(session report by Shruti)
Fifth July was a marked day in my calendar, the day to start my TTT - Train The Trainer program… from morning onward my mind started making plans as to how the things are going to work their, how I will learn and how I am going to do the tasks.
Then everything started simplifying by itself. We got a warm welcome from Ratnesh at the reception with some sweets, our ID card and one surprise – tiny winy straw. Yes, a straw, something we don’t think or look at twice in pour regular busy daily routine.
Interesting, I thought to myself … but more interesting and in some way amusing was that we were supposed to make something out of the ordinary straw.
As we started climbing the stairs to reach the classroom, our minds went ballistic thinking of what we could make of the straw… will come to the straw story later.
The class room was a surprise, totally eco-friendly … no wooden chairs and desks … but pleasant and friendly. Great place to learn. After the initial brief introduction, all thoughts were back to …. Straw ! ! ! poor thing getting punished by each one of us.
The tiny winy, unnoticeable straw had turned into Dolls, birds, bracelets, snails, snakes, finger rings, trees, triangles, stars …. Imagine…a simple straw into so many things… triggered a thought in my mind … I see it every day … our children make rockets and space shuttles out of nothing… first step of learning.. “Keep my mind open”
We started the session with meditation… was relaxing and set the mood going.
And then came the round of introductions …. Why be part of the class ? Everyone came with reasons along with their introductions. In summary, the only reason I think most appropriate would be
“To have good (and creative) time with children”
And now to summarize the classroom session (the learning was supported by a lot of stories, games,
- “I can not teach anybody anything. I can only make you think “
- How much we will learn depends on us.
- Learn from each other
- Listening (remember the names?)
- “When the Student is ready, Teacher will appear”
The talking to each other (pairs) and the melting ice-cream game were interesting… Something I can play with my children… The melting ice-cream game would be a hot birthday party game.
Personally, I was very impressed with the class room set up, the teaching methods used… it created an atmosphere where we could learn, think, be creative and make lots of friends
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