My voice

When teachers have fewer children to care for, its fun for both. They enjoy every moment. This year our famous five from Upper Kindergarten are simply adorable. They have study time in the morning and easy art and craft activities in the afternoons. What I saw in the classroom was something unusual. I guess this doesn't happen in the schools with large number of children and where fear resides deep in the child's mind regarding teachers, discipline and punishment. Although discipline in the classroom is a must but not always when the children are happy, quiet and not destructive.

 serious with their work in the morning 

easy moment in the afternoon using newspaper cuttings

Oh God! couldn't stop loving them

Prewriting skill cards

We use prewriting skill cards for Nursery. I drew the lines and laminated them. This is the fourth year in a row we are using these cards. I wrote the serial number on the back so its easy for the teachers to follow. Teachers trace the lines in copies.

Prewriting skill cards

A child tracing on the dots

Preparation for the new session-2

Advertising for new enrollment was quite tiring so in the afternoons I spent time reading books. One of my favorite is J. Krishnamurthi's -Education and the significance of life where he writes Those who love their own children and the children about then, and who are therefore in earnest, will see to it that a right school is started somewhere around the corner, or in their own home. My sweet home is now a school and I thank my family for sacrificing their rooms. We kept shifting for long from room to room and finally we have the top floor and the rest three for the students. I have few sturdy plastic chairs and tables but this year I placed order for the wooden ones. I prefer wooden furniture. Let's hope the carpenters follow my direction. With my shopping for the school almost over and the rooms clean I am ready for the first day of the year 2071 which begins today.