Scholastic school Gayatri Murty
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- Arts
Meaningful conversations on school related topics, time, events, place , environment, social emotional skills , cognition, arts, fine arts, aesthetics, intelligence, global environment, changing concept of schooling , from formal schooling to home schooling includes the process of adaptability through story reading.
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Compassionate Universe by Eknath Easwaran
Chapter One describes the dilemma over small people to big people, in technological advancement with scientific progress till the author meets MK Gandhi and that reiterates his grandma’s belief of the smallness enough to achieve big tasks, clad in a loin cloth , with a stick in his hand Gandhi brought about a revolution.
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The monkeys at Punj
This story depicts the playfulness and helpfulness of the monkeys that lives in the village of Punj. The monkeys tried to play pranks until they learn to live cooperatively amidst the human friends, the epic Ramayana too tells us about the helpfulness of the army of monkeys.
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The parrot and the sparrow
The neighbourhood had a garden with flora and fauna, and children loved playing about and learning of the various species. Green Peace movement was started and their pledge to save the environment brought them success. The chief birds residing in the garden ,the parrot and the sparrow were more than happy that their treetop homes were protected. A short story which could bring about much conversation and build on the concept of the clean and healthy environment.
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Tiara, and the cat with the balloon
An adventurous fun filled imaginative story, that most of us can identify with ,as we did in our childhood, climbing walks and trees and running along fields ,with a scientific concept of the ascent with the help of a balloon and followed by a descent. An elation , an exhilaration followed by the reality.
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Eklavya
This story gives us great courage to fight back and be non discriminative of people as regards caste and creed. The lowest of the lowest person can rise to succeed ,if he or she has the will to do so. Courage, determination and focus helps us gain wisdom and strength ,to fight back, as a warrior.
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The Sun and the Dew Drop
An imaginary tale of a little girl’s flight of fancy ,travel across to a wonderland , a travel with the Dew drop. This story also depicts the curiosity of understanding the various forms that water takes and the brilliant Sun facilitates these changes.