How Memory Works: Duke Duchscherer and Carin Duchscherer
Memory is a fluid, mysterious thing and often what we think we remember may be incomplete, in error or totally backwards. Sometimes a piece of important information can be left out of the story and when – by luck or design or happy discovery – it surfaces, it can be an occasion of wonder and […]
The Wheels on the Bus
Wheeee! We were all over the moon when we got our new bus, courtesy of the Sir J R D Tata Trust. It arrived on Children’s Day and we decorated it with balloons and streamers, packed all the kids in and took them for a picnic at the Forest Research Institute up the road. […]
Hard Work
I spent the morning at KV Junior today and got a little glimpse of the creative approaches the staff has developed for a group of very young children not quite sure they want to be in school yet. Most of them have come straight from the EIC where the day is much shorter and […]
Montessori!
The woman our Foundation is named for – Latika Roy – started the first Montessori school in India, right here in Dehradun. She was trained by Maria Montessori herself, whose then-revolutionary, now-mainstream approach to education was developed for children with mental handicaps! When parents of typical children saw how well it worked, they demanded […]
Basant Panchami
It’s Spring! Although it’s still pretty cold here in Dehradun, we’re celebrating the beginning of the end of a very long winter. Today is Basant Panchami, a wonderful day when everyone wears yellow clothes and eats yellow food (we had such a pretty yellow rice pilao for lunch!) and generally feels cheerful and forward-looking. […]
Concentration
One of the most important things we do at Karuna Vihar is help kids learn to focus. On my visit yesterday, I was amazed by Manju’s ability to bring her class of excited, distracted kids (they love my camera) to attention.
A Visit to Karuna Vihar
I don’t often make it to the school in time for assembly. Moy Moy likes to sleep in and by the time she’s ready for school, it’s time for me to go to the office. But today we had visitors – two toymakers! – and I got in by 8:30 to introduce them to the […]