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:

1. Star Trek - Journey through Space
2. Mysterious Spells - Play with WORDS.
3. Magic Potions - Science behind it all.
4. Wonky Wizards - World of Mad Scientists.
5. Quizzitch - Investigate and Solve

5-day worshops from 12th April - 30th April
At:  Dosti Flamingos, Parel-Sewree,
And other locations at Mumbai


Will update you soon on how these go....

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

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 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.