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Tilimili
The pandemic proved to be a major barrier in the education of children, especially in the rural parts of the country. In order for children to keep learning, MKCL-KF generated the innovative idea of education through television. MKCL-KF gave birth to a new project - ‘Tilimili’ which is a TV show that is telecast on DD Sahyadri. Swaarka contributed to the content development and facilitation of 116 episodes out of 192 episodes for standard 1st to 4th and contributed to content review of remainder of the episodes.
Tukuhal (May 2018)
‘Tukuhal’ is the very first workshop conducted by Swaarka. The fundamental focus of the workshop was, ‘Man and his inquisitiveness’, as the learning process starts right form getting to know ourselves. Small children are very inquisitive and have a lot of unanswered questions in their minds about themselves. Children find the answers to these questions themselves. With this underlying thought, we tried to provide children with different ways and opportunities to find the answers to their questions in this workshop. At the start of the workshop, children worked on an abstract concept where they were asked to imagine that they are trapped on a secluded island and to come up with solutions to the problems faced by them. The children engaged in different activities as per the abstract imagined by them. In the course of this activity not do they only understand and learn more about their basic needs but are also made aware of the social structure, rules, search and their body.
Goshtikon (November 2018)
Tukuhal
‘Stories’ are preferred and liked by younger and older folks likewise. Children tend to make up stories about themselves and the environment surrounding them. These stories are usually a reflection of their foreknowledge. Learning becomes fun, when new experiences are provided to them through their very own stories. This was the thought based on which the workshop ‘Goshtikon’ was put together. This workshop was conducted in two groups which consisted for students from standard 1st to standard 4th and students from standard 5th to standard 8th.
Children experienced various different aspects of the medium of storytelling. Children also tried to express themselves and the story through the use of mediums like Dance, Photography, Puppetry, Drama, Painting and Collage Art. They also developed an insight on the fact that, concepts from the syllabus, like letter writing, understanding the environment around us better and chronology could also be understood through this medium of expression. Unfurling of new facets through stories helped the children to develop a point of view for themselves, and it helped achieve the objective of the workshop, ‘Goshtikon’.
Bolvani (November 2019)
Tukuhal
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Our learning process essentially starts by learning a language. We start learning languages in a very natural progression of listening, talking, reading and then writing, first at home and then at school. Children generally learn many languages apart from their mother tongue. Why is there a need to learn these languages? How do you learn these languages? The workshop, ’Bolwani’ was centered on these very questions. To experience the origination of a language, the children worked on developing a new language on their own during the workshop. To enhance skills like speaking, reading and writing many activities were conducted during the workshop. Children learn languages theoretically in school and hence they tried to learn the practical implementation of it through activities. Children experienced the fact that instead of learning a language just for their examinations, if they dig deep into the nuances of the languages it becomes a more fun learning experience.
Charighacha chalakhe
Tukuhal
Schools were shut down due to the increasing spread of Corona Virus and children were confined to their homes since going out wasn’t an option anymore. During these times, Swaarka organised and conducted their very first online workshop – ‘Charighach Chalakhe – 1’. This workshop was conducted over a span of 14 days during which children were engaged in 7 different activities. Children had to complete the given activity in 2 days and send it to Swaarka’s team. Children from all over Maharashtra participated in the workshop. Children actively participated in activities which included cooking, music, costumes, handicrafts and creating and performing advertisements. The workshop successfully achieved its aim to keep the children occupied during these uncertain times and to expand their imaginative skills. Parents were also fascinated by the fact that different substitutes could be found at home to the toys they generally tend to purchase for children.
Charighach chalakhe 2
Tukuhal
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After the immense response received by ‘Charighach Chalakhe – 1’ children yearned for more such workshops. This time a different thought was put in and workshops were held through the medium of video conferencing. The workshop was conducted in 3 different groups which ranged from nursery, standard 1st to standard 4th and standard 5th to standard 8th.The medium of video conferencing was relatively new for both Swaarka as well as the children engaged in these workshops. Feasible activities were chosen keeping in mind the medium of the workshop and the fact that they could be done at home. Children got easily acquainted with the new medium of the workshop. The workshop was held for a span of 6 days during which children would connect to team members of Swaarka for 1 hour and activities would be conducted. Further team members would give instructions on activities to be done at home by the children later on.
This was the overall schedule of the workshop. The goal of the workshop was to ensure development of different aspects of children which included reasonableness, imaginativeness, creativity and research abilities.
Charighacha chalakhe 3
Tukuhal
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In the series of ‘Charighach Chalakhe’ this was the third workshop conducted by Swaarka. This workshop was conducted using the medium of video conferencing. The team members worked with the children keeping the fundamental focus on the subject for the workshop, ‘Our Body’. Workshops were conducted for 2 categories ranging from standard 1st to standard 4th and standard 5th to standard 8th.
The children enjoyed learning about different concepts related to the different systems in our body, our brain, the coordination among all bodily activities, health and illness through various activities. In this workshop, children had to observe and read to find answers for themselves. An attempt was made to induce a liking among children towards the subject of science, which would motivate children to engage in further self study.
Annual Project
Tukuhal
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Swaarka started its very first Annual Project in 2019 along with the children of Gyanjyoti Vidyamandir school, Pune. A total of 120 students ranging from standard 5th to standard 8th participated in this annual project. Team members of Swaarka would work with the children for two hours every week. The subject, specifically for this project was “Water”. A variety of concepts from different subjects like Math, Science, Geography, and Language which were related to water were understood by children. Mediums like Dance, Drama, Games, Experiments, Field visits were used to facilitate this.
The children worked on concepts which included Measurement of things in the liquid state, Water Pollution, Poems on water, Water Scarcity, Organisations which work on problems related to water and Water and our responsibility towards it. Children participated in the “River Walk” organized by the organization ‘Jeevit Nadi’ which works on problems caused due to water pollution in the river Mutha in Pune. They walked close by the river bank and gained more knowledge about the river. After experiencing the river’s situation firsthand, children gave a thought to what all could be done to reduce water pollution and understood their responsibility towards it.
At the year end, the work done by children is evaluated. During the evaluation process, team members of Swaarka incorporate the changes observed by them, among the children, on an Academic, Emotional and Mental level altogether.With this evaluation the project came to an end.
Educational tools and toys
Children can learn themselves and to enhance this process it is important to make sure appropriate educational tools and games are being made available. Getting familiar with a concept, explanation of the same, deployment of the concept, practice and evaluation are the steps by which the tools and games are formulated to work. This helps children to gradually progress in their practice sessions from easier to difficult aspects of different concepts. While devising these games; muscle development, sensory engagement, difficulty levels as per the age of the respective child are a few things that are mainly thought of. Children generally prefer to engage in activities. While learning concepts, more the activities incorporated in the process more enthusiastic is the response of children. Use of different tools in reality and increasing difficulty of the games ensures that the children are engaged with the highest levels of concentration. While conquering challenging situations in games, they also step by step conquer and understand increasingly difficult concepts. After understanding the concepts, instead of practicing them in just one way, practicing them through different games helps to develop more interest. Along with explaining concepts, evolution and growth of Muscle Development, Concentration, Different thought processes, Logical thinking can also be sought through the use of these tools.