komala aunty - 8 to 13 yrs - Jan 5 - geniekids walk through

Children were becoming interviewers, reporters today. They were to go around geniekids to video shoot in teams. One team had everything under control. It was interesting to see the children doing their rehearsals , planning their questions to ask, taking turns to shoot . During circle time children expressed how did they feel doing the shoot and  what way they co-ordinated their work and  what didn't work .

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komala aunty - 8 to 13 yrs - Dec 1 - creativity ????

children came to to do something  craft /creative. Asked them why do you want to do that ? As to if I cook, it is because i want somebody  to eat the food, so if they make something what will they do with that ? what is their goal ? some said just like that, some said I like that, some said no i don't want to do that, some said we don't want to do for we are not good at crafts and creativity. now that had to be explored. asked as to what is creativity? is only arts and crafts creative? when do we say you were creative ? started to explore creativity.
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Komala Anantpur

komala aunty - 8 to 13 yrs - Nov 24 - Emotions

Played a emotional board game with different situations , asked as to how would they react or feel in such situations. many children were shocked or didn't want to talk about it saying aunty i don't feel any thing .  Like what do you do when you are scared, some children said I don't get sacred et all ! I had a feeling that children were never made to touch base with their feelings. 

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Komala Anantpur

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 . 

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