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Any repair in electrical is good news for him – he likes repairing. He is 8yrs old, he has fixed many bulbs at the campus, repaired many circuits with the mentor, he has not read much about electricity – for him, it is all about DOING and that’s all!

REVIEW week began with reviewing the conversations – how frequently we talk about our interests, struggles, and needs? The weekly planning was not meeting mentor but to meet the group and have a conversation about current thoughts about self – Some spoke a little, some spoke more, some reflected, some gathered the courage to speak…

Weather at the campus keep changing – sometimes teaching, sometimes learning, sometimes just being self..here is one such TEACHING STORY – Teaching what I know, I share with joy and others learn with joy – no age barriers!

Every person on campus is our teacher, a source for us to learn. Praveen, a self-directed learner, traveling around to learn, brought his exposure to the campus – carpentry making chair out of tyre and ropes, carving – making gas knob out of waste wood with carving tools, creating with thread with macrame, gardening, storytelling,…

Weather at the campus keep changing – sometimes the dreaming, sometimes giving up, sometimes frustrating, sometimes just like that…here is one such DREAM STORY – A dream of business, money, and future. Let all the dreams find their space in this universe! Let the world be our curriculum! Let the curriculum coming out of our…

Often it is scary for parents “freedom to do what I want to do” and “what if the child does not choose what the child needs to work on. When the need to work on maths, science Hindi, English, history comes from our own thinking…………there is no freedom.When the need to work on the same…

What research, what Google images, what stories, what books Nothing to beat my own personal experience The night bus ride to Rameswaram The excitement of traveling with my buddy The curiosity of new land, new experience, new town Humidity in real An auto ride to the lodge Basic accommodation a challenge for a few Walk…

Activity Club: Purpose – is to expose to different basic skills thru games, doing, reading and researching. The following were a few different ways we explored.Reading day– Read for fun with a common theme – We explored reading together and share what I read, read and conduct quiz, read for action words read for describing…

Session on CreativityChildren were busy with the preparation for Exhibition as special for “Teachers day”. As I saw children were preparing, I gave the choice of continuing their project and only who were interested to do the activity can join for the session..We started with a jig “Rum Sum Sum”. We took little time to…

Learning is not only about the end result It’s also about the journey He did not get this in a day He got in many many days 8yr old sharing the story of his learning flute https://youtu.be/9YNCbzO5_x8

Imagine, Aarohi, A learning community where learning is the core purpose of all action that happens. Since the whole world is our curriculum, whatever the child decides to do – a chore, a project, skill development, a campus responsibility or job or working on one’s interest – everything is for the purpose of learning. Similarly,…

Questioning – not to find answers but to ponder. Some reacted with “it’s difficult to make 23 questions about the Marine Life”. Some pondered Some went through a session to explore questioning – The process of making questions from books – choose a word that I don’t know and frame questions, read and just frame…

Imagine Aarohi, An Open Learning Community, a life education, where learning happens because children want to learn from their life – for their life. Travelling is an amazing education. Traveling together is even better. That is what are KAA trips – travel, see, meet, eat and learn. The trip to Rameshwaram – the journey began…

Is there an abundance of ideas, thoughts, feelings, resources, kindness, help/support, etc. Look for abundance in people we meet, in nature, in man-made systems, in me! ABUNDANCE was part of the curriculum this week – We have in ABUNDANCE (collective wisdom of all in the session) – Abundance of Joy Food Space – universe Ocean…

Three parts of this story – visit HAL museum Preparation and my struggles My visit and my exploration Kids visit and their exploration Well, this began with a child taking the responsibility of organizing a trip to HAL museum, Bangalore. He is skilled in interacting with people, finding routes, finding information, planning travel, etc. All…

he loves birds – talking birds, dreaming birds, hearing birds, watching birds, chasing birds, reading birds, drawing birds and sleeping birds. And if at all he got some time this week, talking/sleeping/dreaming/drawing… animals and insects.

A child describes Aarohi as Aarohi is the place where you learn with the grace Open learning a power you can embrace at Aarohi Life at Aarohi is not a race We are often asked “do you follow any philosophy? And we say none. As we believe so many, so so many – people have…

Do you know about survival of the fittest? Do you know birds are modern dinosaurs? Contact her to learn more about evolution – She is 8yrs old, She read about evolution, she read about it from different sources. And She took a session on “evolution”. She left some of us with wondering “did in Ice…

Agastya foundation sharing science experiment with the community, their mission is to reach out to rural areas to create understanding about science. We explored science with them and words we heard – Eddie current, magnets, magic, metal, laser light, light traveling, fog light. convex, concave, reflection, mirrors, difference, snell’s law, focal point, imaginary focal point,…

A session with Sonal on feelings and body. Yes, this is part of our curriculum – curriculum which comes out of our living and learning. Teencafe – an exclusive space for Tween and Teen to understand self and social needs. In TEEN CAFE this week it was about body and emotions – Body has a…

Asawari is a 21-year-old unschooler who has not given any exam nor got any certification. She in this session shares her journey of unschooling and responds to queries from other homeschooler or unschooling parents from her point of view. Aarohi – An Open Learning Community Education at Aarohi is an endeavor to Understand oneself and…

It began with a desire “I want to organize sports day” – and it happened! The community came together to play – the day started at 5 in the morning with football, then kho-kho, races, volleyball, Kabbadi and Table tennis – four teams competing with each other to discover self. For some, the pleasure was…

Who are our teachers? Who inspires us? Well, parents are the source of inspiration – the belief that EACH individual is a rich resource. It does not matter what do they read? Satyajit Ray or Galesiti Baruti? About evolution or astronomy? Whatever they read – they just share with the young population of Aarohi? Lenzen…

A session with Sonal, This Teen cafe we explored 6 Wisdom points in the body by Suzanne Scurlock Durana. 1. Brain – The logical mind 2. Heart – Our feelings 3. Gut – Instinct. Does it feels right or not – Why we don’t listen to our guts? May be brain overrule. 4. Hips –…

13adults from Bhoomi college – visiting Aarohi to learn about learning!

What happens to our brain when we play different sports, games, do yoga, dance, do fine motor activities like crochet, stitching, painting, etc. The idea was to explore and experience.

Just one announcement “let’s celebrate Ganesha” by Leela, she likes to celebrate festivals. The community came together to celebrate Some joined in making sweets Some decorated the place Few together made clay Ganesha Statue And all came together to have a meal! And that was all about our celebrating life and living!

Pillow fight was the part of the planning session, followed by alternate relaxation – Just to bring awareness of different states of minds and response of the body.