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Virtual experiences at The Atelier (Part 2)
Virtual experiences at The Atelier (Part 2)
Mentor interviews
Virtual experiences at The Atelier (Part 1)
Virtual experiences at The Atelier (Part 1)
What defines a school? Is it a physical space, bounded by walls, partitioned into classrooms and playgrounds, with children neatly…
Remote learning: voices from FloMont
Remote learning: voices from FloMont
How do you impart a Montessori education without being physically present with the children? When the philosophy is so hands-on and…
Remote learning: voices from Buddhi school
Remote learning: voices from Buddhi school
This is a guest blog post by the team at Buddhi school, recounting their experiences over the last few months as they made the shift from…
Online chronicles at Saandeepani Academy
Online chronicles at Saandeepani Academy
This is a guest post by the team at Saandeepani Academy. It is a chronology of events, thoughts and responses to the ongoing COVID-19…
Learning without boundaries: Buddhi school
Learning without boundaries: Buddhi school
Two weeks ago, I spent a day at Buddhi school, near Hebbal in Bangalore to understand their philosophy of education. The school was…
Work and Play at Chimply Fun
Work and Play at Chimply Fun
“Work while you work and play while you play”, sang Malini in a low voice as she walked around the group of children, holding out a bag…
DIY at Aurinko
DIY at Aurinko
“Life doesn’t come with an instruction manual”, said Anoop Keni, co-founder of Aurinko Academy, a Progressive Learning Space at…
A school called KARVE
A school called KARVE
Asma held the crying boy in her lap, patting him with one hand. With her other hand she fed another boy his pasta. She also supervised…
Backstage at Saandeepani
Backstage at Saandeepani
In this blog post, I begin to explore the world of a teacher. My earlier posts have focussed on what happens in the classroom. To use the…
At home at Jigyasa
At home at Jigyasa
She stepped daintily onto the plank, then crawled into a tent, emerging from a flap on the other side, perched herself at the top of a…
Learning at Saandeepani
Learning at Saandeepani
In this blog post, I take you down Sarjapur Road to spend a day at Saandeepani Academy for Excellence, founded by Prarthana Gupta in 2008…
A day at Curious Caterpillars
A day at Curious Caterpillars
Curious Caterpillars Montessori House (earlier called Vineethi Learning Centre) is one of the old Montessori schools of Bangalore. It was…
Candid Talk: Why parents choose Jigyasa
Candid Talk: Why parents choose Jigyasa
This is the first of a two-part blog post on Jigyasa The School, founded by Ryan and Anuradha Chadha.
“A spectrum of possibilities”
“A spectrum of possibilities”
That is the motto of the Sambhavam Center for Autism, in BTM Layout, founded by Chitra and Venu in 2015. As parents of an autistic child…
A glimpse into Elementary Montessori
A glimpse into Elementary Montessori
Many of us are familiar with the Montessori Method as practiced in the preschool years. This method has gained popularity over the years…
An outsider’s view of Reggio Emilia
An outsider’s view of Reggio Emilia
(This article was originally posted on the Bangalore Schools Facebook forum on 5 February, 2018)