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
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
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
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
Download File Theme of the Session: Understanding the Mumbai local train network, with all its stations and routes. Therapeutic goals of the Session: Memorization, Sequencing, Mindfulness, Group Work, symbol recognition. Time: 2 hours (depending on children’s attention span; the session can be divided into two parts) Space and Material Preparation:
A couple of weeks back, a small encounter brought a smile to my face and left me thinking that day about innate human qualities and in fact for a couple of days after. One of the kids at the Home is a special child, with some mental disability. However, he
Download File Most commonly occurring therapeutic domains: Mindfulness – improving quality of focused attention and sustained action, connection with self and nature, self-introspection. Goals of the Session: Understanding the 5 elements of nature Symbol relationship: Understanding the relation between two ideas or concepts. Sense of belongingness to the group. Key
One of the older kids, who has been at the home for about 3 years now, was having a conversation with a coworker, let’s call him Aniket sir (pseudo name), from another NGO. As they were talking, he noticed that the backpack which Aniket sir was carrying was torn and
One day, while returning from the Children’s Home, I was waiting at the bus stop. As I was standing there, I noticed a bike with a couple and their son, a small boy, sitting in the middle. The mother got down from the back, went to a roadside cart, bought