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Which child does not love listening to stories? Reading aloud or narrating stories to children is not just enjoyable and rewarding, it also stimulates their interest, imagination and language. It can also have a powerful and very positive influence on the lives of kids. Such events also open up the delightful world of books to non-readers and those who are struggling to read.

Recently Schoolkutti.com Children’s conducted a story telling and reading workshop at the Castalia Summer Camp in Trivandrum. Aswathy Karnaver of Blue Sky Children’s Club shared the joy of books and reading with kids of ages 5 to 14 attending the summer camp on the 15th of April. She narrated a story about Vishu for the younger ones and read out an excerpt from the all-time-favorite ‘Charlie and the Chocolate Factory’ by Roald Dahl. Aswathy concluded by explaining how reading every day helps and why they should make regular visits to the library. The children enjoyed the wonderful interactive session that lasted for two hours.

At schoolkutti.com, we value what your children get up to and accomplish as part of their academic or co-curricular activities. So we provide a platform for the educational community to share and recognize the achievements of kids.

Check out our “Achievements” page here.

To publish your child (student’s) achievement here, parents or institutions can send us an email to team@schoolkutti.com with the subject line “Achievements” and with the details (name, class, school, achievement, date of achievement) and also include limited number of photos.

Come and share the proudest moments of your little stars through the Achievements section of schoolkutti.com. Yes, we can’t wait to hear all about them!

This is what Goethe Zentrum has to say about their summer camp to be held in Trivandrum in April, 2014

Each child carries around with her/him a whole world of creative ideas. Full of busy ideas, each of these worlds creates a uniqueness that is often astonishing.
Come Summer time, the Goethe-Zentrum, Trivandrum will offer avenues for your child to let these ideas bloom – with four weeks of workshops on various activities that highlight the child’s creativity and offer a vacation time of fun.
Working in two age groups of 5 to 9 years and 10 to 14 years, the children will discover various aspects of Germany and learn German while exploring their talents for puppet theatre, cartooning, creative writing, painting, making hand shadows, and a lot more…

Apart from all this activity, they can also enjoy children’s films in German.

These workshops will be conducted by Indian and German experts.

This is the sixth year that the Goethe-Zentrum, the German Language and Culture Centre situated at Palayam is conducting these workshops. Going by the enthusiastic response and the delighted feedback that we got in the past five years, the children of Trivandrum can look forward to a unique experience this year too.
We invite your child to come and discover together with us how creative her/his world can be!

Dates: April 16 to May 16, 2014

Timings: 9.00 am to 2.00 pm

Fees: Rs. 6000/-

Only 40 seats available.

This is what Bodhi School has to say about their summer camp to be held in Trivandrum in April, 2014

As exams are coming to an end and the temperatures soaring high already, parents must be thinking about ways to engage their child for vacation. Make this summer productive, educative and fun filled for your child by introducing them to Bodhi summer camp. In its third consecutive year of summer camp, Bodhi has been exuberating with energy and life skill developmental activities for children of all ages. We have separate activities for various age groups. This will help us organise activities that are interesting and fun for them which also help in their overall development. As always spoken English and public speaking is a part of Bodhi way. They will be introduced to our good old traditional games like ‘eerkili kali’ etc. Dancing and learning magic will add more vigour and energy too! We give them an opportunity to learn from the best child friendly trainers in Trivandrum! We add variety and interesting techniques for older kids in their pre-teens that help coach them in various life skills like self-defence in Kung Fu, cooking skills, planting vegetables and flower beds etc. As we introduced them to jewellery making like simple studs and anklets and bracelets last year, this year it will be the trendy terracotta and quil art jewellery. We also plan to help them use these life skills to market their crafts and cooking skills during the Parents meet at the end of summer camp. The proceeds will go to the needy. So make the right decision by giving your child the right avenue to enjoy and do some cool activities this summer. Sit back and relax to watch them bloom this summer!

Here is what Schogini Systems has to say about their summer camp to be held in Trivandrum in April

The best way to predict your future is to create it!

Give your kids the opportunity now, and watch the latent inventor blossom.

You introduce them to technology as you introduce them to reading, language arts and history – through play. There is no reason for technology to be dull and boring and a children’s fun workshop in technology makes these subjects come to life right in front of their eyes.

