Last weekend was a fun time at Kaleidoscope: We had the first of the science experiments workshop conducted by Yardstick , a group dedicated to creating experiential learning activities for science education.
The children made a balloon powered car, a water pump, a hovercraft and a flute. On the way, they befriended several principles of physics. “Awesome!”, “Such fun!” and “Wow, cool” were just some of the things we heard the kids say.
We have two more workshops to go, this weekend and the next.
Do join in for a hands-on, experiential encounter with science.
Planned for upcoming sessions: Weighing scale, periscope, solar cooker, magnetic levitation, electromagnet, test for nutrients and ink chromatography.
Details of workshops:
For classes 4-8
Weekend Workshops: Sat 4.30 pm to 7.30 pm and Sun 10 am to 1 pm.
Workshops on Feb 6-7 and Feb 13-14
Each workshop has unique experiments - 4 experiments in each workshop, 12 experiments in all
We trust your year is already off to a great start. Kaleidoscope wishes you success in what you desire, much happiness, and peace in 2010 (and every year after that!!)
We’re off to doing what we do, in the new year with
Hands-On!
Kaleidoscope introduces a unique graded reading program integrated with kinesthetic skills, for children in class 1 to 3.
This 12 week program aims to build reading skills in a graded systematic way, moving the child from the level he or she is currently comfortable at, to a higher degree of reading competence.
But here’s the twist. The reading exercises are interspersed with hands-on kinesthetic activities aimed to develop eye-hand coordination and fine motor skills. So your child enjoys the double benefit of reading and kinesthetic activities in the same program.
Kinesthetic activities involve the child’s hands and body and are helpful to build whole body balance, eye-hand coordination (such as cutting, catching, folding etc), and develop fine motor skills (such as working comfortably with very small objects for example) , apart from developing an overall sense of well being.
Details
For children in classes 1 to 3
12 weeks beginning Jan 7, 2010
Classes on Tue, Wed, Thu, 1.5 hours each day
Time slots: 4 to 5.30pm and 4.30 to 6 pm
Fee Rs. 3000
For more details, please contact 040-40180825 or 9849747170
The 43rd box of sweets? The 77th knick knack and bauble? the 15th nice-to-have gadget? Gift vouchers for more clothes, toys, food and entertainment?
Or ….
Gift your loved ones a Library membership at Kaleidoscope!
For just Rs 1500, you would be gifting
A whole year’s worth of reading from our 10,000 and more books of all genres
A range of 3500+ books for children
A single membership for the whole family to use
Not a book person?Gift 20 hours of Time @ Kaleidoscope.
For Rs 1000, your loved one could spend 20 hours of time at Kaleidoscope - using the books, games, and other learning resources at a time that’s convenient to them!
Too tied up to visit Kaleidoscope?
You could buy the gift voucher
without actually dropping in to Kaleidoscope…
The last ten years have been a lovely trip, and we’re deeply grateful to all of you who have contributed in one way or the other to making Kaleidoscope what it is today. We keep getting pleasantly surprised - on a continuing basis - how much we’ve grown as an organization and as individuals.
We look forward to continuing our journey… We’d love your company!
The Alexander Technique is not so much something you learn as something you unlearn. It is a method of releasing unwanted muscular tension throughout your body which has accumulated over many years of stressful living. This excess tension often starts in childhood and, if left unchecked, can give rise in later life to common ailments such as arthritis, neck and back pain, migraines, hypertension, sciatica, insomnia and even depression.
Specifically, the Alexander Technique helps if you:
Suffer from repetitive strain injury or carpal tunnel syndrome.
Have a backache or stiff neck and shoulders.
Become uncomfortable when sitting at your computer for long periods of time
Are a singer, musician, actor, dancer or athlete and feel you are not performing at your full potential.
Detailed article covering how it works, what to expect, and how to learn it
A short presentation by Padmini Menon, a friend of Kaleidoscope, who practices and teaches the Alexander Technique in Bangalore, India. Contact her via email
A 13 minute video on the Alexander Technique by the British Medical Journal
Normal everyday writing at school - whether it is an essay, a “long answer”, a book review or a project report - can turn out to be a chore without the right tools. And very stressful.Basic everyday writing, requires among other things, strong foundations in grammar, voabulary, sentence construction and precis writing. With these tools, children are equipped to begin writing independently, correctly, quickly and effectively. This in turn makes them more confident in dealing with their school work.Kaleidoscope launches a 12-week Foundation Program in Writing and Grammar for children in classes 4 and 5. This is not a creative writing class - it focuses on the foundations of good writing required for general school work.
The summer programs are done and we’ve had great fun over the last few months, learning and enabling others to learn! We look forward to another great year with more programs, and more fun.
Get ready for the new academic year - new schedules, new friends, new books, new teachers and new challenges!
Highlights for June:
New batches of *unfold* and *e x p a n d* and Enterprise!
Kindle your Mind! offers several learning programs in association with Kaleidoscope, including:
