5th session - FernCity, Priyanka Aunty's session

Theme: Sensitivity towards body parts, Composition and creativivity.

We started with the energizers like: Jumping on one leg, closing eyes and walking on a line, pass the ball without using

hands, we put little more contraints and played few more games - which we all found more challenging.

Then stimulation for the activity began - Where they picked one playcard each, on which one body part was drawn.  Then we all

played one game - "oranges and lemons sold for a penny....... " and while we played we discussed each body part, its

function, how do we use it in doing different things, and about their cleanliness: for example bathing to keep body clean,

brushing to keep the teeth clean, etc.  Chidren not only shared the name of things but they shared the brands available in

market, and what they use.

After playing the game and sharing enough information on body-parts they had to hunt for pictures of various parts of body,

which were hidden in the room.  They were to put them together and make a complete picture out of it.  All of us enjoyed this

very much.  Then we decorated that frame with steamers and wool.

we took a snack-break here...  The exploration and learning didn't pause while eating also!

After snack-break we all wanted to share our thoughts, feelings, and some incidents that had happened last week.  While

sharing we identified feelings like happiness, sadness, anger, excitement, fear...  We decided to draw them on a page and

stick them on icecream sticks and make puppets out of them.  We used these to share our stories later, which we did in our

reflection round.  This activity was also liked by all of us as it was created by kids.

Now as the time was running out, and I had to start with the second half of the session, we collected some leaves and sticks.

We composed some picture out of them. Creativity started flowing - and kids have come with marvelous pictures:  rocket, sea

creatures, ganesha, hut in a dense jungle, and many more emerged...

In the end we had two rounds of reflection, where we shared and reflected on today's theme.