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The Hindu : Children’s CarnivalThe Children’s Carnival organised recently by the District administration at the Pilikula Nisargadhama as the centre of attraction the various science models kept in the science centre. Students looked at the numerous models on display and enjoyed the seven notes by striking on the organ pipes and swirled on a chair which rotated by moving two hand pieces kept on the handles of the chair.INPUTS BY JAIDEEP SHENOY…More

The Hindu : Give a child a pencil and a white sheet’ and he or she will show you her mind and heart. This was what exactly the Lalbahadur Mountaineering Institute at Bangalore did. They gave over 2000 children a theme “Nature outward bound” in a painting competition and the children came up with a wide variety of art to fill the walls of a large hall in the city. Children participated enthusiastically in this specialdrawing competition and going by their work, it was obvious that they had done ample justice to the theme.Every facet of the theme had been presented vividly. Climbing, parachute diving, camping, crossing rivers, white water rafting, hiking, trekking and even a solitary piece on bungee jumping and wildlife tracking featured.Colourful workConvenor of the Institute Ramachandra Rao B.R. found the variety wide and the quality of art amazing. From basic colours to complex mixes were deftly used by the children. The panel of judges drawn from different art schools found the paintings quite apt for the theme. 250 children took home prizes while everyone was given participating certificates. Students from LKG to standard 10 had participated….More

The Hindu : Children from government schools, children accompanied by their parents, young and old visitors to Cubbon Park, curious walkers who had come to check out what was happening around Bal Bhavan—“Hoo Tales”, a carnival of stories organised by Hippocampus Children’s Company, recently in the city, had an interesting assortment of visitors.All of them were treated to stories through out the day, told in a variety of styles by narrators from Bangalore and places as far as England. Children, parents and teachers had fun listening to them.Umesh Malhotra, of Hippocampus, said that the event was to promote the dying art of story-telling through media ranging from puppetry and mime show to straight narration. This initiative of Hippocampus seeks to address children from the lower economic group as well as those from financially better-off families, and the event brought all segments together.Fun timeThe event opened with Deepthy Shekar of the group Pipilika narrating a story in the unique Japanese style called Kamishibai (paper stories). Nicky Bingham, who had come from England, recounted “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory” for older kids and “Goldilocks” for the younger ones.Though she used no props, her acting skills and instinctive ability to connect with children broke all possible barriers of language and accent.Upendra and his friends, alumni of Ninasam theatre repertory from Heggodu, creatively used Yakshagana techniques much to the delight of the children. Leela Garady told the popular folk tale “Govina Haadu” through puppetry and N.S.S. Sharma used voice modulations to narrate funny anecdotes. Usha Mukunda, Caroline Horton and Shiela Govindraj, were among the others who narrated stories.More than 1,000 children, besides parents participated in the event. Hippocampus is happy with the response to “Hoo’s Tales” and hopes to make it an annual event….More

The Hindu : National Public School, KoramangalaThe students of National Public School, Koramangala, had a wonderful time at the week-long pottery workshop organised for its students. A talented and young budding artist demonstrated the use of the potter’s wheel.Students of Stds. I to V had an exciting time watching him mould terracotta into amazing shapes with the use of an electric potter’s wheel. The children were enthralled by the variety of fish bowls and candle stands that were created. These items were then baked in a large earthen oven, which was later distributed to the children.INPUTS BY A. B. SUDHINDRA…More