Education in India

Education in India

Bill Gates in a recent interview to Times of India, said that he expects much more from the educational system in India. Point to ponder. Are we as a nation able to provide relevant education in schools? Are the children who step out of schools geared to face life’s challenges? We can start by answering […]

VISIT TO A MUSIC STUDIO

VISIT TO A MUSIC STUDIO

  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 […]

Collage of Indian Musicians

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 […]

MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS – HOW ARE THEY MADE

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

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 […]