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The list below is Complied from the discussion initiated from Aparna on alt-ed-india yahoo egroup. For sake of privacy we have only mentioned the contributors name not emails etc. Pl visit alt-ed-india yahoo group for more details Here is Aparna’s email “My daughter is 11 and studies school textbooks as part of her studies at…

We had fun planning, organzing, thinking and packing at I-campus… Cricket match added a bit of spice in our work… We called ourselves ‘tapes and scissors’ pvt ltd… Some had strength in packing fragile items, some planning, some following, some stacking, some ensured we are fed nicely……we together made the day memorable… One said ‘I…

I wonder that our kids hear us talking about traffic problems, gadgets, shopping, homework……but they rarely they hear us talking about Geography or Maths in our daily conversation…..the result is that these subjects are confined to classrooms and exams. Read the article “saying helps”. http://mathfour.com/math-around-us/everyday-math-exposure-just-saying-it-helps Recently came across this article shared by a friend. Thank…

Last month Aarohi received a gift..it was gifted by Munish, one of Aarohi friend. He shared ‘my wish is that these equipments which are not very easily accessible to reach out to many kids, to reach out to many’. Once the novelty at your centre is over, send it to another place or share with…

Each one us is a wonderful story and children benefit by getting exposed to our stories. Story Mela at Aarohi had stories from different walks of life . We did not want only some stories but story of childhood, occupation story, interest story, story of native pace or a place visited, story of religion, story…

Medicine disposal is not taken seriously by most, however how you dispose your medicines could save or destroy the environment. While hospitals, clinics are mandated by law to dispose medical waste in a safe and Eco friendly manner, disposal of unused and expired medicines in the domestic sector, that is the household sector has not…

Last Friday was International festival at Aarohi. We had one constraint “any festival other than India’s festival” – this was part of our objective of understanding the world around. It began with researching different games, music, food (recipe) of different countries. We read stories from different culture and enacted with puppets. We found out significance…

Games to Learn – Actually the title should be re-phrased as Games for fun and to learn. Learning being the by product of having fun. Games are amazing as learning tools (do we need to elaborate?) because: all of us like them we get fully involved we love the challenges we play them endlessly they…

We started homeschooling our daughter when she was 10 yrs old. We began with ‘homeschooling’ means we continued with teaching at home – Ofcourse we justified ourselves by adding fun and various activities to make it interesting. She showed interest in dance and art, we put her with vigorous classes of art and dance with…

The mystery of “internet” continue to come in our thought club at Aarohi. We began pondering over “how do we know how much we can download?”. We realized that while we have been using internet for a long and for various usages, we have very less understanding about it. We have experienced its advantages while…

It all began last year with fishing in the village pond. When kids could not fish much, they wanted to make raft to sail in the pond. The project kept on getting postponed, but the desire was alive. One of the child expressed ‘I think its a little difficult for me to make”. Last week…

For me geography was restricted to science of climate and seasons. Further earth science was only bounded within formation of rocks and its types. Recently went for a trip to Lucknow with Aarohi kids to explore rocks……we began with thought of exploring rocks and realized how many things are connected. We found the treasure of…

Session on 12/03/15– Images – > People Meditation: Meditation with music went in silence with one or two children whispering the music. Stimulation: Aunty showed Bitter guard and asked children to share about their thoughts onbitter guard. Few shared they like, few said did not like, its bitter, it is good for health, it kills…

Session on Emotions: 5/3/15 Meditation: Meditation went smoother without much disturbance. Stimulation Activity: We distributed emotion chart and shared what all emotions we all undergo throughout the day. Each child shared their own experience about feeling angry, sad, happy, annoyed, guilty and so. Activity – Tower with Cards. We made a group of 3 and…

We introduced Welcome with Sunshine song from 9.30 to 10.00. Fewl liked to dance, few did not want to dance. They were comfortably uncomfortable to dance. Laughing, Dancing,Shying, Singing. Children were introduced to think and plan their own activity. Twochildren opted to learn English, one child for painting, another child for Science. Child opted for…

Children were exposed to Prism and Magnifier box. They were continuously look ing at every object using the prism glass and were exploring looking at materials in all angles of rotation. They looked at stone, leaf, flower, sunrays, plant, book , wall painting , pebbles, sand, pencil , formation of vanavillu (Rainbow) …….. We heard…

We invite homeschooling parents to be part of resource team for Aarohi and homeschooling community. Each one of you is passionate about something and can add value in children’s learning journey. Few examples below One Homeschooling parent is passionate about ‘making’. Their child is into making and inventing electronics stuff, father spend 3days at Aarohi…

It was a week of festivals at Aarohi. We began with planning (planning seems to be our trademark). Planning gave us a clear idea of what all we can do, what all we want to do, what each individual want… it was very noisy meeting, the noise level is directly proportional to our excitement 🙂…

With summer setting in, and most grass in the hillside getting dry – On Wednesday we had forest fire at the hill behind the campus. With wind blowing at a high speed – the Fire spread towards the campus . But the whole team at campus worked for few hours to tame the fire. Kids…

Discipline committee at Aarohi reviewed its working of six weeks. We shared what is working and what is not working. Three key points of discipline committee (DC):- Building false cases and campaigning for smaller issues is making DC’s work extra. DC is to help and support for safety DC is a platform and opportunity for…

Recently we got a concern mail from a parent who accompanied few kids to travel by train. This brought an opportunity for us to review and be aware of role in safety. We read the mail together and analyzed the current situation of the codes as follows.. Train security codes – we analyzed the current…

Story with Dino toys, made by a child at home when he was getting bored.

HOM’s are habits of mind – They are habits of thought and action that allows me to know my self in various situations like known, unknown, uncertain or challenging situations. At Aarohi we began with using them in our conversation. Some of the common vocabulary includes – responsibility, perseverance, observation, planning, creativity with constraint, organized,…

We made booklets on Safety- in different places around us. Photos from that session. Each booklet had a logo, a slogan, a visual, my safety and safety of people around me detailing.

It was 3:30pm in the afternoon when our vehicle reached back to GK. We all were tired. We all had a big bunch of memories with us about the experience we had. Few children got pick up cards as soon as we reached. I went inside and sat in jungle with few children. They got…

Two kids approached me with a need to guide them in art. I asked “do you want me to guide you to paint, or teach you techniques or arrange for an artist / expert to coach you or help you to open up to art. They choose ‘opening up’. I committed to bring activities to…

Dance with your one thumb, one finger and tongue. Here are some pics dancing in sunshine with one thumb, one finger and tongue.