…Staff

Deepak has confirmed that he will stay for at least another year, until January 2010. Preeti and Raj Kumar, our new teachers, have also confirmed that they will stay. We met Gopal today, a man who works for RBKS in the same area as us, and he said he has a couple of women in mind for being the two other new teachers we are looking for. By the end of next week we may have all our staff problems sorted, except for the person to help Deepak in his work.

Understanding

Today we had a discussion about discussing things and the relatedness of everything. Everyone contributed really well and I think they began to understand how this relates to learning in Hunar Ghar. Want the children to learn how to write neatly? Let them learn to sew and make necklaces by threading beads onto string. They enjoy this immensely and it develops the necessary fine motor skills. We talked about everything having meaning and making more sense in context, and I think this made sense to them. We talked about experience making things easier to understand. Want the children to learn about evaporation? Leave some water in a glass for a few days or go to the kitchen and boil some water. We talked about the difference between learning (something I do) and teaching (something that is done to me) and the implications of this. I really think a deeper understanding of Hunar Ghar came to the teachers today.

Job

We were at MGIS and I asked for a job. Pascal, a co-founder and ‘principle’, said yes.

Rain

Lots of it, so people’s crops are doing well.

Deepak

The trip to MGIS was very god for his understanding, he’s really grasping the depth of learning possible at Hunar Ghar, beyound a string of activities.