trail for moorthy

poems ofthe creative genies( 6 - 9 )

The Earth
I am the earth and the earth is me.
Each blade of grasseach honey tree.
Eachbit of mudand stick and stone.
Each blood and muscle,skin and bone.
And just as i needevery bit ofmeto make my body fit,
So earth needs grass and stone and treeand things that grow here naturally.
Thats why we celebrate this day
thats why across they say:
As long as life as dear as free i am the earth is me.
-Manasi


Continents
Africa is hot
Antartica is cold
Asia is crouded
And europe is old
There's one America in the north anddown south too
And australia hasthe kangaroos.
-Nisha

White Windows
The moon comes every nightto peep through the window
Where i lie butpretendto be asleep.
And watch the moon go slowly by
And shenever makes a sound!
she stands and stares andthen she goes
To the housethat is next to me,
stealing by on tippy- toes,
To peeep at folks asleep maybe,
And she nevermakes a sound.
-Prajna

Creative genie- 6-9 yrs- Trupti Aunty

When I asked what programme I would be doing in the summer, little did I know that I was in for loads and loads of fun. The preparation process for the programme was itself very interesting. I got to learn many new things myself which has left me a little more enriched.

The whole week was to be an exploratory journey to Africa. On the first day, the kids guessed which country we would be exploring and then shared some information they had about different countries. I then asked them if they would like to make a thought book for themselves to write in their thoughts, information, etc and they liked it a lot. Then we went ahead and made our thought books in the shape of the traditional African dress and decorated it with satin ribbons. I was very pleased to see that none of them had copied my book and had come up with their own design.

Then , we watched a slide show of flags and masks from Africa which they drew in their newly made thought books.

On the second day, I told them that we would be making masks and shields of paper mache. They also decided the names for their tribes and we plunged into paper mache. They first saw a chart of pictoral instructions for the paper mache and we then had   lot of fun tearing up the newspaper into thin strips. Kids even used different methods for cutting the paper, with the scales, by folding and tearing up with hands and so on. Then came the paper mache glue. All of them were speculating as to what would be the method of making the glue. Some suggested mashing rice, putting it into the mixie, etc. some said it looked like soup, milk, porridge,etc.   they found it sticky, yucky, smelly ,etc but soon they got into making the layers for the masks and shields. Some even finished their snacks fast and went back to the paper mache.

The next day, kids were very eager to paint their masks and shields. They painted very innovative designa with the paint using sponge as a brush. Some even made handles for their shields. Then as per their suggestion, they took turns to come forward and decorate their art work with chamki and glitter. Today we also had leaders for everything, for break time, badges, room cleanliness, for giving message to the friendly uncle in the office to play some music and so on. It worked wonders and it was indeed a pleasant sight to see others reminding the leaders of their dutied in case they forgot, and to see leaders execute their tasks effectively. We also did a jig on the song "hakuna matata" today.

The fourth day began with a guided visualization to stimulate them to make a village scene using clay as a medium. The kids liked the process and the music too. Then, each one made different objects with clay to fit into their village scene. They made things like plates of food, cradle for the baby, warriors, dinos, gate, hospital, etc. then after the break we put together all the clay things to make our own tribal village. They then wanted to paint the water, grass, etc and went ahead to do that. Finally we sprinkled some glitter over the village which they said was dew, magic, etc.

On the fifth day, we made weapons for ourselves to go along with the shields we had already made. They came up with detailed ones which could defend them against all sorts of attacks from the enemy. I then suggested that the warriors paint themselves to look scary and the kids loved the idea of body painting. Some did not join as they were worried their mothers would scold them but the others dipped their fingers in the paint and exclaimed that it was cool and had a blast painting themselves. I too indulged into face and hand painting and the kids were shocked to see my face smeared with the yellow and blue paint. Some kids then joined in. some even went home wearing the colours and it was indeed fun to see one kid's parent not able to recognize the child. Overall, it was a very enriching experience for the kids and myself alike. We had fun, learned new things, and left with big smiles on our faces. I am now looking forward to my next two weeks with the kids with yet another new areas to explore.

Trupti Aunty.

Arti & Amrutha’s views on Theatre Magic

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. Everybody knows how to act but here at genie kids they help refine our acting skills. Activities are conducted to help modulate our voices, to enhance team work and character building. During this session we learn to imitate in different ways. We also practice various forms of posture, walks, expression and emotion. Thus, we learn the process of entertaining. Theatre magic is loads of fun and we cannot think
another better way to spend our summer.


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Creative genie [(3 & 5) – Joyce Aunty ] [( 5 & 6 ) -Rekha aunty]

The country china is the theme for these programs. They discussed on Dragons, crowns and other things related to China. The facilitator even narrated a Chinese folk story to the children.
Activity- The children made a dragon and a crown out of paper Mache.

Discover Me (5&6 yrs) - Medha & Jasmine Aunty

Today the story of town mouse and country mouse was read to the children. The children learnt to adapt comfortably to other places. They even enacted the story. They watched a clip from the jungle book and mimicked the hilarious elephant march.
Activity- the children made elephant masks with chart paper and rolled up news paper.

Discover Me (7 & 8 yrs) – Anjana Aunty

The children learnt how significant Pictures are .Books having pictures and Books without Pictures were shown and the children were asked for their preference.
The children immidiately chose the books having pictures.

Activity 1 - The children were asked to close their eyes and imagine the narration of the story 'The Sage and The Rat'.The children then depicted the story on paper.

Activity 2 - A sheet of paper was handed to each child. The children were asked to scribble on it. Then the children usingtheir imagination had to make sense from it.

Creative Genie - Trupti Aunty

The Creative Genie group headed by Trupti Aunty had a fun & messy day painting themselves and making shields and weapons out of newspaper.The discussion was on African tribal people and their lifestyle.

Discover Me (7 & 8 yrs) – Anjana Aunty

Today the children were exposed to tools. They learnt how tools help
Us & why and how different types of tools are used.

Activity- a box of tools were given to explore and the children were taken to the thipasandra market .the children saw how artisan work with different tools. They saw mechanics, carpenters, tailors & glassmakers at work. They made finger puppets of tools and spoke about them. The teacher was surprised at their wide range of knowledge.

Discover Me (3 & 4 yrs) - Malika aunty

Today, a book on parties was read to the children. Thus the children learnt how to plan parties, what supplies are needed for a party & things related to a party. They also learnt how different popular festivals like the Chinese new year, holi, Christmas etc are celebrated.
Activities- The children made finger balloons and designed it with colourful glitter. They pretended to celebrate various festivals and had a mock party for Malika aunty’s Birthday (which is actually on Jan 7).Pretend play helps enhance one’s imagination, creativity and experimentation.

Discover Me ( 3 & 4 yrs) – Geetha Aunty

Today stories on animals and jungles were read to the children. The children were very excited to learn about wild animals and started mimicking their sounds.

Activity- the children drew trees and animals that came to mind and stuck them on the board. They also made clay figurines of snakes, caves, kitchen appliances, robots etc, of their own to take home