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INSIGHT - A Report on Summer Magic I & II

Summer Day Camp for Special Children organized by Insight

June 7, 2011

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Contents

1 Introduction 3

2 Activities 32.1 Summer Magic 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32.2 Summer Magic 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

3 Coordinators 3

4 Conclusion 4

5 Appendix I - List of camp participants 55.1 Summer Camp 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55.2 Summer Camp 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

6 Appendix II - Daily Minutes 66.1 Camp 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

6.1.1 Day1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66.1.2 Day2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66.1.3 Day3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76.1.4 Day4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

6.2 Camp 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76.2.1 Day 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76.2.2 Day 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86.2.3 Day 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86.2.4 Day 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

7 Appendix III - Summer Magic in the Media 107.1 Report on Summer Magic in Kerala IT News . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107.2 The New Indian Express announces summer camp by Insight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117.3 Report on the camp published by The Hindu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117.4 Special report on the camp in the news portal yentha.com . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

7.5 The New Indian Express published a comprehensive report on the camp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

8 Appendix IV - Snapshots of the Magic 1 148.1 Breaking the ice with Sri. Brahma Nayakam . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148.2 Camp participants getting acquainted with each other . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148.3 Volunteers and resource persons help children follow the instructors commands . . . . . . . . . . 158.4 Children doing the Surya Namskar during Yoga . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158.5 A camp participant preparing a write-up on camp activities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168.6 A participant being helped with a puzzle game . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168.7 A participant with his art work . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178.8 Another participant painting an elephant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178.9 Arts and crafts session . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188.10 Once upon a time - Story telling session in progress . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

8.11 Children listening to the story told by the puppets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198.12 A participant interacts with a puppet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198.13 Specimens from Art and Crafts session . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

9 Appendix IV - Snapshots of the Magic 2 229.1 Breaking the ice with Sri. Brahma Nayakam . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229.2 Yoga Session by Dr. RadhaKrishnan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229.3 Sri. Subin interacts with the children through puppets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239.4 Gardening Session . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249.5 Magic Show by Sri. Preeth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249.6 From the IT session . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 259.7 Parents attending the counselling session . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

9.8 Specimens from the Crafts session . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 279.9 The huge scorecard setup for the camp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

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1 Introduction

It was a handful of magical summer days that Insight offered its students in the last week of April, between 25thand 30th of the month, and in the humid month of May, from 16 to 21. No nook or corner of the centre wasspared of the ring of amusement of the children who participated in the summer day camp titled Summer Magic,conducted by Insight. The MAGIC held exclusively for children with special needs offered diverse interactive,educative and creative sessions comprising Music, Arts, Games/Gardening, ICT and other Creative activities.

2 Activities

2.1 Summer Magic 1

The Magic began with a stimulating ice-breaking session by noted motivational speaker Brahma Nayakam. Theheady start gave the much needed momentum to the event. From day two, the camp activities began with yoga,tailored to meet the needs of special children. The sessions were conducted by Mr. Radhakrishnan. Yoga wasfollowed by gardening session. This was utilized to teach children vocabulary related to plants and gardening.In the ICT session, older children in the group were asked to write a paragraph on select topics using wordprocessor, after which they practised number activities and logic games. The others did simple activities likeknowing the computer peripherals and puzzles.

In the arts and crafts session, the camp presented activities like painting, collage and paper crafts on differentdays. Children had great fun working with myriad colours and the joy of creating could be seen on their honestfaces. This session offered mostly group activities during which they were made to interact with their peers,thus boosting their social skills. Children were helped to make Thank You cards, which were presented totheir parents on the closing day of the camp. There was music to help children relax amidst the disquiet.Popular English and Malayalam rhymes were played and animated videos accompanied the music. Childrenwere encouraged to sing along and enact the lines. A professional keyboard player played music when it wasthe turn of the little ones to sing. Mr. Pradeep, a folk artist delighted the children with naadan paattukal(folk songs) inherent to Kerala. With him, they sang, danced and made merry to the beats of his drum.The high spot of the camp was a puppetry session handled by Mr. Subin, a teacher, for whom puppetry is apassion. The puppets told them numerous tales and children happily chattered with their new friends. Theyalso learnt the art of making puppets out of common objects like plastic bottles. The children heard morestories during the story telling sessions, which were innovative with the use of digital slides, illustrating the

