21st Aug 2011

If Rolling over was ever a challenge this is it right hear ;-) Yet again two more Drona’s came up with a rock n rolling activity! What did we roll? A ball on thin sheets of paper...what did we rock ? Damn the kiddos always rock each and every challenge put forth by us! Credit goes out to Varun and Prashanth for coming up with the activities and Ganapathy for the buffer activities that filled in that little time which made a lot of smiles pop up. 

ACTIVITIES - The theme was Team-building and Communication Skills.Our fellow dronas Varun,Ganapati and Prashanth came with  very interesting group activities.The session began with a friendly 'Hi' to kids that is always reciprocated by priceless glees :D EEEEEE :D . The smiles on those innocent faces when we walk-in is our thorough motivation. The activity was "Dumb-C and Reverse Dumb-C". Our Dronas got into action soon to monitor what kids were upto noting the progress that they make week after week .The rules of the activity?Two kids each standing opposite to each other and they had to tell something and the kid standing opposite had to act.Dronas watching them could'nt help but notice the cricket fever that was soaring high :)

Moving on to our second activity.It was a team-building exercise for kids.Kids teamed up according to their 'houses'. Each team had to pass the ball through the pipes( made of newspapers) and reach the bucket. We had our next session where one kid from each team spoke whatever they wished.Their innocent wishes,dreams,goals and motivation was worth lending an ear.

We started our Learning Cycle(LC) after bidding good bye to kids.The topic was "Communication Gap and Miscommunication" .It was awesome session conducted by Aakif,Sangeetha and Jacob.The team played a video on which the discussion based upon. Prime motive of the discussion ? - Challenges expected while mentoring kids. Dronas came up with many solutions.Dronas makes a point that their 'Eklavayas' feel comfortable and their lives are enriched and the enrichment doesn't stop with just the kids..does it ? ;P

Snap shot of what happened -

Got junk in your trunk ? Bring it to the kids in Ramakrishna mission and they get set to get your jaws dropped !
Our activity with the kids turned out to prove what 15 year olds can do with a nothing but junk. It was Creativity at its best with kids proving their mettle.
Activity courtesy - Prakash and Aarthi. The duo's activity tested the 10th grader's Team building skills, resource management skills, leadership qualities, critical thinking and of course their creative side. The challenge given to them was simple - use the junk given along with a few basic materials like cardboard, thermacol,and few color papers and make anything you want! The twist came in when one vital article from each of their designs was removed and they had to continue with the same design minus that one vital article.. And what did they come up with ? see for yourselves...

























And how did we end the session ? The kids came forth and shared their experiences and their learning out of frolic filled activity :)

7th Aug 2011

What do we at DnE and Bhumi do best? We are all about creating a difference. Be it in the lives of kids at a whole, empowering them with skill sets to face life and its hardships or to the smallest sweetest differences on their faces by a special something that is worth more than a million bucks – A SMIIIILEEE J.

What’s better than combining fun that brings up long glee filled faces and an activity with a lesson to boost their teambuilding and strategizing skills? An activity by fellow Dronas -  Sangeetha and Jacob did not let us down on that front :D. you have one go,guess what all of us loved when we were kids despite the chocolates, messing the place around and pulling your siblings hair :P ANSWER - BALLOOOOOONS!  Everyone loves balloons now, don’t we? A wise man once said 'usage of something we love in our learning always enhances the process of learning' (That wise man was certainly not me : D ) And looks like Jacob and Sangeetha did take the wise man's advice ;) We had pillars and beds of balloons made by teams of kids competing against each other to build the strongest, tallest and the most stable balloon tower.  Materials used were restricted to a spool of thread, a roll of tape and of course balloons.

 One simply has to be amazed on the technique and strategic team work pooled in by our little fellas. At the end of it all, it was a 5 foot balloon tower that stood taller than the rest. The winning team shared their experience with the rest and the applauds where converted in blasts, blasts of balloons popping :P

Nooooow.. it was that time of the day where we Dronas sit together for our LEARNING CYCLE! Our new LC co-od- Ganapathy along with Prakash had planned a team-wise presentation on whats our take on communication. Although it was just a start a few rattling points where made. The discussion carries on to the next week with a team preparing an LC with the topic revolving around communication. 

NOW THAT THE LC IS BACK THIS SEASON, WE CAN ALL BE REST ASSURED OF PRESENTATIONS AND HEATED UP DISCUSSIONS ULTIMATELY AIMING FOR ONE GOAL AND ONE GOAL ONLY - ENRICHING THE DRONA BRAINS :D