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Day eight

The day which the kids were waiting for so much. There some children absent due to which we had to shuffle the team. As I didn’t know much of the rules for this game, shafqat become the referee for this game. It was great to see these children play with all the energy they had. I really felt amazing down in my heart by just looking at them while playing and having fun. Jaidev and Kaustubh managed their teams and discussed some strategies too.
I, Jaidev and Kaustubh were cheering for our teams. It was unforgettable experience for me. The match was won by Jaidev’s team. It was an unforgettable experience for me. At first I was afraid to work with my classmate as I was the only girl, but later on when day passed, I gained the spirit to work with them and not feel alone. It was difficult for me to adjust in the environment being the only girl. I felt uncomfortable also in the starting as I have never worked alone with boys. But then I slowly overcome the uncomfortableness. I understood and realized how to deal with such an environment where you are the only girl. I could see myself as an individual who has learnt so much and was happy to teach these small little energetic children.

Till then stay happy!

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Day seven

It was the second last class of my session, and it was time that I and my classmate kaustubh make the children prepare for the match. As we told the children about the match it was great to see their enthusiasm. At first I made them revise what all had been taught in the last classes. After which I and kaustubh told them about the fouls in the game, about offside, some skills for attacking and defending. It was time that tomorrow was an important day for them as well as for me also.

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Day three

According to our timetable which we had set today we were going to teach the children about dribbling. Dribbling is one of the skills which require a lot of practice and used for attack moves. For these children it would very difficult to learn. It is not easy to learn this skill at one go. I had to make the girls understand that they are not supposed to hit with toe while dribbling. It took some time for them to understand this thing. I knew that they wouldn’t learn dribbling quickly as they did for passing. But I was patient and had the faith that they will take some time but they will understand it and do it properly. While I was looking at the children how they are learning and are listening to us, I realized that no matter how old we grow we should also be good listeners and learn new things which come up in our lives. We shouldn't always complain about it.

At the starting of the activity I thought that the girls would find it boring. Most of the girls like football, and at a lower age itself the girl is told that football is a boy’s game and she cannot play it. I don’t believe this. It is not necessary that only boys should play football. I believe that the gender should not matter when it comes to a sport or a game.

There is always the other side of it. It was great to see the spirit in the girls while teaching them football. They did gain interest in the game and were eager to learn more about it.

Unfortunately because of my ill health I couldn't attain the coming three classes. But I decided that I’ll be fine soon and take the classes again.

Abhodaya Global Village School Activity

Teach love, generosity, good manners and some of that will drift from the classroom to the home and who knows, the children will be educating the parents.  --- Roger Moore

Poverty is a major global issue in the world. India is trying hard from the past 10 years to reduce poverty line. And now people have become more aware about why education is important. Education is not only about reading or writing. It’s about how the person develops certain skills which are needed in life and how the country’s future is being developed. Abhyodaya has taken the initiative to do so. Abhyodaya Global village is a project started by Mr. Prakash Gandhi in the year 2010, with 28 students . Recently Mr. Gandhi’s daughter Mrs. Bhagyashree Deshpande had joined the project and this year they have 191 students in their school.

Through our CAS coordinator we came to know that we would be going to Abhyodaya Global village school to teach the students over there. From past one week we were planning together what all activities can we do and made a time table for ourselves for different classes. The school had children from 9 different villages and the children were from nursery to third grade. We assigned ourselves in different classes as below:

Class	Nursery	KG 1 – A	KG 1 – B	KG 2	1	2	3
Students in charge	Dristi, urja and kiran.	Rucha	Shradha	Himanshu	Jaidev	Kaustubh	Shafqat

  

We planned all possible activities which we could do. We decided instead of swiping our classes which normally happens in school we would be in the same classes for the whole day and have different sessions each. In each session we would teach them and make them do different activities. We decided together that we would have 4 session each session of an hour or 1hour and half. We had to be spontaneous about the timings and our lessons and activities which we were going to teach them. I was nervous. Though teaching wasn’t a new task for me but these children come from different villages and we didn’t know how would the place be and the students obviously. I was ready for this new challenge and decided that I would be responsible and take all the responsibility if a problem arises.

Assembly area

The children welcoming us

We departure from school and mostly in an hour and half we reached Abhyodaya school. First we attended their assembly and was really impressed by how the kids follow the assembly, as it wasn’t expected. After the assembly was finished, we were welcomed by the kids with small flower bouquets. It was really great to see them smile and their eagerness to meet us and waiting that when will their class start for today with their new teachers. After the assembly we went to our respective classes.

Session 1

This session started off with an introduction of myself and of the children also. I started my class by knowing what all they have studied before and took a small revision. After the revision, I taught then good manner, good habits, how to be safe, how to keep oneself clean and healthy and the things which are necessary in a person as a personality that is being polite and humble, to be curious, to help others in need, to be responsible and punctual. After teaching all these lessons, we again had a small revision. So, now it was time for some coloring. I had some worksheet with me for coloring but not only coloring it was joining the dots and coloring. I explained what does joining the dots mean and then asked them to color it according to their favorite color respectively. There were some children who didn’t speak up really as they were really shy, but I made sure they try to talk to me at least personally. After the coloring activity it was time for lunch, so the children went to have their lunch. We had ours too.