story. When the children saw the characters come alive on large screen, their joy knew no bounds and most ofthem could be seen trying to touch the characters on screen. After each story telling, children were providedwith worksheets based on the stories. They were given prizes everyday to encourage them to get involved.The camp came to a close with a counselling session for parents on 30th April. On the day, children put ona show for the parents with the songs they learnt at the camp. Consolations prize were given to all the campparticipants.

2.2 Summer Magic 2

Insight revived the fun days of Summer Magic 1 with the second camp that began on 16 May. It was conductedfor adolescents, those above 13 years of age. The enthusiasm and understanding Insight gained from SummerMagic 1 provided the means to accomplish the purpose of the camp. The activities in the camp was on the order

of the first camp, except they were fashioned to meet the cognitive abilities of the participants. Motivationalspeaker Brahma Nayakam led off the camp with an ice-breaking session. On the other days, the camp beginwith a one hour session on yoga and meditation. This was followed by gardening, music and ICT sessions.On alternate days, the camp offered arts crafts and games. There was also a listening period, in which theparticipants were read out a passage, aptly supported by images, and were made to fill out a worksheet basedon it. They relished the puppetry lessons by Subin, the puppeteer from Malappuram. And also blissfully playedtheir roles in a skit The Unfruitful Tree. On 21 May, the final day of Summer Magic, children went on a magicalquest with Preeth, a budding magician. The camp came to a close with counselling session for parents. Childrenperformed a song for the parents and gifted them with Thank You cards they had created.

3 Coordinators

Ipshitha Chakraborthy, the lead resource person of Insights childrens centre, guided the camp. Seven otherresource persons assisted Ipshitha. Insight also made use of the services of seven volunteers, whose cooperationis commendable. The success of the camp is a result of the combined effort of all those who worked for it.

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4 Conclusion

The motto of Summer Magic was to help children learn social skills and develop their communicative ability. Webelieve that the camp lay a worthy start to our goals. Insight aimed at helping children shed their inhibitionsand let them free to express themselves, which is one of the basic human needs. The camp intended to helpchildren make friends and encourage them to express in distinct ways. We had prepared a detailed vocabularylist for each activity, based on which words were introduced to them during the sessions. For e.g., during

their lunch, children were introduced to related vocabulary like spoon, rice, etc. and were also encouraged topractise table manners. The camp further nourished the creative sense in children, encouraging them to adoptalternative ways to communicate and express. Summer Magic, though an attempt as far as Insight is concerned,turned out to be a rewarding one for all who were a part of it.The feedback we received from the parents gives credentials to the recognition of the camp. In fact, it was theimpressive response we received for Summer Magic 1 that motivated us to plan a second camp for young menand women. Most of the parents remarked that as the camp progressed, the children were eager to attend thecamp. Some of the parents even noted that after the camp, the children were be observed to be interactingmore with others. They expressed their amazement at the enthusiasm the children showed to participate inactivities like singing and arts. A parent said that she found self-talk behaviour in her son had reduced after thecamp. These constructive changes in the lives of the differently abled and their kin are what Insight cherishes.It keeps us going and guides us to go ahead and realize our ideals.

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5 Appendix I - List of camp participants

5.1 Summer Camp 1

1. B Vismaya

2. S K Akhil

3. Karthik Praveen

4. Abdul Hadi

5. Ajay M. Nair

6. Amal Babu

7. Nidhin Sivadas

8. Madhav Menon

9. Rahul Ramachandran

10. Abhay Benny

11. Arshida H

12. Adithyan S

13. Khadeeja Shareef

14. Athira K

15. Akhilesh R S

16. Karthik

17. Reshmi Aiswarya

5.2 Summer Camp 2

1. Parvathy Das V

2. K S Pratheesh

3. Rahul Nair R

4. Syam P Nair

5. Aravind

6. Harikrishnan M

7. Binita Anna Benny

8. Hareesh Babu

9. Neeraj George10. Ajin S A

11. Sharath Chandran

12. Roopa S M

13. Ahamed Naufil

14. Saranya S Kumar

15. Reshma Raj G R

16. Neelima Krishnan

17. Parvathy G18. Jayakrishnan

19. Gaadha Y

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6 Appendix II - Daily Minutes