Yes! Kids can certainly have fun with electronics, and better still, they open their imagination to using science and math for creativity.

Who Can Learn?

This type of fun with electronics and programming class is best suited for children 8 to 14 years old. “Are you sure?” you might be asking. Yes! This is a fun and interactive workshop.

Any Hazards?

Absolutely no, experiments are all battery powered. We teach the basics of electronics and programming without any hazards.

Dates and Timings?

April 7th to May 2nd 2014 (Week days).

Two batches 9am-12pm and 2pm-5pm.

Venue?

St. Mary’s Higher Secondary School, Pattom, Trivandrum.

Topics Overview?

Incredible experience to understand what electronics is, what programming is and how to combine both to interact with the physical world.

Essential basics in electronics through practical sessions and projects
Visual programming, game development tools and projects
Physical computing concepts and practical experiments (program and move objects) using Lego WEDO+Scratch, Arduino and Raspberry Pi

Who is conducting the course?

Award winning mobile game development company registered with the STPI( Software Technology Parks India) and best engineers from CET (College of Engineering Trivandrum)

Prerequisites?

The child must have access to a computer at home. Parent/Guardian must bring/accompany the child to the venue.

Transportation provided?

No

Registration?

Call 9387 805 101 today or email apps@sree.cc

There are many choices of kids’ summer camps to choose from, now you can make your decision easier with this breakdown of summer camps for children in Trivandrum.
http://schoolkutti.com/summer-camps/summer-camps-trivandrum.php

There are plenty of new books to keep little readers busy this summer at schoolkutti.com children’s library. Yes, this is the place to be to dig into reading and explore the world this summer! Our library is full of wonderful stories and fact books that will inspire you to go on and enjoy. AND we have terrific events going on during weekends all summer! Check out what is going to happen at your favorite library here.
Click here to view the library events
We are also coming up with a book review contest during the vacation. Read our books and post your reviews starting from April till end May. The more you read, the better your chances of winning! More details on this coming up soon.

Young children need activities that are fun, creative, stimulating and engaging. Books, through their stories and illustrations combine it all ! And whats more? Reading to children helps promote their early literacy skills and also gets them interested in reading. Here is a chance for your little ones to listen to some beautiful stories that will be read out loud for them by Sandhya George Varghese. There will also be cool games that are sure to excite your kids. Sounds interesting? Mark your calenders – Join us for this interactive & fun session from 3:00 PM to 5:30 PM on March 30 Sunday at Schoolkutti.com Children’s Library, Trivandrum.

Age Group: 4 to 8 years

To register online, click here
http://schoolkutti.com/reading/reading-event-details.php?id=6

Their wide grimace said it all! They were just getting back to the real world after being taken for a joy ride in to the world of animation and illusion. Kidsfest 2014 organised by Toonz Animation in association with NATANA – the arts club of Technopark, for the kids of Technopark employees saw huge participation of around 100.
Organised as part of the 15th Anniversary celebrations of Toonz, the fest aimed at providing a learning experience to the kids while having fun with animation, illusion and creative images. “This fest kick-starts the year-long celebrations as part of our 15th anniversary and there is no better way than to start with an enthusiastic bunch of youngsters. We aimed to give the kids a basic understanding of animation and how their favourite characters come to life in the screen.” said P Jayakumar, CEO of Toonz Media group. Credited with the creation of popular cartoon characters like Tenali Raman, Kid Krish and Hanuman, kids have always remained as the fulcrum of Toonz and hence the rationale for this fest, adds Jayakumar.

The animation workshop was handled by Prosenjit Ganguly an alumnus and former member of the faculty of NID, Ahmedabad. PJ as he is fondly called, showcased the different techniques of animation and the painstaking process through which a cartoon show is born. The session on illusion and magic was handled by Raja Moorthy who is the Director of the Academy of Magical Science in Kerala. He enchanted the kids with a blend of illusion and humour providing them a magical experience.

Anoop P Ambika, MD of Kreara Solutions & Patron of NATANA, Mohan Subramaniam, Chief Development Officer of Toonz, Hari Varma, Chief Creative Officer and Hari Iyer, Chief Financial Officer of Toonz were present during the occasion.