SESSION SIX- Tata Sherwood-Trupti

 SESSION 6

Today the session began with the game " no you can't take me". We played the blind man's buff where I was the denner and I tried to catch all the kids one after the other. All the kids were wearing placards with a body part drawn on each of them. Whoever I caught, I would say , I am going to take you away. They had to reply by saying "no you can't take me because" and tell the reason why each body part is important. We enjoyed the game and the kids also gave reasons and uses of body parts.

Then, we explored doing things with some physical constraint or the other. We started by playing a game where we had to push pencils kept on the floor without using our hands. The kids promptly used their feet . then, we tried to do it without using our hands and legs. After thinking for a while and with some questions, the kids pushed the pencils from one end to the other by blowing them. We then tried writing with our dominant hand followed by doing the same with our non dominant hand. Then, we tried to write without using our thumbs, then with three fingers, then with two. Then I asked how will you write without using both your hands, and the kids promptly used their toes to write. Then I said let us try to write without using both hands and feet. Then they really looked puzzled, but one kid suggested writing with our mouth. We did just that then, enjoying every minute of it.

Then after the break, some of the kids suggested a game and we played it with great enjoyment. They were in a mood to play games and when I said we can play one more game, they were quite happy about it. We then hunted all over the room for hidden pictures of body parts of animals and insects and humans. There was a mad rush to find all the pictures. After finding out the parts, they pieced together the body parts to form the animals or insects and humans and stuck them on a sheets and of course coloured them too. They could also tell what would happen if a tiger did not have his claws, etc.

After this, I suggested that I will tell a story since all of them looked a bit tired after playing. But all the kids wanted to narrate stories themselves and said that I only always tell stories. I took a cue from this feedback that I was probably being more of a leader than a follower and so decided to become a follower. So, all the kids took turns to narrate stories which we all listened.

For reflection too, we played the blind man's buff and whoever I caught, told me what they remembered from today's session or what they liked. Some said they liked everything, some said they enjoyed playing. One kid said he liked the stories and another one said he liked the treasure hunt and the game where we used our non dominant hands.

Overall, it was a fun session and I got to hear a lot of self created interesting stories.

Trupti

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