As part of Akshar Arbol school’s progressive Unit of Learning based curriculum, the students are required to explore and learn about different subjects such as science, math, design etc. through Music. On 26th October, the enthusiastic students of Grade 4 and 5 had the opportunity to visit Aura Studios – a professional music recording […]
Month: October 2017
Collage of Indian Musicians
Students from the Kamala Niketan Montessori School, Trichy, present a collage of well-known musicians of India. These were assignments given to them for their music classes, as a part of their Life Art Education classes from eAmbalam. Some of them were assigned to work on musical instruments of Indian Music. Yet some were told as […]
YOGA IN ACTION
Savour the creativity of Sri Rhishi, student of class VII B in Kamala Niketan Montessori School. This was a part of assignments given to students from time to time during Yoga sessions as a part of Life Art Education of eAmbalam.
REJECTION – HOW I FEEL
What does it feel to be rejected, to be lonely and friendless? How does a child cope ? Children of KNMS, Trichy share their thoughts on the subject. A look into a child’s mind.
A MUSICAL ENCOUNTER WITH AN INSTRUMENT MAKER
Sri Karaikurichi Subramaniam, a renowned Veena maker, stepped into our TPP premises to create awareness among our students about how various musical instruments are made. The list included Veenai, Tambura and Ghatam. The music room getting adorned with classical instruments was an exciting sight for our students. This session on Veena making for Grade-1 […]
MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS – HOW ARE THEY MADE
Explaining about the Veena. As part of Akshar Arbol’s progressive Unit of Learning program, children are to learn about ‘invention and design of structures by various cultures according to their aesthetic values and locally available materials’. How does Music relate to this? Ambalam curated a special visit by esteemed musical instrument maker KARAIKURICHI SUBRAMANIAN to […]
Visit of Denis Stern
29th August was a red-letter day for the children of Akshar Arbol , when Denis Stern, renowned Russian/Italian guitarist visited the school on the invitation of Ambalam. As part of the LAE Music Program, the children are exposed to different genres of music across cultures . Denis demonstrated the different genres of Western Music such […]
Tamil
Introduction Tamil is one of the oldest and official languages in India. In Tamilnadu it is the prominent and primary language. It is one of the official languages of the union territories of Pondicherry and Andaman & Nicobar Islands. It is one of 23 nationally recognized languages in the Constitution of India. It has official […]
Imagine
Thinking peace and non-violence through a song in one school through the Life Art Education, our teacher started an enquiry with the 2nd and 3rd Standard students about the concept of non-violence in the world around us and what it means to be peaceful. The song Imagine by John Lennon was taught and later the teacher […]
Our Vision of Yoga – Note to Parents
Every branch of knowledge develops a ‘popular’ version around it in time, and so has yoga. This is only natural. Hence the responsibility to preserve the purity and focus of the traditional approach becomes important. Be it yoga or the traditional art forms, we at Ambalam are one of those few who are committed to […]