6.1 Camp 1

Instructions to the children were given in Malayalam and English. Stress was given on communication. Childrenwere encouraged to express their feelings in complete sentences, not merely in words.

6.1.1 Day1Ice breaking session: Led by motivational speaker Brahma Nayakam. Stress was given on What and Whoquestions. Children were encouraged to speak and ask the names of their friends. They were made to sing andmove their bodies to a rhythm.Gardening: Each child was given a flower pot and was helped to paint it. After colouring they were helpedto plant and water jasmine plant in their pots. Vocabulary introduced for the activity: pot, colour: red andgreen, painting, sapling, jasmine, etc.Yoga session: Children listened to the commands of the yoga instructor and closely followed the physicalexercises. Volunteers and resource persons helped them follow the instructions.Snacks Break: Encouraged children to use courtesies like please, excuse me, may I, etc. Malayalam substituteswere provided in all cases.Introduction to GCompris: Older children wrote 3 to 5 sentences about their morning activities in the camp

apart from doing number activities and playing games. Small ones were given primary learning activities andgames.Lunch Break: Children were asked to find out their bag and lunch box. Eating manners and related vocabularylike spoon, plate, water, wash hands, dish names, etc. were taught. They were encouraged to express in sentenceswhat they were eating, whether it was tasty, hot, spicy, etc.Music: Music was played to help children relax. They were asked to repeat the popular rhymes that wereplayed. Thereafter the children were encouraged to sing along. Visuals of the songs were also projected onscreen. Copies of the songs were given to parents of older group to make them learn the songs at home. Atwoway path was adopted; they were encouraged to sing in group and interested ones were encouraged to singindividually.

6.1.2 Day2

Gardening: Target Revision of vocabulary: pot, colours, painting, sapling, jasmine, etc. According to thechilds ability, he/she was encouraged to observe and express the activity in words or sentences.Yoga session: Helped children to listen to the commands and also closely follow the physical exercises theirpartners were doing. Target vocabulary: Left, right, hands up, hands down, stand up, sit down.Games: Target vocabulary: colours, jump on all the red circles/on alternate green circles, etc. Childrenwere encouraged to listen to the commands and do likewise. Suitable Malayalam phrases were provided whennecessary.Snacks Break: Encouraged children to use courtesies like please, excuse me, may I, etc. Malayalam substituteswere provided in all cases.Introduction to GCompris: Older children wrote 3 to 5 sentences about their morning activities in thecamp apart from doing number activities and playing games. Small ones were given primary learning activitiesand games.Lunch Break: Children were asked to find out their bag and lunch box. Eating manners and related vocabularylike spoon, plate, water, wash hands, dish names, etc. were taught. They were encouraged to express in sentenceswhat they were eating, whether it was tasty, hot, spicy, etc.Music: Music was played to help children relax. They were asked to repeat the popular rhymes that wereplayed. Thereafter, encouraged the children to sing along. Visuals of the songs were also projected on screen.As children were familiar with the song, they were helped to sing with actions.A folk artist presented folk songs to the children. Children were encouraged to sing along, clap their hands anddance.Art Work: This included both group and individual activities. Each group was asked to do one art work usingdifferent materials like coloured cotton balls, paper flowers, etc. Thus five groups presented five different works.Each group was assisted by an instructor. Children were provided with pictures to be coloured, small childrenhad simple images like leaf or flower and older ones were given relatively complex images. Target vocabularywas names of colours, please give me, please apply gum, please help me, etc.

