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I was really very interested to explore that what all we have in nearby towns. So started searching on Google and later it showed me placed near Denikankottai .Then came two types of places religious and wildlife. I asked everybody’s opinion which type of place they want to visit so most of them said wildlife.…

I can’t do…do you get this thought in your mind anytime you stuck or face with any problem or face a new/uncomfortable task. We are exploring ’empowerment’ this term. “I am Able”. Often We don’t give direct answers We help by not helping. We bring challenges. We ask to think We ask to fail We…

Am I in Jail? Am I in Jail of my own thoughts? Am I in jail of my own fears? Do you have my rope in my hand? When I am faced with a problem ‘whom do I reach out to?”. You or Myself? Why does one start believing that ‘I can’t’? Gave a piece…

Unlimited activities in limited time of 27 minutes. Beginning activity was blindfold hurdle race, then tied legs walk, then swinging, then playing hide and seek, then Zombie game, then a game of pool, then basketball, then …. unlimited options. Enjoy, cooperative, intense team work, listening to others, sensitive to each other… were some of the…

Algebra ki DukanWhat is Algebra?Algebra is life.In life, some things are known, and some things are unknown.For everything in life, we know something and something we don’t know. Algebra similarly is all about known and unknown.Algebra is the language of what we know and what we don’t know.When you put down known and unknown together,…

Children of various ages have needs to talk about sex topics. And this topic is a taboo topic very less talked in a healthy environment. Kids get skewed information and it becomes a joke rather a part of our lives. With the access of porn videos and other adult images on the internet, this deteriorates…

I love you, but sometimes I hurt you.I care about you, but sometimes I am harsh to you.I think about you, but sometimes I am not listening to you.I make many mistakes.And I know you forgive meAnd move along with me.But sometimes it’s difficult for you to forgive me.If knowingly or unknowingly, if I have…

Travelling on foot through the ruins of Hampi stimulated our play of imagination with past…” here would have been King’s chamber or this is how water would have come through aquaducts or they had to travel so far to take bath” and so on.Some structures, some ruins, some stones here and there…this is how Hampi…

Children are often caught in the Decision Making conflict or sometimes take an impulsive decision (only to regret later). Examples could be – Should I join someone who is gossiping about others or not? Join in teasing or not, join in the inappropriate conversation (sexual talks which are not age appropriate and not in sync…

Each day entire community spends working to maintain the campus in different teams. While the reason is to maintain but it brings a lot more understanding about the process and brings involvement. Often kids are considered “small”. Imagine a community of all ages where all contribute irrespective of age or gender. All participate irrespective of…

Jatre Session on Bihar by Sangita started with a song and dance. It was about Bihar and her experience of caste. In Bihar most people do farming, they grow wheat, pulses, rice and oil seeds. They are grown in large quantities. She shared about Musahar tribe, their lives. Their life is slow and sustainable naturally.…

Travel brings an opportunity to experience many facets of a place. In a historical place, one can go beyond history. One cannot ignore geography (its location), it’s people (culture), its food, its music, its nature, it’s art, it’s economics, it’s trends and a whole lot of different things. And the trip to Hampi is no…

Exercise and fitness are limited to some PT classes in the school for kids, joining yoga classes when the body stops working or be part of a gym to lose weight or build muscles. Most of us know that fitness is as essential as nutritious in the food, most of us postponed or not getting…

Self-assessment is an essential ingredient of learning journey at Aarohi. We not only assess self, we also use various tools to assess. Self-assessment begins with Preparation (in planning) – what to reflect about, what I assess on? And then Awareness (while working) – what, how I am doing, my feelings, thoughts, group dynamics etc. and…

Compassion has many forms. One does not need to define, may be sometimes it just needed to be felt. Rakhi was an occasion to celebrate Compassion. Our gift factory produced compassion bands for all the in the community. And we celebrated and that’s all! It began with making for all by some of us in…

Issues – Food waste, Not trying different food, now knowing what all is served, overeating and so on.Solution by Kitchen team ‘mindful lunch’ – feel, see, touch, hear and smell your food.

