themselves in learning how to walk).In their leadership of themselves they stumble, fumble, go astray, even come to a grinding halt. We rejoice, because this way they are developing into better leaders of…

It was just at back of the campusWe wanted to go to a particular rock we call “owl rock”. Soon we realised that we are lost.We realised that I am confidently bad with the directionsAchalesh took the leadWe found the owl rock from another sideIt was getting darkOn the way, we had an adventure with…

My skill development is my responsibility – we can create this awareness, create the opportunity to reflect, and create our own planning to develop. We cannot develop for others. At the campus daily we get approx 6 hours of skills development – 9 hrs of sleep, 2 hrs of planning/reflection, 2hrs of community engagements, 5…

So what is the child’s interest?What if the child is not going deeper or leaving it?What is the parent’s role?” This week we explored “choices and nonchoices”.We say one of the roles is to bring the awareness that when I continue with one interest, I am leaving other interests. When I am leaving one and…

It began with an idea “how about a radio channel of Aarohi”RJ Visrtuhi conducted a session on how to start your radio shadow to spark the idea and the rest is a creation story. The first show was super enjoyable. Enjoyed the energy to bring music, speech, talk, story collection, technology, teamwork, planning, creation, and…

Shreyas has been learning and playing piano for the past 2.5 years. He likes to play the music of the songs that he has heard. He likes to recreate the music only by hearing. He does not look at the notes and play any songs. For the past year, it had been mostly online and…

Two Friends were excited about making a tyre chair Design Design Design, Made me crazy to think, Think, Think, Think, Never did in my College too, College, College, College, What did I do I don’t Know, I don’t Know, Imagine Aarohi, a learning communityWhere we all learnWhere we tryNo age barNo idea bar

The action of doing brings an opportunity for reality checks – your own questioning, understanding, learning, emotions, challenge, and a lot more……. The story started with the Child’s need for a drum pad. She knew the design and referred to the existing pad and did it with little effort and peer help and the making…

Who is this child? Who is this learner? Do we understand him or her? Do we know what lies inside and in the future of each? Who will show them, teach em, lead em. Each CAPABLE To Dream, To Think, To Decide, To Do, To Fail, To Achieve, To Assess, To Learn, To Enjoy, To…

No Typical days at Aaorhi – each is different The week started with a blank sheet – what happens during the week is what and how the people at the campus create them. What I WANT TO DO is the question one is encouraged to ask and go deeper with it. Sometimes it is just…

From Bhaval’s diaryThe beginning of the year 2021 brought some determinations. One of them was to learn a sport. As a child, I used to play quite a few street games but never went for any sport. As a mom, I have always gone to drop kids to sports class and have mostly waited there…

Pranav sharing his poem – he created based on his experience at Aarohi So you can call it experiential poetry

We asked “draw something you were Immersed in during the day” andthen, “draw what strengths others would be using – add to their drawing”.We were immersed in reflecting – recollecting, drawing, and thinking about other’s strengths. In some ways, the only real way we live (and learn) is by thinking. Hence open learning is all…

They visited the campus26th Jan was a holiday at the officesome time to create somethingwhy not a rope laddermeasure, buy ropes, watch some videos, do discussion and that’s allA day’s work togetherand the climbing rope and rope ladder ready to use

Children do not need encouragement, they just need us to respect their endeavors. Then they encourage themselves, lead themselves. the simple joy of doing – observe the actions of the hands

It has been interesting to understand what does the new normal means?We began with making extensive guidelines but the question arose “who will monitor the application of it?” The obvious answer that came to us was “self”, believing that each one of us is responsible for responsible living. And that led to us making 3…

She wanted to stitch a dress Found an old dupattaShe had her own imaginationHer own collection of designAnd the tools to startAnd her own motivation to createAnd the joy of wearing it!