Sunday, April 14, 2019

Week 2

The beauty of learning is that it is not dependent on any one place or time. It is constantly happening and being free from the tyranny of a school routine has allowed us to follow a timeline that is extremely flexible.

He has joined the summer camp at a school that allows him to try hockey, gymnastics and dance at a beginner's level. While we do not expect him to take any of this forward in the long run, it helps that he can try different things without committing to anything yet. The drawback has been that he is too tired and not able to concentrate on his written work. However, he managed to attempt to write a play (an unmitigated disaster) and a song (lyrics of which have been borrowed from multiple songs he has heard over the past few years). He has also tried to write a daily report and a recipe in Hindi, an attempt to broaden his repertoire.

One of the reasons for taking him out of school was to focus on building out his body awareness and help improve his hand-eye coordination. These camp activities are an attempt to enhance both of these and so, are taking precedence over his written work. The monsoons would be a good time to actually catch up on things that we might miss in April/May.

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