The Summer activity really took off. We had loads of fun and so did the kids.
The young ones created an ocean with animals, enjoyed a little culture and music, literally jumped over the geography of India, made up some stories and words and even cooked some stuff as part of inventions and discoveries. We were exhausted at the end of the week, but not so the kids.
Then we had a kiddies batch, who enjoyed going on a plant hunt, getting wet with water animals and colouring things in the most unimaginable colours possible.
And another batch of older kids who partied all the way making balloon people, potato heads and a whole village in the mountains!! And of course, sat through our knowledge lessons and watched the videos and trained their brains.
Get a feel of the masti on http://picasaweb.google.com/thelittleexplorers
After a hectic month, we decided to go on a break. A loooooong break....
Tuesday, September 7, 2010
Monday, March 29, 2010
Summer of '10
A workshop on the cards... Lots of brainwaves, a well planned schedule, an engaging module with fun yet informative sessions worked out, and a neat poster later...
Still wondering how to advertise...
Maybe your kids will wanna join us. Send them over.
Summer of Magic & Mystery with:
At: Dosti Flamingos, Parel-Sewree,
And other locations at Mumbai
Will update you soon on how these go....
Still wondering how to advertise...
Maybe your kids will wanna join us. Send them over.
Summer of Magic & Mystery with:
- Star Trek - Journey through Space
- Mysterious Spells - Play with WORDS.
- Magic Potions - Science behind it all.
- Wonky Wizards - World of Mad Scientists.
- Quizzitch - Investigate and Solve
At: Dosti Flamingos, Parel-Sewree,
And other locations at Mumbai
Will update you soon on how these go....
Sunday, March 28, 2010
Crossing over to Crossword, the bookstore
Crossword happened!!! It was a big thrill and challenge to be met.
The co-ordinator scheduled the session at one of their "Elite" Outlet and continuously prodded us to be there well before time. Nervous but enthusiastic, we in turn, reached almost an hour early. All spruced up (models and us :)), but still not sure whether it looked good enough...
As the kids came filtering in, some urged us to start early. More and more kids kept joining in and we reached a number of almost 40. As we laid out our model, to our surprise, we had parents peering in, more curious than their kids. They were actually clicking photgraphs of the model on their cell phones.
Eureka!!! We had made it and most importantly made it well!!
If you want to see them check our link at
http://picasaweb.google.com/thelittleexplorers/crossword
The co-ordinator scheduled the session at one of their "Elite" Outlet and continuously prodded us to be there well before time. Nervous but enthusiastic, we in turn, reached almost an hour early. All spruced up (models and us :)), but still not sure whether it looked good enough...
As the kids came filtering in, some urged us to start early. More and more kids kept joining in and we reached a number of almost 40. As we laid out our model, to our surprise, we had parents peering in, more curious than their kids. They were actually clicking photgraphs of the model on their cell phones.
Eureka!!! We had made it and most importantly made it well!!
If you want to see them check our link at
http://picasaweb.google.com/thelittleexplorers/crossword
How do you think we moved on
After a successful first batch, we were teeming with more ideas... and this deep urge to REACH OUT!
And so started the sessions at Muktangan, an NGO working with the children of government run municipal schools.
A lot of time spent contemplating on whether we would need to conduct the session in Hindi and on our own ability to transform words like Camouflage to Chalavaran... We reached Muktangan to find the kids fluent in the Queen's language. It is so heartening to see how the schools and teachers have adapted themselves to newer forms of teaching.
Its been an eye-opener - the refreshing change in outlook, and the enthusiasm to learn; a challenge tailoring ourselves and the topics to appeal and enchant the young kids. It's been a lot of fun working with these kids and discovering a new part of ourselves.
And so started the sessions at Muktangan, an NGO working with the children of government run municipal schools.
A lot of time spent contemplating on whether we would need to conduct the session in Hindi and on our own ability to transform words like Camouflage to Chalavaran... We reached Muktangan to find the kids fluent in the Queen's language. It is so heartening to see how the schools and teachers have adapted themselves to newer forms of teaching.
Its been an eye-opener - the refreshing change in outlook, and the enthusiasm to learn; a challenge tailoring ourselves and the topics to appeal and enchant the young kids. It's been a lot of fun working with these kids and discovering a new part of ourselves.
And it all started....
As an experimental venture in Sep 2009, after a lot of brainstorming and going back to our school days....
We had batch of 13 kids who had a blast learning about the world around them.
To join in the fun see our pictures at:
http://picasaweb.google.com/thelittleexplorers
One universal feedback from all the mothers
My kids never say NO to coming to your sessions.
We had batch of 13 kids who had a blast learning about the world around them.
To join in the fun see our pictures at:
http://picasaweb.google.com/thelittleexplorers
One universal feedback from all the mothers
My kids never say NO to coming to your sessions.
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)