The Jeevanshala continued to enjoy the sunshine, as most TLs continued to have classes in the open grounds. English, Hindi, Maths, science and all other lessons in the open sun, sometimes even carrying the board for their class. There was one such class in the open where children balanced their heavy books on rolls ofContinue reading “February, 2024 – Continuing to enjoy the winter Sun!”
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January, 2024 – The lovely sunshine and outdoors!
January is terribly cold, but the day has broad sunshine, which makes it all very pleasant and all TLs tend to have classes in the outdoors, as you can see below … The winter sun, coming through the tall trees, was a special pleasure we had in the past, as we did many learning sessionsContinue reading “January, 2024 – The lovely sunshine and outdoors!”
Nov-Dec, 2023 – Wishing well for 2024!
We closed on 14th Oct and we came back in action on 25th November. The Teacher Learners (TL) team met to plan the children’s return. We made our day plans for the first week and also chalked out how to ensure the children were well equipped to deal with the cold. We started by watchingContinue reading “Nov-Dec, 2023 – Wishing well for 2024!”
October 2023 – Continuing learning
2nd October, Gandhi Jayanti is always special at the Jeevanshala. Classes are as usual but in the classes we create time to talk about why today is special. Each TL with their group asked children what the word ‘Gandhi’ brought to their mind and they said ‘non-violence’ ‘freedom’ ‘unity of the hindus and muslims’ ‘honesty’Continue reading “October 2023 – Continuing learning”
September, 2023 – The sultry and humid weather does not dampen our spirits.
September can be terribly hot and humid in our place, and yet we thrive in the mental comfort of the Jeevanshala. Here, we constantly work with our children to cultivate ideas of compassion, care, trust and support them to build their capacities to be self-actualized individuals. At the same time, we bring academic rigor byContinue reading “September, 2023 – The sultry and humid weather does not dampen our spirits.”
June 23 – a regular month with theatre, workshops, visits and lots of learning!
This month saw a visit by Prof Shishir Kumar Jha, of IIT Bombay. He interacted with the older children about the various options that open up for them if they have had a chance to pay attention to their learning. The interaction with the older children was interesting because they got a chance to meetContinue reading “June 23 – a regular month with theatre, workshops, visits and lots of learning!”
August, 2023 – Learning and festivities go hand in hand!
After a short break in July, we were back in August. Like all other semesters this period was also marked by learning in and outside the classroom. Along with textbooks computers and non-textbook reading, of story books in and outside the library class, makes a large part of our children’s learning. And this month wasContinue reading “August, 2023 – Learning and festivities go hand in hand!”
May, 2023 – Starting the semester with Ahavaan project- The Kabir Journey!
We started the semester on 2nd May, with the Ahavaan project – Sisters Vedi and Pakhi Sinha, and Sumant. They took the children through an interesting journey of Kabir. The children for the last two years have been singing Kabir songs, one of the favourites being ‘zara halke gaadi hako mere rRam Gaadi wale’. VediContinue reading “May, 2023 – Starting the semester with Ahavaan project- The Kabir Journey!”
Continuing Classroom Pedagogy
This was a month of send offs, as we said bye to Tannu, Priyanshu and Sachin who stepped out into the world to join different schools. The children shared little little things which made them bond with the students who were leaving and the TLs also presented them with flowers and wished them the veryContinue reading “Continuing Classroom Pedagogy”
January 2023- Starting on the right footing, in the bitter cold
The Puppetry Workshop The Mosamat Budhiya Jeevanshala, did not close in the coldest period this January because we had a workshop with Katkatha, from January 2 to 5, 2023. The facilitators Anurupa and Asha, made it to far off Araria, in spite of missing their scheduled train. Despite the cold all the children were excitedContinue reading “January 2023- Starting on the right footing, in the bitter cold”
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