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Dance to danceDance to express emotionsDance to share the excitementDance to reflect on the sadnessDance to remember what all bring peace in meDance aloneDance togetherDance with the communityDance to start the dayDance to end the dayDance to relive all the crazy eventsDance to be yourselfDance to explore AbhinayaDance to just Dance!This was all about Dance…

Last few days cloudy and cold weather at the campus – a good reason to explore seasons and monsoon. Watched a few videos to think. Ponder and kindle the curiosity – Why earth rotates at the same speed? Why is it titled? Why all planets are rotating? Why we do not feel the spin? What…

Friendship Circle – Session to understand issues with friends and help to enjoy being with friends in class. Preparation versus Practicality: Welcome activity: Planned was movement game, fire in the mountain run run run but the sound was too much, could not set instructions for the game In Session: Preparation for stimulating children about case…

We started the session a small quiz of showing some words written on the board and asked children to guess if there is some connection between all these words. After a couple of minutes, reading them aloud, thinkingchildren started associating words closely related like darkness & being left alone, water and ocean, cars & accidents,…

While observation works on collecting, questioning on expanding, reflecting works on looking into or investigation or analysis. We ask why, we understand the cause – effects, connections, relationships, characteristics and the dynamics of the human mind and its world. So while questioning is akin to looking for different foods, observation is eating it, reflection is…

Actually, this should be titled ‘learning by questioning’ because anything can be learned by questioning. One reason why small children learn so much is that they question so much. The trick obviously is to just ask questions, not look for answers. If we start looking for answers, our mind becomes a seeker and instead of…

When somebody tells us that he or she wants to learn facilitation, we recommend three things you must do and those are: observe, observe and observe. Most of what we have learned about facilitation has actually come about because we observed and are still observing and learning. Which is why when people want to learn…

The spelling of Aarohi is D-O-I-N-G. It is an action-packed place where each member of the community is engaged in a wide variety of doings. Also, there are few sessions every day as well as responsibilities that you would be part of. All of this can be quite overwhelming for a newcomer to campus. Which…

Gaming in an Activity clubWe play math but do not like to do the math.We played a game of bowling. We scored and scored and finally, we wanted to know our scores. We did the calculation to find our scores. We have fun and seriously calculate our scores and feel achieved to see our scores.…

We are born creators and all acts of learning are creations. We create how we walk, talk, and think. We create options, opportunities and decisions. We create relationships, meaning and joy. As a facilitator also, we are constantly creating: We are creating an environment for the child. This could be judgemental or supportive, didactic or…

This story began with a need to drive daily to get a license in a foreign country – she found a course in cake decoration where she could drive daily. She learned a few basic techniques of decoration and started experimenting. She baked her first cake for her friend’s child’s bday and discovered her creative…

A chill in the weatherThe memories of traditional food from Bihar – Litti ChokhaThe taste of grilled foodRocket ovenBonfireANDInvolvementCommitment to set barbecue, campfire, spotting a suitable spot, sufficient wood, research on the grill, DedicationjoyLaughterAll together created a night of barbecuing, singing and dancingIt was not only barbequing but trying and experimenting with fire and recipeExperiencing…

Some learning stories – They look very simple, but they have loads of thinking and planning behind all this. First I was not getting how to make, I was making a mistake. Second I was not CONCENTRATING on pot making and I TRIED to do and I was FORGETTING how to make and Finally, I…

Every Opportunity is a Learning Experience in the event.The Learning Mela Event where other school children conducting sessions for us was another experience to experience breaking the barrier of learning of language, working with all age groups and learning from anyone to anyone interested irrespective of different space and people. It was amazing to see…

Ever asked WHY?Try asking WHY? Play with WHY and see what it does I made soup todayWhy did I make soup?It was cold and rainy weatherWhy was it rainyClouds came upWhy did they come up?They evaporatedAnd let the game of WHY to continue… Explored three analysis tools to understand self 1 “Why” tool to understand…

Blog By Lakshmi:Today, it also marked a new beginning for all the 6 projects as they are now handed over to the children and from now on being guided by their respective class teachers. The children will parent their projects and we might only be consulted if needed. Continuous four to five weeks of project-based…

Children prooved “I am Capable” ” I decide, I do”. All the projects decided by children were in progress without any adult support or reminders. It was all their wish, all their decision, it was all driven by children and did by children. As an adult, we were just observers and supporters to stand by…

The story of A Philosopher and a King in a Jaatre with Vihaan on “thinkers and great kings”. He made the topic easy for us, he brought Socrates and Alexander closer to us.So, here is a man in Athens who was born to a Sculptor and a midwife.And he also worked as a stonemason. And…

A cold cloudy and rainy Sunday was the perfect day to plan pizza in our wood fire oven Few chop the veg and continued chopping Someone made the sauce Someone made dough and base Someone took the charge of oven firing In between Someone decided to make cookies Someone made dough Few together made Ragi…

Found some feathers on his way to nowhere Just a nature walk Wanted to take home the feathers We pondered why not take the photo home and leave the feather in nature where they belong to Read about the feathers immediately by self, none could disturb the flow And obviously told people again and again…

It was not only a trip to the nearby village, but an experience to understand self through the experiences. The trip was to experience “acting kindly”, by planning a visit to a nearby village and do any act of kindness like join them in cleaning or cooking, play with kids or just simply talk. We…

Words affect us – positive or negative both. Positive words make us vulnerable for the future as we wrap ourselves in those images, negative words makes us vulnerable for now, as we get affected by those images. Thank you Sunitha for introducing orange chair – here is version 1.2 of orange chair We called it…

What’s cooking?He likes cooking and he wanted to cook.He tried the “dum Biriyani” style with all coal flavor and dough beading.One more joined himTogether they created the magic for self – some success some failure, a bit less salt spoiled the show for some, overcooked rice with water was not the tase for some.It was…

We played Hide and Seek – hide under the bushes, over the bushes, in a ditch, on the rock, under the tree, over the tree…all over the campus in teams and reflected together “what instinct used to hide and seek?” When we played, we just played but at the end of the play, when we…

Indian democracy and elections with Randheer to start understanding current affairs Few questions we heard – Who is our ruler? Do we any ruler? Who is making rules? Who is giving us the facilities? Who is protecting us? If we have prime minister, then why do we have a chief minister? Who is working to…

SINGING, often is not sung! We don’t sing – either we are good or bad at singing, we don’t sing as we smile. Dedicated a week to singing and simple singing – Understand singing beyond just performance or good and bad singing, Sing for joy, sing while working, sing to kill boredom, sing alone, sing…