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GOAL was the word this week or rather “specific goal” was the key of the week. Some kids set their goal like “making of monkey bar”. The goal had “product” inbuilt in it and that became the reason to work. Some wanted to work on different aspects of material, strength, different ways of using and…

It was full attendence..all kids ready for a story… Children heard a Tall Tale – it was having vivid description of color, texture, feel, fragrance, foul smell, film personality ( Amitabh Bachchan, mumbai travel, height, color, conversations, time schedule….it was full of details. Children travelled with the story and then were stopped abruptly. Faculty called…

When we did the stimulation activities for the objective of Visualization, it gave vent to our imagination, an opportunity to see in different perspectives and then to apply our visualization to create from our own ideas. The visual of half done pictures were observed…following day, when the pictures were completed by a child, children observed…

Watch this video for patience kids had, perseverance they showed, tried different things, looked for solution, listened to different ideas and at the end celebrated their success! Also, an opportunity to introduce the concept of “exchange” and “Replace”. Watch the 11 min video to learn about kids and also learn from them.

Gerry opted out of regular schooling – since he wanted to purse his passions – SNAKES and everything else that you will call Nature. Now a renowned Naturalist and Herpetologist – he is envied by many. Shows how open education can deliver. Gerry you inspire us ! To know more about Gerry – http://gerrymartin.in/ Watch…

Aarohi children were to stay in a dormitory at Nagarhole on an outstation trip. Ths issue was that some children while sleeping may fall out of their beds. The video shows how the three captains (in-charge) of stay arrangements solved the problem in a jiffy! Watch Video

Story of making of Kitchen at Aarohi – Each video tells you the story of “making of kitchen” at Aarohi, O-campus. It began with planning, asking for funds, Training people and learning language, Learning basics of Construction – like foundation, laying of earth bags, roof design, understanding material and…FAILING!!! Changing goal And creating more learning…

I sent a mail “can you share some of inspirational songs?”I got reply “You will have define inspirational a little more – inspiration could be for society, for nation, for others (friends), for self, for living life, etc”. Never thought that a simple word like “inspiration” can have different meaning for different people and for…

How do some people identify calls of birds? During one of the morning bird watching we only were chasing “sounds” – yes sound can be one resource to identify. Bird do have language, they have different calls, they can mimic other sounds – yes they do have a world of their own – to enter…

Storytelling is an art and often it starts with one event and one can build on that. We found a dead bird on our way to bird watching and that triggered a sharing of story of Salim Ali. Watch video for the story

One can throw or look at a dead bird and discard for the “yuckyness” – we found a dead bird during a trip to bird watching and our learning journey began – what a wonderful resource in a dead bird Learning about Birds body parts Identifying Using different methods to identify – size, colour, texture….…

We travelled 0.5 kilometer(s), and found 17 species :). The day was filled with watching birds, discussing about them during lunch and breakfast, listening to stories and making plans for our next trip :). Chandu joined us at campus for bird watching. Every wednesday RABBI club (reptiles, Birds, Butterflies and Insect club) goes for morning…

Demo of fire extinguisher at Aarohi.

Learning Hindi A group of kids got together to learn Hindi – They made their own rules, they created own learning. Each learnt diffrent and differently. Watch detailed video – 19 minutes Or small video – 3 minutes

Visit to Nagarhole – a forest. Experience the forest in its purest form by being in the forest. Experience the forest in the morning, in the noon, in the night with ALL the senses – feel it, smell it, listen to it, taste it and just BE WITH IT. Soak in the forest, No showing,…

KAA is not field visit at Aarohi – it is part of the curriculum.We believe thatlearning is from life and for life.Since learning has to be FOR life, learning should be FROM life. Learning that is driven primarily from real experiences and learning that celebrates and harnesses a child innate and voracious ability to learn.…

Our kitchen has 100’s of visitors – tiny little flies. hmm trying many different things to shoo them away from our kitchen so we can eat in peace. Last week two kids made paste of eucalyptus in mixie and the moppedthe floor with the “eucalyptus water”. And at the end they “washed” the mixie.Flies are…

Debate is one way of expression at Aarohi – Recently we debated on “10th exams are important?” One child shared “in the middle of the debate I was doubting my own decisions, but as I debated, I got clarity of my own thoughts”. Introduced “debate” in session through different activities – http://aarohilife.org/content/flocci-people-debate

Life in Hydra – Living and learning together – Watch video

A child trying to figure out how to connect charger to laptop.

Meal time is time to be together. We choose, we select we eat. Watch video

Sunshine is the time when group comes together – sing and dance. Sing in different languages, Dance and play instrument – dance alone and with peers. Watch vidoes Sometimes we also discuss the lyrics, its menaing – different lanague, different fun.

Campus care with music – we all contribute at campus to take care of the campus. We all find different ways to make it fun and interesting for us at Aarohi. Spring clean up at campus also brings a loads of fun to take our beds down, dust them, estimating the weight of the beds,…

Often we play and play with previously known set rules. One way to develop the creativity is to go beyond what is obvious – obviously:).One child took few resources and recommended various usage of that resource beyond what it used for and recommended to others in the group. Another chidl shared different books on “visuals”.…

Banjara Academy agreed to our visit to their RT Nagar Branch. We began our visit with the Principal of Banjara Gurukul welcomging us and taking us through the origin of Banjara Academy, how the name of Banjara Hills lead to the name of this organisation. She spoke about the founder, his work, what all happens…

I asked few kids “how do you learn?” This what they shared Child 1 – By doing, asking people (while chit chatting), failing, talking (describing), experimenting, thinking, visualizing, observing, reading books, researching from internet, let go and visiting places. Child 2 – By practicing, watching videos, talking (describing), books, internet, doing, teaching others, visiting places…

Exploring own beats, than jamming with other child. Watch two videos below

She wanted to make her own number line. Another child joined and they worked together – work continues..watch video.

Some snippets from our reflection When we were harvesting groundnut at farm, I was feeling that I won’t be able to finish so much in a day and I started, in the middle I felt that it is going happen so negative image cleared and positive image came, it helped to work and finish the…

The week was full of action It began with understanding what is “body coordination”. It is so much to do with our life and so less understood. Precision is a simple tool to explore but not much understood or practiced :).During the week we visited nearby farm to take part in groundnut harvesting. It was…