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Two legs togetherJumping, Jumping and Jumping TogetherOne is mineOne is yoursTwo together becomes OURSWe walk togetherWe learn togetherWe jump togetherIts all about you and me to be WE

Democracy at Aarohi means involvement Democracy means participation Democracy means understanding our roles REVIEW week at Aarohi was all about time to pause and reflect – What all can add value in learning? What roles we all play? And any working of Aarohi? Many a time it does not bring any conclusion or so-called decision…

Learning Mela in nearby govt school started with Apprehensions – What stalls? How will I? What about the language? What age? Maybe I can’t! Then it was about stimulation – Describing stall? Imagining, planning, talking, teaming up, preparing, wondering – what if? What all? Then? How else?. And then began preparation – Planning, Thinking, Discussing,…

Carpentry Festival with Murli. No occasion…just like that! It was all about creating magic with scrap wood, and resources. Anything Murli saw, he had an idea to convert it into something usable – no boundaries of “this is not possible”. Everything was possible and that was magical! With waste strips of wood, he encouraged, kids…

On the day of Guru Pournami, we started our visits to nearby mainstream schools. Just before we visited, we got an idea to make a portfolio of her skill set in the form of eight intelligences. We were feeling completely peaceful and ready for any reply from the school authorities.After a few years of open…

He started dreaming of becoming a pilot when he was two years says he. Two years back he started talking about and dreaming actively. In the beginning, it was all about dreaming and talking. Soon he also fell for deliberate practice! He started first finding of what does it mean to be a pilot –…

Outdoor to explore Innovation atMurali’s House that turned out to be a carpentry museum. Story of Renovation – brought creativity alive in every corner of his house. Murali Magic Wood designer-made furniture movable all around the house and designed as per his needs and space availability and as per his wishes. Many parts of his…

Learning has no boundaries Teaching also has no boundaries Anything you know – you teach to others Anything you don’t’ know – learn from others Imagine a world of co-live, co-learn and co-support each other. Imagine Aarohi – Open Learning Community for learners of all ages: Open to all kinds of interests, abilities, styles and…

Starting the day together as a community, singing, dancing, playing games, getting to know what others are doing, which guest is coming, sharing about each others day, peer planning, group planning, planning with the mentor, detailing the resources and knowing each other. The morning coming together sets the tone of the day – each one…

Ennai Kandariye is Aarohi outreach program in the neighborhood schools of Kelamangalam. The purpose of this program is to work with Government school children on self-empowerment, understanding self, individual strengths and weakness, images and beliefs and so on. One adult and two children wanted to be part of this initiative to reach out to teach…

During the first few years of life, we get so used to being assessed by others that many of us lose the ability to assess ourselves, fairly. But whether it is praise or criticism – if the first line of assessment comes from me myself – then not only do I become more objective about…

Social Environment is what we create – What I do, What I say, How I carry myself … do all these create, impact, and affect the social environment? How social environment affects me and how I affect it – let us explore. Just one announcement “Dress up weird, crazy, different today” – face paint, body…

We live together We collect dirt for each other Sometimes the dirt gets highlighted He is so funny, she is snobbish, he is adamant, she is judgemental, he is disturbing, she is poky, he is smart, she is dumb, he is good for nothing, she is fully faltoo Just a round of expression What dirt…

One Friday morningWe all got together to make rainwater filterIt was ACTIVE WE Why makePlay pool overflowingWater going back to the landWhy not save it for useWe understood why are making Some collected stonesSome washed stonesSome sieved stones Hmm just stones of different sizesAnd that is how the earth is filteringWe think Work in progressExperienced…

Habits of mind or just habits? How do we understand our habits and our mind? We began by asking “what are our habits?” Dust and wear the shoe or wear first right and then left? Wash hands before a meal or sleep with a pillow? Eat fruit after a meal or put a bookmark in…

It was Early 2017 that we were asking our son about his hobbies. Our 2nd child used to do multiple craft works like Origami. We were curious to know what He wanted to do as part of his hobby time. He never replied after several inquiries but one evening he mentioned that “cooking” is his…

I grew up with a feeling of “my family” is the most important thing for me. After I got married “my family” changed and THIS family became the most important thing for me. In the journey I found may people, but they did not become the most important thing for me. Why? I ask myself.…

Imagine Aarohi – a community of open learning. Not a school or an organization, but a community to create space for open learning with co-creation, co-learning, and co-existence as key parameters. They joined the community when Prashanth and Nandini were looking for an alternative school for Advay, 5yrs old. In the last two years, they…

Imagine Aarohi – a community of open learning. In the community, not only our kids glow, but the families also grow together. They joined Aarohi to give meaningful education to their daughter, 5yrs old. As they grew in Aarohi along with the child, the support of grandparents grew with the child’s growth. Here is what…

From the diary of a facilitator Child – I have never drawn, Me – It’s okay you can try now, just draw Child – I do-not draw good, Me – You do not have to draw good or bad, just draw Child – I will not do it. Child – I can’t dance, I do…

Like any other learning opportunity at Aarohi, KAA trips are not only limited to its contents – the overall travel and being in the place brings a lot of different kinds of learning opportunities and every child grasp the opportunity in different forms. The average age of children traveling for these trips is 5 to…

THE STORY OF KAA at AAROHI Travelling is an amazing education. Traveling together is even better. That is what are KAA trips – travel, see, meet, eat and learn. We go for roughly 3 to 4 KAA trips in a year. These trips can be anything from 2 to a week-long duration. we all choose…

Visiting our Railway station while the train is entering the station gave us a very different perspective of understanding about how many people are working behind us to keep our train travel safe. Signal Systems, Maintenance of tracks, maintenance of batteries, greasing the joints, Team of people tracking the train at different stations. For us,…

We often ask questions to others as well as a lot of questions to ourselves. How about asking “what if, How else, How about, What else and Did you mean? Just a consciously asking these questions pushed some of us to think differently. No curriculum, allows us to have unlimited curriculum! Each week we play…

We all went to farm with a purpose to experience harvesting tomatoes, to our Milk Anna’s farm. On the way to the farm we explored Plucking tamarind from the tree, One farmer was cutting Coconuts from the tree. We were curious to see how they climbed the tree and cut coconuts from the tree. We…

Living as community demand each individual to throw out of their comfort zone – as we experience living together as a community, we feel the need of acceptance of each other as individual which helps us live, grow and glow. Different culture Different ages Different interests Different needs Different temperament Different styles We call it…

PROJECT MOVIE MAKING One group made movie The making of the movie was not the curriculum (or the agenda for facilitator) Self-discovery was It did not matter who was good or bad (strengths or weakness) What mattered was what all the different possibilities for one to choose GROUP REFLECTION done by them – they shared…

He is passionate about insects and Reptiles, traveling all around the world to see specific species of snakes and reptiles. He shared his passion with us at the campus. Whenever he comes to the camps, he brings excitement to the campus We went around in search of insects Below the rocks Under the bushes on…

We played with science Levers are all around us in scissors and nail cutter They are all simple machines Machines are not always complicated Is lock a mechanism? They work with force and friction Have you ever lifted with pulley The quiz to know different layers of the atmosphere It did matter who went to…

What are you doing? Exploring Strengths! Life is not just about skills, but super important are how we use our strengths. But what is so special about strengths?Skills without strengths is like a pot without water. It will not quench our thirst. One extremely angry – “do-not talk to me I am frustrated, I will…