Teaching good habits

My class and their students 

Teaching as a teacher 

Students and their imagination. P.s- the coloring sheets of the students.

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 Session 2

After lunch, I decided that I would teach them some origami. Origami is a part of art and craft. It is necessary that each child experiences their inner likes and dislikes. In the starting obviously every child like art and craft and as these people never learnt what origami is, it was new to them. I first though them how to make a joker and later taught them how to make a dog. I instructed them how to do the folds one by one and very slowly, as they are new to this technique, it will take time for them to adapt to it. There were many children who couldn't understand so I personally went to them to their desks and made them understand how to do the folds. It was really great to see their curiosity and enthusiasm. After the origami session, it was time for some cartoons. We decided together that these children don’t get the opportunity to see cartoons frequently, so we bought some cartoons with us. We combined the students of nursery, KG – 1 A and B section and KG – 2. We showed them some Pixar cartoon and some cartoons based on good habits and some funny stories. It was great to see them laugh and enjoying that particular moment.

Showing steps of how to make joker  

The students trying themselves 

Helping the students 

Student taking interest in learning something new

Session 3

It was almost the time that the school would end so I obviously didn’t have the time for session 4 as I took too much time in the 1^st session itself. So now it was time for some sports. I decided to teach the dodge ball. It’s new for them and it’s a really enjoyable game. I took them out and explained them what the game is and how they are supposed to play.  We started playing the game and it was really fun to play with these kids. Seeing them enjoy to the fullest is really great to see and an unforgettable experience for me. To end the day, we had a small running race to make it memorable.

Teaching them dodge ball 

Letting them a chance.

Instructing them  

Racing time !

Everyone participating.

Happy and enthusiastic ! 

For me this was great experience and I shall hope that these children have a bright future. I had a great time with these children. It was a new task for me as I learned that it isn’t easy to teach. We have to change our methods according to the children and changing methods frequently is also not easy. One you adapt yourself, it is a bit difficult to get out of our comfort zone. It’s one of the new skills which I have learnt and I am grateful that I got the opportunity to learn so many thing through this CAS project.

Till then enjoy.

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Day two

As the time started for these children training, the first thing was to take the warm up session. I and my classmates took the session together this time. Taking it together is much better than taking it in groups. We worked collaboratively while doing the warm up session. After the session I made them run two rounds of the ground. Once the warm up was done, I and kaustubh took the passing practice again which was taught in the last class. 

Practice is necessary or otherwise these children would forget all these things quickly. In the starting I thought that it will be very difficult for these children to learn. As it was the second day I saw that how quickly these children have learned passing and still remember it. I felt proud of these children and myself that what I taught them, they remembered. I felt that I had a connection with these kids. I realized that how difficult is teaching as well as how important teaching is.

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Winners never quit and quitters never win. -  Vince Lombardi

Sports in one the important part of our lives. It where we realize about our physical abilities, strengths, weakness etc.  Through sorts there are many things which we can learn. Like to be confident, preserve, how to respect your team etc. Our CAS coordinator Ms. Vijiayalaxshmi informed us that we have the opportunity to teach the small children football. As my classmates Jaidev and Shafqat are very passionate about football, they were keen to teach the children football and were really happy. As the two of them couldn’t take care of all those children alone, I and kaustubh also joined in. I was really happy that I had a chance to make their lives better and teach them something new.

All four of us and our coordinator planned the activity. We decided that we would teach the kids two days in a week. We divided ourselves into three groups. Group A’s leader was Shafqat, group B’s leader was Jaidev and group C’s leader was Kaustubh and myself. We planned all the activities which we would make the children do according to our classes. Activities like passing, dribbling, shooting and controlling were chosen.

Day one

On day one, the first thing which all four us decided was to take the warm up sessions for the kids. I and kaustubh made the children from grade 1-5 stand in a line and made them jog the ground. Once this was done, we took our respective groups and taught them few exercises which are done in warm up. Once the warm up was done, we started to teach how is passing done. I and kaustubh divided the girls and boys.  Girls in one corner and the boys in other. We first decided that we would teach them short distance passing. In this the children are supposed to use their inner part of the foot to hit the ball. It increases the accuracy to pass the ball.

The accuracy is necessary during the game, if the player is stuck or is taking a turn or wants to move forward. It took a while for the kids to understand the technique of how to kick with the help of your inner side of their foot. In the starting few girls couldn’t understand.

I being their teacher, motivated them and made them understand calmly that this is how it is done. Once we were done with short distance passing, kaustubh decided that we would teach them long distance passing. I and kaustubh worked collaboratively to teach the children how passing is done. Not only this I learned a technique of how to teach sports to small children and how to motivate them.