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6.1.3 Day3

Gardening: Target Revision of vocabulary: pot, colours, painting, sapling, jasmine, etc. According to thechilds ability, he/she was encouraged to observe and express the activity in words or sentences.Yoga session: Helped children to listen to the commands and also closely follow the physical exercises theirpartners were doing. Target vocabulary: Left, right, hands up, hands down, stand up, sit down.Story Telling Session: Target vocabulary: Elephant, fox, colour white, forest, rabbit, etc. Children weremade to sit on the floor. Simple short questions were asked about the characters and events while narrating thestory. Digital slides accompanied story telling that helped sustain the curiosity of children. Worksheets basedon the story were provided after the session for children to work on.Snacks Break: Encouraged children to use courtesies like please, excuse me, may I, etc. Malayalam substituteswere provided in all cases.Introduction to GCompris: Older children wrote 3 to 5 sentences about their morning activities in thecamp apart from doing number activities and playing games. Small ones were given primary learning activitiesand games.Lunch Break: Children were asked to find out their bag and lunch box. Eating manners and related vocabularylike spoon, plate, water, wash hands, dish names, etc. were taught. They were encouraged to express in sentenceswhat they were eating, whether it was tasty, hot, spicy, etc.Music: Played music to help children relax. Folk songs were played by the artist. He encouraged children tosing, dance and even encouraged them to play his drum.

Thank You Cards: Children applied various methods like leaf painting, finger painting, thumb painting andpaper craft to decorate a card, a thank you card, to present to their parents. This was an interactive programmewhere children were encouraged to talk about the activity in simple sentences.

6.1.4 Day4

Gardening: Target Revision of vocabulary: pot, colours, painting, sapling, jasmine, etc. According to thechilds ability, he/she was encouraged to observe and express the activity in words or sentences.Yoga session: Helped children to listen to commands and also closely follow the physical exercises their part-ners were doing. Target vocabulary: Left, right, hands up, hands down, stand up, sit down.Introduction to GCompris: Older children will write 3 to 5 sentences about their morning activities in thecamp apart from doing number activities and playing games. Small ones were given primary learning activitiesand games.

Art Work: This was a group activity. With the help of instructors, children painted and also did craft workwith various materials.Lunch Break: Children were asked to find out their bag and lunch box. Eating manners and related vocab-ulary like spoon, plate, water, wash hands, dish names, etc. were taught. They were encouraged to express insentences what they were eating, whether it was tasty, hot, spicy, etc.Puppetry Session: Instructions provided by the puppeteer were followed. He recreated a story for the childrenusing puppets. They were made aware of simple issues like disadvantages of improper eating habits throughthe stories. They were also taught to make puppets out of common objects. Children were found to be happilyinteracting with the puppets.Story Telling: Target vocabulary: Elephant, tortoise, swimming, river, etc. Children were made to sit onthe floor. Simple short questions were asked about the characters and events while narrating the story. Digitalslides accompanied story telling that helped sustain the curiosity of children. Worksheets based on the story

were provided after the session for children to work on.

6.2 Camp 2

6.2.1 Day 1

Ice breaking session: The session was conducted by Brahma Nayakam. Children were encouraged to activelytake part in each activity. The emphasis was on listening and communication skills. Children were encouragedto ask the names of their group members and the name of their group. They were also helped to use courtesieslike Good morning, How are you?, etc.Yoga session: The children were helped to listen to commands and follow the physical exercises done by theinstructor. Emphasis was given to exercises that helped increase their attention span. Yoga was followed by

meditation that helped children relax.Gardening: Children painted pots and planted the saplings. They were introduced to the name of the sapling,type, structure and natural habitat of the plant.Snacks Break: Along with helping children to improve their self-help skills, this session encouraged them to

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use courtesies like please, excuse me, may I?, etc. Malayalam substitute were also provided.Introduction to GCompris / E-toys: Children were divided into two groups. The participants in the firstgroup who had functional knowledge in computer were made to work using E-toys, an educational tool forteaching children powerful ideas in compelling ways. The children who knew computer basics worked usingGCompris. Others were engaged in learning the rudiments of a computer. The second group were instructedto do group craft and painting. The group activities were swapped after an hour. The first group did art craftand the second group took part in computer and writing activity.

