LEARN A NEW CRAFT: At the potter's wheel
The summer of 2006 seems to be all about masti with a touch of learning. Many schools are offering coaching classes on cricket, football, judo, karate and basketball while others are taking their pupils to hill stations like Nainital, Kulu, Manali, Shimla and Darjeeling to escape the heat of Delhi.
Private organisations are also not behind in making the vacation useful for children.
The Oxford Bookstore on Barakhamba Road in collaboration with Scope Plus (Society for Creating Opportunity for People Empowerment), a Delhi-based NGO known for its work for children of the Tihar Jail convicts and development of street kids, is organising a four-week festival "Masti Ki Pathshala" from May 13 for children in the age group of four to 15 years.-
Art of having fun
The fest is divided into four workshops to be held every Saturday.
Special programmes are structured for kids to help them develop personality, make friends and acquire new talents.
"Learn while you have fun" is the motto here. Kids will learn mask making, pebble painting and bracelet making apart from learning the art of easy-to-make spectacular salads and non-aerated drinks. A theme party will also be thrown where children dressed in Disney clothes will recite, sing, narrate and act. Says Seema Malhotra, Director, Scope Plus, "It is a very good exposure for children. It will also make them interested in books."
Talking about her NGO, she says, "For 13 years I have been working in Tihar Jail. We provide the children of the inmates education, computer literacy and train them in income generating skills". She adds, "We also admit street children in schools whose parents are poor migrant labourers from states like Bihar and cannot afford their education."
According to Rajiv Chowdhry, CEO, Apeejay Oxford Bookstores, "The purpose of this festival is to inculcate the reading habit in children and to engage them in activities that will build their personality. We will continuously try to provide children with an entertaining way of learning."
Reading not only helps in increasing knowledge but also in cultivating the mind where creative ideas can grow.
They say that "an empty mind is a devil's workshop," but this summer the little devils will find no time to leave their minds unoccupied.
(Link: http://www.hindu.com/yw/2006/05/26/stories/2006052604780600.htm)
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