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During project time, one child was exploring various materials – mixing mud, soils, cement, water, stones, and tiles……all kinds of mixtures….all quantity of water and so on. He was completely submerged into his exploration. At the end I announced for all “its 5pm, reflection time”. He looked up and said, “I am not DIRTY”. Possibly…

Dear all Partners,Many of you have been wanting to visit and experience O-campus. We invite you to experience O-campus with your child and family. You can join us any day (mon to thu), we also work on few Saturdays. Currently we will be able to accommodate one family at a time – so please inform…

Aarohi was infested with LICE. I read in detail about lice and was surprised with my own understanding or rather mis-understanding. “As per my reading is is just an insect in our hairs. It does not creates any health problems. One of the site quotes “Presence of lice does not mean lack of hygiene or…

Past two days have been having MANTHAN with kids at O-campus on self learning. Three kinds of learning needs came I know but I want do more like reading or writing stories I like but I do not know like pottery I do not know, but I need in my day to day work like…

All we need is to ACCEPT our children – We are constantly busy in creating “future”. No matter what you do or not do for your children, they will lead a happy life. Will they live the happy life with YOU depends on how much you ACCEPT them NOW? If your child is ugly, she…

The language was always a task to learn and they were categorised in first, second and third language and the importance of their weightage in examination. At Aarohi we began with leaning language for need. At O-campus all the people around us speak Kannada or Tamil. Two kids in the group know both the languages…

During KAA++ we had all maths around us – buying food in the train, buying our daily snacks, giving change, keeping our accounts to know how much one has spent, shopping in village haat, sharing chocolate equally to know how many grams (65 grams for Rs50) and so on. One child was calculating how much…

Story of X and Y – Math Logic in classroom X and y are siblings, as they are children of Math-Logic Intelligence. X’s real name is Logical, while that of Y is Illogical. X (i.e., Logical) resembles her parents quite closely, so is respected and sought after by many. Y (i.e., Illogical), on the other…

At the age of 4 Dhrupad did not start writingAt the age of 5 he did not writeAt the age of 6 he still did notAt the age of 7 he sill did notAt the age of 71/2 he reads and writes both. Asawari did not swim at the age of 6, 7, 8,9,10,11,12 and…

How does one enhances the process of justice?” Here is our story of Open House at Aarohi, O-campus, Open house is the place to file cases on each other for any problem – behavior responsibility, beating, not giving chocolate – you can file a case here. Well, the kids are judges, kids are audience and…

Can kids take decision? Are they aware HOW they are doing? YES, read below We have been having combined session of People and Self genie. This quarter after the review we proposed to the children to have separate sessions – Here are few thoughts they shared after the debate I used speaking skills that I…

One of the child has been showing resistance to write and read. He finds working on construction site quite easy. He moves his hands with ease and has learnt a lot on the site by just observing the masons. During Neelam Cyclone, we were not able to go to the site. We decided to explore…

Today when one child was shouting and screaming. Few times I spoke non-verbally, sometimes I expressed. Finally I said now I am going to take big help and file a case against you. She paused for a moment and with a big laugh shared – HA ha Thursday tho bandh hai”.

This week we had “speaking skills” as our weekly objective. My reflction as facultyKids may talk or not talk much but when they speak on specific topic, thought……………they are different – I realized that just because kids talk does not mean they can speak too on any topic or vice versa. Same is true for…

We had no case today – so began with public opinion. The topic was “should we call parent by mummy papa or aunty uncle in the session” We started with analyzing the role of parents. Each child made venn diagram “my need from parents, from faculty and both” Faculty also did “My role woth my…

We were searching for cornflakes in Kelmangala………..while coming back we met with an accident, not much happened but the entire street was on the street, broke side mirror of the car. I did not want compensation, I did not want to take him to the police station, but I did not want to get scare…

One child said “you try, its okay to fail”. One child came screaming “I saw a baby crocodile”Another came out – “It’s a big crocodile”Another came out “its biiiiiiiiiiiiiiiig crocodile.Ratnesh came out with a smile “I was waiting for this, it’s a monitor lizard”.Now you know how rumours are formed 🙂 Kids were sharing “I…

I have been working with a child on his reading and writing. Today in group contact point I shared with all the children, I do not know If I am interfering with his learning and putting my agenda, I do not if I should worry about this child,………………. Children told me –“You bring in new…

I have been working with a child for his reading and writing skills. I do not have any formal research on phonemic or any literacy programs. But what I know is “word intelligence means LOVE for literacy and exploration in various ways. Today I sat to do my research and then I decided to NOT…

One child have been expressing during meal timings You should make this You should mix all rice nicely in lemon rice I do not like this She was invited to be part of Menu making. One day expressed “Aunty you should buy small plates”. I asked her “next time when we are buying cutlery –…

During daily SAB (self assessmnet) One of the child asked – One strength today I exhibited?Peer – IrritationChild – I asked for strengthPeer – IrritationChild – You have to observe strength, this was not my strengthPeer – Help others even you were irritatedChild – One thing I need to improvePeer – IrritationChild – How can…

During contact point – we were sharing our observation about each other. One child shared about me You are responsible You express your needs clearly If kids do not want do some work – you understand and you are fine. You control anger, think and then express your needs You think You plan, you share…

Good news – Two kids in project wanted to change the goal 🙂 They have been roaming around, just spending time here and there, trying to understand what they want to do and today they said its so bring I want to change the goal. Kitchen project is more exciting – we want to do…

When I am in Aarohi with kids – I am constantly thinking, I am being asked questions by kids, I questing my own thinking, we as a group is constantly thinking …………………it is HIGH THINKING zone. When I reach home Rat is excited to know what is happening – I answer in one or two…

At O – campus we trying to bring all types of exposures. Which includes…… Click to see photo. http://s1242.photobucket.com/albums/gg535/genieaarohi/Aditi%20in%20Action/

Today in Open house, there was a case of doing cootie coo to another child. Twochildrenwerethe defendants. The case was read out by the plaintiff. On hearing the names who were not involved suggested some solutions. One of them immediately reacted I have not done, another one waslaughingso cute nocootiecoo is. We had the plaintiff…

Contact PointFaculty: what was your last week objectiveChild: listeningFaculty:How did you work on itChild: i didn’t work because i was not feeling well and i didn’t come to GK.Peer: You could have worked at home alsoChild:No,Others at home were instructed not to talk to me

Show and tell was on advertisement of nature healing “programme”. I knew I was not taking what is written in calendar.I presented the advertisement on “product”I was waiting for ant child to object – but we all were confused “:programme or product”. Last time two kids got object instead of picture of festival – and…

One 2 yr old took his favourite pillow and lay down in bed,Another 4yr old snatched his pillow,2 yr old went and bashed him, snatched his pillow back and again lay down, 4yr old got another pillow and started beating 2 yr,2yr did not react at all for long time,4 yr old, kept the pillow…

Astha was packing her luggage for O-Campus on Sunday. She came out of her room with big smile on her face. She said:” I am checking my needs.” Usually she takes onebig bag with her. This time she could manage her luggage in considerably small shoulder bag. She explained to me today before packing I…