Mela Musings

I must say, every moment from the beginning of the
mela planning on success saturday till the end of the
mela was rich in terms of the learnings. My main
takeaways:
1. Never underestimate the abilities of a child. i was
amazed at the team work and coordination even from
children i thought were "not listening" when i
prepared them for the mela.
2. Keep calm under pressure.
3. Enjoy what you do.
4. I learnt NOT to overdo the list of food items.
5. Proper prior planning goes a long way for the
D-Day.
6. Empowering the child makes him/her develop success
skills that may be not be very obvious otherwise
(confidence, public speaking, organising - things that
showed up, but cldnt be overtly observed in class)
Possible learnings for the kids:
1. They never interacted much with older / other age
groups, but yet they were so so comfortable giving and
reciving instructions and working as a team. Good
exposure to all ages
2. Complete independence to handle a lot of things
without being reprimanded.
3. Every single child was given "something" to do and
they did it with grace and confidence and pride in
their work.
4. Learnt about handling money.
Vidya