Rhythm of life
I have just started volunteering with Seedling Foundation a couple of weeks ago. The children are respectful, curious, and ready to engage, albeit a bit shy. The team is small and agile, and I appreciate the warmth shown to me. We undertake various activities; from creating art to learning about contemporary issues such as war […]
परिवर्तन
मोहित को ५ मिनिट भी कही मन एकाग्र करना बोहोत मुश्किल हो जाता था। और वह खुद भी नहीं समाझ पाता था के ऐसा क्यू होता है। ज्यादातर चीजों में उसे अनुरिचि नहीं थी I कभी कभी उसे ज्ञान प्राप्त करना व्यर्थ भी लगता था क्योंकि अब पाठशाला छोड़े काफी वक्त होगया था। “सही समय […]
Deafening Silence
A couple of days back, last Thursday, I was processing a few things from the previous evening, added by more incidents from that morning at Dongri, which were triggering me internally. However, given my nature, I go into a silence mode, into a shell, while dealing with things that seem to overpower me. That day […]
Nature Journey – Rivers
Download File Most commonly occurring therapeutic Domains: Mindfulness – Improve quality of focussed attention & sustained action Therapeutic Goals for today: Symbolic relationship – Understanding the relation between two ideas or concepts Creative thinking Sense of belongingness to the group Memory for information Key Concepts (if any): Interdependence & developing compassion towards nature Space and […]
Nature Journey – Birds
Download File Theme of the Session: An understanding of Birds Broader connection of birds and nature Importance of Nature and its connection with Humans Goals of the Session: Mindfulness Memorization Art work Key Concepts (if any): Interdependence & developing compassion towards nature Space and Material Preparation: Birds pictures or stickers, color paper of green shades […]
Newspaper Art
Download File Theme of the session: Trying something new in the drawing session. Therapeutic Goals for today: Creative thinking, Abstract reasoning Space and Material Preparation: Collect clear pages from newspapers without any pictures or bold letters. Use black markers, black sketch pens, or black watercolor/ink for the activity. Ensure the newspapers are stuck on cardboard […]
Nature Journey – River
A calm soothing river… With clean blue water… Gray rocks shining because of sun rays coming down between the trees and giveing a silver shine to the water… You feel nice reading this… Right? But our river session started with the opposite mode. In the afternoon after lunch with sleepy eyes and long hushhhh boys […]
A Deep Profound Story Behind Every Face
Yesterday morning, we conducted a session on road signs with a small demo setup. As we discussed each road sign, we also asked the kids questions on their life in connection to the sign in front of them. For example, for the child talking about a ‘speed breaker’, we asked him: “Aise 2 incidents bataye […]
Life Journey with Road Signs
Download File Theme of the Session: Understanding Road Signs and rules to follow while driving. Goals of the session: Self reflection, Mindfulness and Sense of belongingness to the group Space and Material Preparation: Prepare a long rectangular table or utilize floor space for setting up a road and road signs. Use long black or gray paper […]