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we did paper mache. most of them said it was yuk. some of them didn't even want to do it. i said those who want can and others can watch. saying this i began doing and it was amazing to see how one by one everyone got into the groove.
 
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Vidya Aunty - 3&4 years, Oct 13th - Creative Corner posters

 
One of my better sessions and the first step towards making posters for the creative corner.  The quiltmaker's gift story was well received, but the highlight was the bonding that happened between the children of two classes.  They really ddi seem to bring out the best in each other!!

Rekha aunty -3 to 4 yrs -6-10-07

This session was all about team work.we started
session with a team game.I gave some flower rings to
both team to make a single tower where each player has
to contribute.but instead of single tower there were
many small buildings ,"my building".But when they
started working in team it was really fun for them,and
in the end they were really happy to see big
tower,"our tower".
As a team work they made wall paper,which again was
fun for them to work on such a big paper.here they
were more eager on painting rather then working in a
team.Anyways whatever team work they did they had fun.

Rekha

We started by writing down our own class codes and agreed to follow them. Then I told them a story of a village with a pond as the only source of water. The children were the villagers with various occupations and found that they had to go to the pond for water and at the end of the story the pond was very dirty and smelly. Then children tried to clean the pond using filter, cotton, cloth etc but could not clean it. Then they read in the book how water is cleaned and supplied to our houses. They were happy to do their journals after a long time.

 

Sandhya

Vidya aunty 3&4 years, 6th oct- Creative fun!

  Finally – a direction towards the project creating the best out of waste!! We made an attempt to make gift wrappers out of recycled paper and junk material and vegetable prints.  The activity digressed and we ended up exploring music and tunes instead for most part of the session!! That's creativity for you!

komala aunty - 8 to 13 yrs - Oct 6 - What do I want to do ?

Session started off with discussion on what I want to do rather what is the activity for the day aunty? Discussed as to what would I like to do when I come to success saturday classes every saturday . what can i do  which i like to do and explore more about the same and how would i do.  This created a commotion in the class as some children liked the idea and some children were confused. some even asked as to what do I do now aunty immediately ?   They really were lost . Thats when I understood that some children need some kind of structure for their choice also.  They needed somebody to tell them  the process as to how and what do they need to do exactly.  One child was almost in tears when i told him that you can do what ever you want , read, think, research on something , explore something .  As a facilitator I learnt that you need to give structure for everything for some children . Some children need their space when working and some children need somebody to work with.  They rely on somebody else's thoughts for their operation and how some children steal the entire show.  As a facilitator, it gave me a whole new perspective on the needs of the children and their way of operation . 

komala

We started with rain cycle and talked about where all the rain water goes. Then in three teams of three they created scenes around a water body like lake, river and ocean. When they were ready Zeto visited them from a far away planet. He asked for clean drinking water to refill his tanks. The children found that the lakes, rivers and oceans did not have clean water, then they went down to the kitchen and fetched all the drinking water that they could find but it was not enough to fill Zeto's spaceship. Then they found out that the only clean water available was in Antartica and the clean water supplied to their homes require big machines to clean the water and to fill Zeto's spaceship huge machines consuming lots of electricity would be required. Then they came up with their own ways to keep water clean like, save drinking water, don't put garbage in the river, lake etc….

 

Sandhya

We started with rain cycle and talked about where all the rain water goes. Then in three teams of three they created scenes around a water body like lake, river and ocean. When they were ready Zeto visited them from a far away planet. He asked for clean drinking water to refill his tanks. The children found that the lakes, rivers and oceans did not have clean water, then they went down to the kitchen and fetched all the drinking water that they could find but it was not enough to fill Zeto's spaceship. Then they found out that the only clean water available was in Antartica and the clean water supplied to their homes require big machines to clean the water and to fill Zeto's spaceship huge machines consuming lots of electricity would be required. Then they came up with their own ways to keep water clean like, save drinking water, don't put garbage in the river, lake etc….

 

Sandhya

Today's session started with a discussion on what could they do on the garbage issue to bring about a change. Children got really heated up on the issue and came out with suggestions like making posters, puppet show, street plays,cassetes and cds. they then freezed on two things which would be really possible in a short span of time. kids were making up a story for the puppet show  on awareness on garbage management.

Geethalakshmi

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one of the children in the class asked me "aunty who was the best child in the class today?" so i asked the child " how can i recognise a best child?" for which i received responses like those who shared, who waited for their turn, who went for the break together with others and then i received this one response " aunty one who thinks". i thought this was amazing.
 
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