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In Isai Ambalam school for one week there was no water. The bore water didn’t work. We started having a conversation how to over come this problem. During that week it rained a lot. Since it is a slope the water didn’t...
Read out allThe 9th grader at Udavi volunteered to paint the new Ismart class room that is being built in the factory side of the Udavi school campus. Which joins along with the Aura Auro Design Lab. The new space required LAN connectivity. The...
Read out allDuring Maths class children were having difficulty in telling tables quickly. Our children were able to tell tables in order but it was difficult when it was random. So we started using Vaughn cube. Vaughn cube is a set of videos which...
Read out allChildren from 8th were learning algebra and had difficulties with the sign operations. They were able to come up with stories of multiplying minus into plus, plus into minus and plus into plus but they couldn’t come up with a story of...
Read out allRoof: The Roof was built with slabs that were attached together with bindings, and sealed off with some material that had become torn and corroded. Thus making rain water seep in. The solution was covering the cracks with tar sheets. Naveen had...
Read out allNaveen and I were trying to visualise (x + y + z)^3 with Lavanya a 9th grader in Udavi using the Montessori Cube. We are able to formulate (x + y + z)^3 = x^3 + y^3 +z^3 + 3x^2y + 3x^2z...
Read out allPainting Outside: Third graders took responsibility to paint outside. This being a room for clay and woodwork, we wanted to paint it with a natural brownish red-soil color. We inquired with a few painters and once they understood our idea, they all...
Read out allWe started the Vaughn cube Videos, after completing a few lessons the children took up specific multiplication tables and drew all the objects that they could remember. Multiplication become easier for Pranav who could link objects to sounds and then to numbers.
Read out allWe had a serious water problem in isai Ambalam school. We built a pond as a EBD project with the children. Then we realized that water is very precious. From that day we are aware of water. Then one day children noticed...
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