Lunch Break: Emphasis was given to developing self-help skills of the children. They were encouraged to eatlunch on their own, collect their belongings and put them back in their bags. Conversation during lunch timewas related to eating manners and the usage of vocabulary like spoon, plate, water, wash hands, etc. They werehelped to express in sentences what they were eating, whether it was tasty, hot, spicy, etc.Music: Music was played to help children relax after lunch. They listened to a song for some time and wereintroduced to the lyrics of the song. The children were encouraged to repeat the lyrics after the instructor.They then sang the song three to four times with the music. First, they were encouraged to sing in a group.Interested ones were encouraged to sing individually. Stress was given to the diction of certain words in thesong.Group Performance Analysis: Children had been divided into five groups based on their compatibilityand age. At the end of the day, grades were given to the groups, according to their performance under fivecategories; a)Initiative b) Cooperation with their partners c) Self-help skills d) Good behaviour e) Participation.The grades were given as follows: A - very good, B - good and C - fair. Children were also given individualscores for: a) Initiative b) Cooperation with the teacher c) Perseverance d) Following the commands. This wasdone to stimulate their interest and develop sportsman spirit in them. No child was graded according to his/herability or performance other than the above mentioned categories.

6.2.2 Day 2

Yoga session: The children were helped to listen to commands and follow the physical exercises done by theinstructor. Emphasis was given to exercises that helped increase their attention span. Yoga was followed bymeditation that helped children relax.Gardening: The children were helped to pour water and take care of their saplings. The instructor of eachgroup discussed with them the functions of different parts of a plant like root, stem, leaf, flower, etc.Snacks Break: Along with helping children to improve their self-help skills, this session encouraged them to

use courtesies like please, excuse me, may I?, etc. Malayalam substitute were also provided.Music: The children were first taught the lyrics of the song. Thereafter they were encouraged to sing alongwith the music. They were also encouraged to sing individually. Stress was given to the diction of more wordsin the song.Introduction to GCompris / E-toys or Art Craft session: Children were divided into two groups. Thefirst group was helped through guided words and phrases to prepare five sentences on My Summer Holidays.Then they did activities using GCompris or E-Toys, as per their functioning levels. The second group wereinstructed to do group craft and painting. The group activities were swapped after an hour. The first groupdid art craft and the second group took part in computer and writing activity.Lunch Break: Emphasis was given to developing self-help skills of the children. They were encouraged to eatlunch on their own, collect their belongings and put them back in their bags. Conversation during lunch timewas related to eating manners and the usage of vocabulary like spoon, plate, water, wash hands, etc. They werehelped to express in sentences what they were eating, whether it was tasty, hot, spicy, etc.

Drama session: A short story on the coexistence between man and nature was modified to form a smallskit without dialogues. The story was narrated to the children with intensified expressions. This helped themassimilate the story idea. They were then assigned roles and were helped to express the emotions of thecharacters. All children were given a part to play in the skit.Group Performance Analysis: Individual and group grades were given according to the analysis based onthe set conditions. The participants were seen to be absorbed in scoring more points. They seemed to havegrasped the idea that better performance will fetch better grades. Group grading helped the participants towork as a team and enhanced cooperation among them.

6.2.3 Day 3

Yoga session: The children were helped to listen to commands and follow the physical exercises done by the

instructor. Emphasis was given to exercises that helped increase their attention span. Yoga was followed bymeditation that helped children relax.Gardening: Children gave water to the sapling they planted. They were helped to recollect the earlierdiscussions on the plant. Group instructors told them about the growth of plants and factors affecting it.