Visit to the fire station fired many questions in our souls How do they feel when they are not able to rescue people?What makes them courageous?What kind of fuel does fire vehicle need?Do they enjoy their job?What do they feel when they go inside the fire?How do they feel when they rescue all?What fitness do…

Journey to Coorg with Lakshmi and Rajappa. Coorg or KodaguCoorg and CoffeeCoorg and ForestCoorg and rainPeople and CourageCoorg and SportsCoorg and HockeyCoorg and CricketCoorg and BadmintonCoorg and WrestlingCoorg and 5 lacs people and 4000kmsCoorg and PlantationCoorg and Mango CurryCoorg and Jackfruit CurryCoorg and Bamboo Shoot CurryBamboo and MushroomsCoorg and TribalsCoorg and HoneyCoorg and TimberCoorg and…

It began with a minutes silence.“You are what you eat”. What we eat it has its own characteristics. What we put in the mouth can be good or bad it depends on what it has. And whatever goes inside, becomes our body. Who do you want to be handsome, tall, beautiful, strong? When you think…

A session on the fight was triggered from fights in the community including verbal and physical. We pondered, we did not look for any solutions. What is a fight? Why do we fight? What do we gain or loose? What are the alternatives to express or convey? Fight is disagreement, conflicts, difference of opinion, not…

Where do all we use levers in our daily life?Try wrestling with your elbow down and I’m the air. When it is easier? Lift some weight with your elbow straight and with your elbow supporting at the floor…which one is easier? Life a pile of books with your little finger and then lift with a…

When it comes to choosing what we want to do (our intelligence), we all choose what we relate most. Some choose to play football (body intelligence) while some will choose to read (word intelligence) or paint (visual intelligence) or connect with people (Intra personal). At the same time, different sessions and exposures allow us to…

Exploring the same task in eight different ways. One example – Looking at the tree in eight different ways – Count the leaves and understand the logic of the numbers, breathe, find other creatures of nature, sing a song to the tree and so on… Another example – Exploring Cricket in eight different ways –…

Each news is good news! Fights at the campus among the members is good news! It gave us an opportunity to understand about cooperation. Each one of us shared “what is cooperation?” – Work together, benefit by coming together, work together with peace, mutual help or support, respecting mutual spaces, supporting each other, listening and…

We experience, we do and live life, we learn but our measures are measured when someone else (examiners) in their own perspective with their own limitations assess (examination and results). We rarely pause and reflect on self, our day, our experiences and our learning. Reflection at Aarohi is one of the ways to assess. When…

Imagine Aarohi where there are no tests and exams – because we believe that children can assess themselves, can reflect on this work on an ongoing basis. Also because children do not need to learn for some external objective (marks) but for their own love for learning. How do we assess? Reflection is one while…

Do nothing comes from the concept of spending time with yourself. This Friday after we made our own breakfast, we spent time with ourselves. No timings, no planning, no talking, no following, no working with anyone else…purely with self. A short film on ‘being friend to self’ helped us connect with self.http://upliftconnect.com/how-to-be-a-friend-to-yourself/?_utm_source=1-2-2 We explored mindfulness…

Some of us like maths, some are horrified…we explored with Sangeetha how can we study smarter when it comes to maths. Many times it’s not about the operations of maths or to know the calculations but about understanding the problem.So here are the few steps to approach any maths problemFirst Step – Check the units…

Feedback is evolving as an interesting process at Aarohi. It brings the comfort that we don’t have to be perfect and we can also change. Feedback adds value to our growth. Feedback on facilitation, parent involvement, and codes. FACILITATION What facilitation works – Guidance, mutual openness, fun, serious, lectures, discussions, understanding a point of view,…

We all are same because we all are different. Understanding of multiple intelligence allowed us to understand self and also others and their intelligence also. We began our term planning with multiple intelligence – the frame work helped us to know where one is going or rather where one is wanting to go. Some worked…