How flowers help in child development(Soundarya Dristi in our Culture)
Sensory development Flowers engage children’s senses of sight, touch, and smell. Children can explore different textures, like silky petals and tough stems, and smell various…
Category: Natural Learning
Waldorf Inspired alternative school for natural learning
Putharekulu – failures of children should be celebrated
2 children in our community approached me and told me that they wanted to make Putharekulu (A sweet involves a very complex process and patience…
In nature children naturally become curious
Nature makes children more curiousIn nature children become keen observers I was sitting on a rock for 30 minutes but I didn’t notice the old…
The joy of harvesting and the experience of one crop cycle
Everyday we are getting one or other vegetables from our garden now. Such a lovely feeling to harvest ❤️ Children have seen one complete crop…
Shramadhan at Jeevashila forest farm
Half of Paripoornam 🌕🪷☀️ visited Jeevashila forest farm near Kaduru(Chikmagaluru), Karnataka and offered shramadhan for betterment of the farm.
The one with Ashgourd
Children of Paripoornam 🌕 🪷 ☀️ have procured a huge number of ash gourds from local natural farmer. Today at school we are having a…
How our cows are helping our children inculcate empathy
How emotional cows are‼️Almost like humans. They don’t leave their friends behind ‼️ See how Nandhi is waiting for Gowri to catch up. From pedagogy:A…
Stole a few groundnuts from the neighboring farm
Maybe stolen food tastes better because of the trill associated with it. Caught these thieves' red handed. What's the punishment for them‼️😅?
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Visit to Pyramid Jetha Vanam
Saturday rhythm : Rock climbing, trekking, visit to hills, mountains, natural places, places humans have not visited
The confidence of children is bu…
Peacock fight in forest
They were cow grazing in the forest today and found 2 peacocks fighting (live). They silently observed and then went to inspect the place and…
Edible Cactus 🌵 leaves!!
In a community of diversity the learning happens all the time. A parent in our community made chutney from cactus leaves. Children of Paripoornam 🌕🪷☀️…
Nature visit to Obuleshwara mountain near Chinthaparthi
From Paripoornam pedagogy: The confidence of children is built with challenges. But the challenge should be from small to big. If you challenge a child…
Lovely Ganesha made by children of Paripoornam 🌕🪷☀️
Children with between 4.5 to 12 years worked together and made this. As we kept it for Pooja while putting the mala the hand and…
Wet on wet painting
Before children dive deeper into learning we have prepared them (mental calmness) through wet on wet painting. Parents should also try wet-on-wet painting with their…
The power of question ⁉️
Recently we received a donation of around 500 books by an initiative called Pekabook. Our Library has many books but I have never seen our…
We started to harvest and stock up Paddy (Rice) for community
We started to harvest and stock up food grains for community purpose. Children of Aikya Waldorf School came to our farm to experience Naturally grown…