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TWEEN and TEEN Klub a space to share/listen/express – something which is not often talked about. Sometimes a simple topic like “Pets” brings the engagement, while sometimes “why do I feel angry?” creates the listening space. Sometimes fear brings us together while sometimes joy makes the space alive. Whatever is the topic – we make…

Friday Multiplex at Aarohi is a space to have exposure. This week the debate was part of the exposure. Some parents coming forward and bringing the exposure of different topics – often not talked about, all ages coming together in one space and creating exposure for each other. It was an informal space for discussion…

There is a myth that open learning means an “easy path”. And these myths get busted when you meet some of the young learners at AarohiDhrupad,15yrd old is meticulously training himself to be a professional footballer – he knows that he is not there, he needs to develop the skills and he is working on…

Is this learning?One of the parents shared in the community “Tell me what comes to your mind when you see this ART” Others respondedI see a meadow of flowers with blue sky I see patience, joy, precision Colour, brightness, love and patience Unity in diversity! ascending and descending orderExpanding in all directions. Rainbow colours, different…

Why one would like to REFLECT? And together as the group the words we came up with Funneling, filtering, fully being there – finding new ways, forging a path of commitment, focus, filtering my impurities of lying
, For flying high, find forbidden paths, foresee fail, find ways
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flip through your day, freedom of self from others
,…

For some The klubs are looked at as “interest development”, for some it’s just another class, for some, it’s a valuable addition to existing skillsBut also what about a space to develop THINKING SKILLS? One of the facilitators shared – “kids in Dance Klub are just bringing some videos, they watch the video, dance, correct…

Some kids are deep-diving into one or few of their interests. Going deeper into an interest beyond “I like to do”. Some of them spending 8-10 hours daily on developing their interests – football, filming, business, music are some of them. While some are not going deep into something but going specific in their choices…

It began with a need for the chicken coop at the campusSanjay took the initiative to decide the design and mentorAchalesh decided to take it upIt began with – what it is, why do we want, watching some videos on different possibilities.Then deciding the place – near or far, within eyesight or out of sight,…

Campus reopening with the NEW NORMALIt began with knowing the “guidelines” for this new normal living with COvid. Different teams drafted the guidelines in different areas – Food, Stay, and Living.As we reviewed with different teams, we started to get more confused. The more we got confused, the more we went into our own understanding…

Aarohi X Jaatre – A Space to come together to have a different exposure. People from different fields, different passions share their journey and sow the seeds of thought in the community. Often we know about the people’s profession but may not know the journey and its various sides. The Jaatre is to bring an…

Some long some shortFirst in breakout room and then all togetherOn the spot poem on chicken CoopExpressive poem with Misthi Meldoiuis poetry with AvaniExperimental horror poem with PranavCocreate poems by Shaunak I am alive with Saba killed all of usMy son with PreethiAnd THE END with surprise with Preeti and PranavAnd that was all about…

Arham is five years old He joins some online sessions and rest explores at home.He began with not wanting to join any online space. Anjali, his mother is active in her own way – participating in different online sessions with the community of Aarohi. Soon Arham started choosing where he wanted to participate. Anjali, his…

how to take one’s PASSION for animals, forests, wilderness, conservation, etc forward into profession and life? Here are some resources to explore: For all age groups: Bird watching – Most cities have bird-watching groups that do free walks iNaturalist to spot, document biodiversity around us Nature walks/Tree walks in your city conducted by multiple organizations…

Vimal 10 yrs old and Mishti 8yrs old are not too small to lead their dance Klub – they come together every Thursday, dance practice together, teach each other and Leela is around with them to sometimes bring resources, sometimes just watch and relish or stimulate their thinking. They call it Dance Klub. Mukunda, Shaunak,…

GIFT FACTORY –Gifting is beautiful! At Aarohi, we began with the need for gifting for our volunteers. Gift factory was born to cater to the needs. We started exploring handmade gifts, gifts which can be given to travelers (most of our volunteers are the traveler with tight spaces).The need for giving created space for us…

GIFT FACTORY –Gifting is beautiful! At Aarohi, we began with the need for gifting for our volunteers. Gift factory was born to cater to the needs. We started exploring handmade gifts, gifts which can be given to travelers (most of our volunteers are the traveler with tight spaces).The need for giving created space for us…

Bhaval, mother of Krishiv sharingAround 3 weeks ago, Krishiv decided to make a bat. The complexity of the model was really high for him.The first entire week he focused on one model spending almost 3 hours each day. End of the week, the model didn’t take shape at all. With so much calm he shared…

CHANGE was the keyword today in teen KlubWhat is changing? – Mind, body, thoughts, and feelingsWe started with the question “as you grow what changes?” and also brought the “how does it feel?” Initiation to talk about not so much spoken topic in the public “does the feelings for the others changes?” “what about romantic…

From the diary of parents, Aparna and Ganesh, AchaleshRamana is having an Awesome Learning Journey at Aarohi Life Education Community. It has been nothing short of “Pure Unadulterated Blissful” Gratitude (PUB G)! AchaleshRamana doesn’t Walk, Talk, Balk: He Flies, Sings, and Jumps-in. He consciously-intentionally-wilfully practices, among other things that we as Parents attach lots of…

According to us this loss of academic interaction is GOOD NEWS. Here is an opportunity for schools to invite learning to be not driven by teachers, but be child-led. We can stop being teachers. Let children teach themselves or each other. We can play the role of mentors or guides. We can be available to…

Our youngest DONOR, AVANI, 9yrs old, We are blessed to receive gifts in many different forms, here is one more story.A note fromLakshmi, mother of Avani, Right since Avani’s birth till now, whatever money she has received in the form of blessings from different people, sometime… a couple of years ago, Avani and myself planned…

When we started homeschooling Asawari, we identified her talents – art and dance. We met the best artist in the city and drew the roadmap for her to be an artist by the age of 25yrs. She was 10yrs old then. We thought 15yrs is a good time to spend on any talent and glow.…

If I am hardworking, I may feel that my child is getting exposed to being hardworking. I may also expect unknowingly that not my child is exposed to “hard work”, my child too will imbibe this value of being hardworking. But I miss to see is that my child is also seeing the other side…

TALENT – one word, one image, one perspectiveUsed QUESTIONING as a collecting experience in the community to just share QUESTIONS coming in mind with the concept of Talent. here is this what we harvest How many years of practice is required to become talented in any particular field? What to do if your talent and…

We all do reflect for many reasons and in some ways. What all are our reasons What all can be additional benefits How do we usually do reflection How else can we do it / other interesting ways? We invited learners to participate in pondering “why, how and how else we can do reflection”And together…

My little son, who is no more little, said last week in the family reflection space “I am 16yr old and I want to share my plans” I want to “go for becoming a student-athlete in the USA” and these are my reasons and this is my research and this is my findings and this….…

Last two weeks we have been working on revised planning for Dhrupad with his revised needs. And we could not do it in a day – every day he spends some time bringing a thread together. Some of the things which brought these changes are His Bangalore training started – so travel needs it space…

Learning happens in three stages, Broadly the learning cycle is: I DECIDE – The child decides what to do/learn based on the multitude of exposures the child has. Here is what we offer – a world map – where the ‘world’ is defined by whatever one can learn in this world! We have divided all…

When one thinks about interest/passion/ future/career…We can explore many points of view, and maybe share/ talk/discuss/explore many different points of view with our kids… it’s not about the destination alone, it’s also about the journey. It’s not only about singing, but it can also about the music,It’s also not only about music, it’s also about…

From a parent’s diary Children are CAPABLE A small change in my approach:Usually when sessions are there after lunch, I keep reminding Advay about them and ask him to quickly finish whatever he is doing (most of the times, it is lunch). After number of reminders, I get irritated of the fact that how many…