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Listening session: This session aimed at improving the listening power of the children. A passage on YuriGagarin was read out with corresponding images and the text. They were also helped to repeat the sentencesafter the reader. After the session, children were helped to do a worksheet of multiple choice questions basedon the passage.Snacks Break: Along with helping children to improve their self-help skills, this session encouraged them touse courtesies like please, excuse me, may I?, etc. Malayalam substitute were also provided.Introduction to GCompris / E-toys or Art Craft session: Children were divided into two groups. The

first group was guided to work using GCompris or E-Toys, as per their functioning levels. The second groupwere instructed to prepare a personalized Thank You card for their parents or guardians. The group activitieswere swapped after an hour. The first group made Thank You cards and the second group took part in computeractivity.Lunch Break: Emphasis was given to developing self-help skills of the children. They were encouraged to eatlunch on their own, collect their belongings and put them back in their bags. Conversation during lunch timewas related to eating manners and the usage of vocabulary like spoon, plate, water, wash hands, etc. They werehelped to express in sentences what they were eating, whether it was tasty, hot, spicy, etc.Music: The children had learnt the lyrics of the song well. This time, emphasis was given to sing along withthe music of the song.Drama: Children practised the short skit. Some of them who shied away from role play the previous day cameforward to participate.Group Performance Analysis: Individual and group grades were given according to the analysis based onthe conditions. The participants were observed to be keeping track of their individual and group scores.

6.2.4 Day 4

Yoga session: The children were helped to listen to commands and follow the physical exercises done by theinstructor. Emphasis was given to exercises that helped increase their attention span. Yoga was followed bymeditation that helped children relax.Gardening: Children gave water to their sapling. Each one was helped to recollect the discussions on theplant.Games: In this session, children were shown masks with varied facial expressions. They were asked to identifyand act out the expression on each mask. They were also asked to draw the face on a white board. Though thegame was played individually, scores were given to groups.

Snacks Break: Along with helping children to improve their self-help skills, this session encouraged them touse courtesies like please, excuse me, may I?, etc. Malayalam substitute were also provided.Introduction to GCompris / E-toys or Music Rehearsal: Children were divided into two groups. Thefirst group did activities using GCompris or E-Toys. The second group rehearsed music. The activities wereswapped after sometime.Lunch Break: Emphasis was given to developing self-help skills of the children. They were encouraged to eatlunch on their own, collect their belongings and put them back in their bags. Conversation during lunch timewas related to eating manners and the usage of vocabulary like spoon, plate, water, wash hands, etc. They werehelped to express in sentences what they were eating, whether it was tasty, hot, spicy, etc.Puppetry: An interactive puppet drama was presented to the children, who actively took part in it. Theywere also taught to make puppets out of common objects like plastic bottles. Each participant made puppetsof their choice and painted it to their liking.Group Performance Analysis: Individual and group grades were given according to the analysis based on

the conditions. The participants were observed to be keeping track of their individual and group scores.

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7 Appendix III - Summer Magic in the Media

7.1 Report on Summer Magic in Kerala IT News

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7.2 The New Indian Express announces summer camp by Insight

7.3 Report on the camp published by The Hindu

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7.4 Special report on the camp in the news portal yentha.com

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7.5 The New Indian Express published a comprehensive report on the camp

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8 Appendix IV - Snapshots of the Magic 1

8.1 Breaking the ice with Sri. Brahma Nayakam

8.2 Camp participants getting acquainted with each other

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8.3 Volunteers and resource persons help children follow the instructors com-

mands

8.4 Children doing the Surya Namskar during Yoga

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8.5 A camp participant preparing a write-up on camp activities

8.6 A participant being helped with a puzzle game

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8.7 A participant with his art work

8.8 Another participant painting an elephant

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8.9 Arts and crafts session

8.10 Once upon a time - Story telling session in progress

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8.11 Children listening to the story told by the puppets

8.12 A participant interacts with a puppet

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8.13 Specimens from Art and Crafts session

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9 Appendix IV - Snapshots of the Magic 2

9.1 Breaking the ice with Sri. Brahma Nayakam

9.2 Yoga Session by Dr. RadhaKrishnan

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9.3 Sri. Subin interacts with the children through puppets

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9.4 Gardening Session

9.5 Magic Show by Sri. Preeth

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9.6 From the IT session

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9.7 Parents attending the counselling session

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9.8 Specimens from the Crafts session

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9.9 The huge scorecard setup for the camp

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