Happy Birthday, Madras!

Despite inclement weather on August 22, what a turnout we had at Hotel Green Park on Madras Day! Thank you so much, parents and children, for braving the weather and making it all happen.

Let the pictures speak for themselves...

Be Proud of Your City's Heritage

Calling all children and parents to be part of Madras Day events.

Venue: Hotel Green Park

Date: Sunday, 22 August, 2010

An Evening with Poppy

Poppy's come, Poppy's gone,
Poppy prattled on and on.
She wandered left, she wandered right,
But then she found her way, alright.
And when she did, we have to say,
She really held us in her sway.

If you never did, you should. These things are fun, and fun is good.

We think Dr. Seuss says it all with the above quote. Here are a few pictures from the workshops we've conducted in the past.

A Reading Workshop

Madras Day Celebrations at Hotel Green Park, 2008

The Spooks are out on Halloween!

Madras Day Celebrations: An Animal Puppet-making Workshop at Hotel Green Park, 2009

Trip to Vedanthangal

Now, what have the kids spotted...?

Aaah, Painted Storks!

Storytelling with Jeeva Aunty

A Chocolate-Making Workshop

So, what are we making today?

Yum! It's my turn now!

Sing-Along with Jeeva Aunty

Get Creative: Children trying their hands at Kollam

Theatre Time

Sultans of Swing: A Dance Workshop

It's time for our second workshop!

Musical Theatre for Kids
with
Devyani ‘Poppy’ Aunty

Music & Movement is an interactive social process for children to experience rich language in a pleasurable way. What better way to gain knowledge and confidence than through musical theatre workshop?

Date: 14 , August 2010

Resource person: Renowned theatre personality Devyani ‘Poppy’ Aunty with 20 years experience in music and drama.

Time: 1.30 to 5.30pm

Venue: 103 A, Arcot Road, Saligramam

Information and Registration: springandzoom@gmail.com

'Poppy' Aunty in the news!

The Hindu, Indian Express, Deccan Chronicle

Kid's Views

One Day at a Creative Workshop

It was a Sunday. The morning was overcast and grey. This was my day to be spent at a creative workshop along with my friends. It was held at the M.G.R. Janaki School in Arcot Road . The workshop was organised by two wonderful people, Binita aunty and Gargi aunty. Srivi aunty conducted the workshop. I left home with my bag filled with paints, palette, old newspapers, pencil box and, of course, my little lunch bag.

There were 19 of us and we were split into groups. We all started off by playing a game called Story Pond. It was fun.

It was amazing what we could come up with during Creative Time.

Each of us was told to draw a monster. I ended up drawing a two headed demon. I thought he looked scary. By then it was lunch time and we all sat around in the auditorium and opened our lunch bags. I was really hungry.

We then had to write and illustrate a story. The title of my story was The Intelligent King. My story was about the Jungle King, a lion, saving the forest from being cut down. The King was worried that there were no rains and the forest kept disappearing. So he finally chased away the wood cutters and along with all the animals protected the forest.

My friend Varun wrote about a football game with his friends. My other friend Nishi wrote a story about a day at the beach.

We displayed our work at the end and our parents were quite proud of what we’d done.We all enjoyed our day at the creative workshop. I hope we can do this again.

Pranav Jayaram

V A

Asan Memorial Senior Secondary School

Chennai