Our little Eric Carle fans enjoyed starting off the WordPlay session today with another gem – ‘Rooster’s Off to See the World’. It was fun counting together and discussing about the adventurer group accompanying the rooster on his journey around the word.Today we also explored an absolutely beautiful book from Tulika Publishers this morning, appropriate for the season – ‘Rain Drops’ from Tulika Books. Kids could practically experience a rainy day through the simple and realistic narration by Vaishali Shroff and delightful water color illustrations by Ruchi Mhasane. It was fun listening to the guesses from the little ones about the shapes sketched by the rain drops on the window glass. Tuning into the magic of nature is indeed an important skill to be nurtured, especially in this era of technology invasion.

It is said that children are taking less interest in nature and taking care of the environment these days. However, it was a refreshing change to see that the budding naturalists attending the session at Schoolkutti.com Children’s Library by Sri Suresh Elamon were quite passionate and curious about the wonders of nature. Suresh Elamon (a famous naturalist, wildlife photographer/film maker, conservationist and popular writer in English and Malayalam) interacted with the children & parents and shared some unique moments captured by his camera. His short films screened were HOME – OUR GARDEN OF EDEN (30 MIN) shot at his home and one at Periyar Tiger Reserve called WILD PERIYAR (25 mnts).

A percentage of the admission fee collected for the ‘Wonders of Nature’ program was contributed to a needy family. Sharing a picture of Suresh Elamon Sir handing over the same to Ms.Parvathy Gopan and children.