Poetry & Theatre workshop with Shaan Katari Libby.
Date: Sat 25th August ’12|| Time: 10.30 am – 12:00 pm||
Poetry workshops are fun! Theatre workshops are exciting!! When they merge, what else can it be but simply awesome!!!
Join the fun with Shaan, the founder of A to Zee Creativity. She has been involved with theatre for over 20 years, performing with The Madras Players in several productions, as also with The Boardwalkers, Loyola Theatre Society, Oxford University Asian Society and other groups.
F is for Fractured Fairytales
Date: Sat 25th August ’12|| Time: 4.00 – 5.30 pm||
Rapunzel and The Frog Prince!
Praba worked initially for NGOs and government agencies, focusing on disability issues and early childhood education policy. Back in 2006, she started Saffron Tree, an award-winning website, dedicated to reviewing children’s books from India and the US, particularly with a strong multi-cultural thrust.
“Captain Planet” by Arun Krishnamurthy, EFI
Date: Sun 26th August ’12|| Time: 10.30 – 12.00 pm||
Arun could talk about urban eco-responsibility or lake restoration or sparrow re-introduction or plastic free cities or again zoo volunteering. Or all of them! You never can tell once he gets going on his pet themes.The programme aims at inspiring children, the future conservationists.
Environmentalist Foundation of India is a Not for Profit focusing on wildlifeconservation and habitat restoration in 5 cities across India. With 18 projects and close to 872 volunteers, EFI is one of the youngest NGOs in India.
Adventures from Chennai to Berlin with Love !!
Date: Sun 26th August ’12|| Time: 4.00pm – 5.30 pm||
Date: Sun 2nd September’12|| Time: 4.00pm – 5.30 pm||
A theatrical creative movement session involving kids to create their own interpretation as tourists visiting Germany and exploring cultural differences. Props and musical influences will play a pivotal role during this session. Every child will be actively involved, as they become the props in this movement story. Acrobatic and physical moves will be interspersed with touristic highlights from Chennai and Berlin.
Andrea Jacob started her dance career as a child. A passionate dancer, she is equally passionate about sharing her knowledge and skills in the performing arts, creative movement and fitness tools with others, especially children.
Latha Subramaniam’s interest in learning about child development was reinforced when she completed a month-long training program at the Madras Dyslexia Association. The idea of becoming a professional storyteller came about when she decided to explore how story-telling can be used as a tool to understand children.
Puppetry with R.Bhanumathi
Date: Sat 1st September ’12|| Time: 4.00 – 5.30pm
Children will learn how to make finger puppets with Dr. R.Bhanumathi
while learning more about nature and wildlife and how they can help with
conservation.
Bag of Stories
Date: Sun 2nd September ’12|| Time: 10.30am – 12.00pm
Book Lovers’ Program for Schools BLPS*
What can be more marvellous for children than a mix of storytelling, drawing/colouring activities and reading sessions? Join the fun with Shilpa Krishnan and Karthika Gopalakrishnan, who will use actions, songs and dance along with a few props to keep the session lively and interesting.