ConfidentLiving Learning: Recent Episodes
aanchal agrawal
A lot of work has been happening here. Summer classes are going pretty well. See what the kids have to say about pollution.
Kids are doing a lot of work to celebrate International Literacy Day. Storytelling is a part of the whole program. These grade 1 kiddos have done an amazing job!
We’ve all grown up singing nursery rhymes and dancing to their tunes. In our classes, we have always talked about the history of nursery rhymes which has left children speechless. The dark histories are difficult to accept at first, but the whole idea that the cute rhymes have a meaning past makes it very interesting.
Recently, we’ve asked our kids to convert a piece of history into a nursery rhyme. Initially, I thought the idea wouldn't pick up. To my surprise, kids got totally hooked up. They’ve written beautiful rhymes to show the World war, Spanish flu, and more. Their work has been published on our blog Confipedia. A few of them have tried singing it out too.
We were discussing moral stories and the stereotypes they often bring. Kids had something to say about the cliche 'Honesty is the best policy.'
A few children like their school uniforms. A few children hate their school uniforms.
And a few choose to talk about it.
English words have their roots and origins in many ancient languages. Here are kids talking about the etymology.
This pandemic has affected us in more ways than we care to think about. Adults have their own opinions. They are talking everywhere, on all channels, in all meetings. It’s time children spoke about it too. See what our kids have to say.
Kids are creative. We have to just give them a space to express. We don't have to worry about making them creative. We should only worry about not killing their creativity.
This storytelling was based on an activity of gestalt. These 5-6-year-old kids have done a good job of joining all the fragments of words and images together.
Kids are creative. They just need a space where they are comfortable enough to express themselves. Kids in this episode are 7-9 years old.