The Khoji Kids - Oct 28, 2018

Imagination - Draw

There are various ways to draw.
Walk around, observe, come back and draw any seen item that comes to mind.

Draw any item that is not seen in that place, something outside.

Draw the shadow of any object. This was tricky and most exciting, since, the shadow of objects was noticed to be seen when standing at an angle but not seen when standing at another angle. So, some children were spotting shadows, while some were not due to their positions relative to the shadow. And, drawing was even more exciting. 

Draw any story that comes to mind.

Then, one guesses the picture that other draws and fun continues....

Play with magnets. 

There were some magnets provided.

Children made various things with them. Some made caterpillar, some train, some spinner in which a magnet spinned around another, some fidget spinner with 2 blades/3 blades/5 blades, some chasing game, some catch the magnet game. Some put two magnets on two sides of paper and tried to move one with another.

Irrespective of age, every child understood that some magnets were repelling from one side and attracting from another side. And also understood that in order to form certain shape with magnets, we should not be holding any extra magnet in the fist, else, the shape gets distorted.

What fun! What learning! The kids didn't want to leave.

The Khoji Kids - Sep 29, 2018

Imagine - Draw

Draw any items that come up in mind. Children preferred to walk around. Others guess what one person drew. The owner of a drawing tells his/her story with the items he chose to draw.

Meditation

What is Meditation according to a child. Children chose 1 minute to just close their eyes.

Sloka and Meaning

Stanza from rudram namakam-
Namaste astu bhagavanh vishveshvaraya mahadevaya tryambakaya tripurantakaya trikagni kalaya kalagnirudraya nilakanthaya mrutyunjayaya sarveshvaraya sadashivaya shrimanmahadevaya namah

discussion and sharing views on what each word meant to each of us.

Zumba dance

Some time spent in dancing.

Cooking Time

Making chocolate balls.
Ingredients were made to guess, not provided right away. What gives choco flavour? What adds sweet taste? What binds them together? What else can be added?

Ingredients: Biscuits, cocoa, sugar and milk.

Ingredients were provided and children chose the quantity of each to be added by tasting and adjusting the measures. 

The Khoji Kids Meet

The Khoji Kids - Sep 9, 2018

Walk around the place, come back, draw items that come to your mind. 

Some draw the very first item that they have seen, while, some draw the last item that they have seen. Some draw the item that caught their mind. 

Draw item that you have not seen around the place, might have seen somewhere outside. 

Some drew immediately something that came to their mind, some took time to draw their favourite item. 

Each one guesses what the others drew

Some guesses were tough, some guesses were easy and some funny. We learnt that, for the same drawing, there were various perspectives to look at it from various angles. Also, we may or may not agree to another's perspective on a subject. 

Imagination - Story 

One child starts with a story(that others don't know). After two or three lines into the story, another person continues the story according to his imagination and this goes on. 

Gods and Us

What are some names of god that one knows? What gods do when each one prays? Can the god talk? Two persons will pray for same item to god, who does god listen to??

And lots and lots of questions and discussions.

The Khoji Kids - An Initiative

The Khoji Kids

Every newborn is curious to learn from their surrounding. Every toddler is curious to explore his environment. Every child is curious and has at least fifty to one hundred questions each day.

Imagine, how much power would be unleashed if we had supported the child's curiosity and not hushed him due to ignorance? Imagine, how many great thoughts would have taken roots if we had provided time and space and not rushed them to do things?

That's a whole lot of energy within a child, ready to take form. All they need is freedom to learn, time and space.

The Khoji Kids is an initiative to just provide this learning environment to a child.
Resources are provided to children. Each child picks one of their interest, ponders over it, works on it, asks questions and all that an adult does, is just to facilitate. Learning is a journey and we see it happening right in front of our eyes every moment, every day.

Come, be a part of this journey, while also learning, how beautifully kids learn when on their own!

Thanks.