Mothercare School

The audience was spell bound by little kids performing at Mothercarefest 2016. Here is a press clipping published in Hindustan Times.

You are cordially invited to Mothercarefest ’16, the culmination of our two month long Dramatization Workshop.

Venue: Mothercare School, Sector C, Aliganj

Date and Time: Sunday, 6th November at 2.15 pm

Thank you

Principal

6th Oct being the last working day before the Navratri, Dussehra and Moharram break we at Mothercare have had our dramatisation of Ramlila by LKG/MAG children. Dandiya by all the children and the finale with Ravan being burnt. What fun.... Watch for yourself

Children filling up Ravan with paper balls before he is sealed and the teachers giving the finishing touches before he is

The Ramlila actors with their Ravan

The Ramlila enacted by LKG and MAG kids made the Ramayana story crystal clear to the younger children too.

Ravan vadh so some more merriment

The Ravan as he stood. A handiwork of the children and teachers. The heavy rain on the 5th had the children so worried about their Ravan.

Eagerly awaiting to see and rejoicing over victory of good over evil.

Stunned silence to see Ravan gone thus

The jungle book workshop with the Daycare kids at Mothercare. Handmade Masks, finger puppets by the kids. Jungle book movie, story, script, dramatization, music, songs, dance. The children at Mothercare have had a bonanza summer vacation.

Children productively busy during summer vacation at Mothercare Daycare.

Learnt to blow the paint away.

Seeing effect of painting and embossing with different kinds of leaves.

One to one talking time at the Daycare

I love jigsaw puzzles and I'm very good at them.

Having fun at the Daycare. Story Telling, Narration, watching and hearing the story and then of course enacting it. Our very own Dramatisation workshop.

A clipping from the play "HORTON HEARS A WHO" by our Nursery kids at MOTHERCARE FEST 2015

Our 3 to 4 year old Nursery children learnt the lesson of "People are people no matter how small" in no uncertain terms enacting the play HORTON HEARS A WHO by Dr Seuss.

The LKG and Mixed Age Group enacted The Goat and the Ram from The Beastly Tales by Vikram Seth and we were witness to see the magic of his words, rhyme and writing work upon these children aged 5 plus.

Dramatization can and should be introduced to children right from Toddler stage, provided it is done the right way. This gem of an art and activity provides ideal stimulus for each and every Intelligence Centre of the brain and each and every Developmental Area.  However, it can play havoc if done in the usual mundane way. Learning the script by heart and then having to reproduce in front of strangers, without any interest or involvement with the whole, can be traumatic and very stressful for the pre-school and primary school child.

We, at Mothercare School, have been using this tool extensively for the last 37 years. This year too, on 6^th December, we celebrated Mothercarefest ’15. It was the culmination of a month-long workshop on dramatization in which all our school children from Toddlers to class IV participated and put up a stunning, unbelievable performance for the parents. This dramatization workshop is a major contributor to their natural, happy, playful state. At the same time, it helps them to be at par and ready for their entrance interviews and tests in an organic manner, confidently and without any stress. What is an interview or two when they have faced an audience of 400 people and enjoyed it like nothing before!

The reason this process takes us 2 months is that we take this opportunity to ensure optimal growth for the child in every possible area… and you can gauge our success in this endeavour from the photographs and clippings below

Principal, Mrs. Shobha Dev sharing her thoughts with the parents.

The Toddlers and Playgroup children performing Peppa Pig and the Fire Engine.