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Play for 21st century life skills. Khel Planet Foundation is an education social enterprise that nurtures 21st century life skills in children to prepare them to succeed in the 21st century.
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Early Childhood Education
Learn Through Play
1st Grade Math Worksheets
Play Based
Play Based Learning
1st Grade Math
Working Mother
Learning Through Play
Play To Learn
Opinion | Let the Kids Learn Through Play (Published 2015)
“Play is often perceived as immature behavior that doesn’t achieve anything,” says David Whitebread, a psychologist at Cambridge University who has studied the topic for decades. “But it’s essential to their development. They need to learn to persevere, to control attention, to control emotions. Kids learn these things through playing.”
three young children standing next to each other holding paper airplanes
Kho Kho
Plane Design
Paper Planes
An Education
Social Enterprise
Paper Plane
Design Competitions
Design Thinking
How To Make Paper
Paper planes competition to introduce basics of design thinking
This week our children engaged in a friend paper plane design competition. we introduced children to paper planes! The challenge: who can create a paper plane that can fly farthest. Some of them were trying to make paper planes for the first time. They struggled, learnt, help each other and actively participated. Three rounds were conducted and each time the children improvised on the previous design.
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21st Century
Life Skills
Differently Abled
The School
Non Profit
The Kids
Our Life
Workshop at Guild of Service school
Though we have done our life-skills based workshops in several schools now, we had our own apprehensions when we entered the auditorium of Guild of Service school at Anna Nagar. The school hosts differently abled children. The kids were all assembled, enthusiastic and keeping calm to know what we are going to do. We went ahead with a warm-up mirror exercises, Build a school and Build a scene sessions. The teachers were extremely sportive to participate in all demonstrations to children.
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Foundation
Education
Parenting
“It is paradoxical that many educators and parents still differentiate between a time for learning and a time for play without seeing the vital connection between them.” - Leo F. Buscaglia
a person sitting in front of a computer monitor with a keyboard and mouse on it
Scratch Programming
Learn Programming
Day Camp
Programming Languages
Wonderful Time
The Basics
Learning to create their own games
Learning to create their own games. We did a 3 day camp on scratch programming for children from the Vidyaniketan school. Scratch is simple programming language developed by MIT for kids to learn programming without having to write any code. Apart from learning the basics (What’s with kids and “Under the sea”. They never get bored of it!), the kids had wonderful time learning to make a maze based game. http://khelplanet.org/learning-to-create-their-own-games/
a group of people standing around each other in front of a shack with clothes on it
Gradual Release Of Responsibility
Sports Technology
Story Telling
Child Love
Latest Updates
Gradual release of responsibility during story telling
Gradual release of responsibility during story telling. We had several engaging storytellers in this session. Children loved it and were immersed in the stories. Children were little hesitant to create their own stories and then Ariana used the principle of Gradual Release of Responsibility to get them started. She started the story, and then invited the children to join in and build the story further. By the end, many children attempted to make their own stories.
Do you know what a game of tug-a-war can bring out in kids? The team of girls kept mum when the boys decided that they did not want girls in their team and would rather play boys vs. girls in a game of tug-a-war. The girls won the first round and then the second and then the third. When the workshop facilitator asked the boys to consider their losing status and team up with girls, this time the girls spoke up.They very vehemently and confidently refused to include boys in their team. Planets, Boys Vs Girls, Do You Know What, The Boys
Planets
Boys Vs Girls
Do You Know What
The Boys
Do you know what a game of tug-o-war can bring out in kids?
Do you know what a game of tug-a-war can bring out in kids? The team of girls kept mum when the boys decided that they did not want girls in their team and would rather play boys vs. girls in a game of tug-a-war. The girls won the first round and then the second and then the third. When the workshop facilitator asked the boys to consider their losing status and team up with girls, this time the girls spoke up.They very vehemently and confidently refused to include boys in their team.
a group of young children standing around each other in front of a shack with tents
Team Members
In Sync
Team Member
Working Together
The Team
The Dragon
Every player in the team matters!
In this week’s session with children, they played a fun tag game, the Dragon, where they were divided into two teams. Each team’s task was to try and tag the other team’s players who would then have to leave own team and join the tagging team. If the team members were not in sync they stood to lose a lot. After the initial arguments, it brought together the spirit of working together in children. http://khelplanet.org/every-player-in-the-team-matters/
a group of school children posing for a photo
Negotiation Skills
Learning negotiation skills in a fun way while ​building economy of a region
Learning negotiation skills in a fun way while ​building economy of a region http://khelplanet.org/learning-negotiation-skills-in-a-fun-way-while-%E2%80%8Bbuilding-economy-of-a-region/
a group of people sitting around each other
Pakistan Cricket Match
India Vs Pakistan Cricket
India Vs Pakistan
Story Building
Pakistan Cricket
Building Activities
Cricket Match
Creativity through story building
Creativity through story building http://khelplanet.org/creativity-through-story-building/
several people sitting on the floor in a library
Secondary School
Scavenger Hunt Games
Scavenger Hunt
Written By
Children get enterprising in a scavenger hunt game
Children get enterprising in a scavenger hunt game http://khelplanet.org/scavenger-hunt/
an orange background with a quote from carl m mulbenn about raising to listen to airplanes in the sky, stopping to watch a ladybug on a plane, sitting on a
Airplane In The Sky
Play Quotes
A Ladybug
Gender Roles
A Rock
To Listen
Quotes – What thought leaders say? – Khel Planet – Play for 21st century life skills I An Education Non-profit
“Pausing to listen to an airplane in the sky, stooping to watch a ladybug on a plant, sitting on a rock to watch the waves crash over the quayside – children have their own agendas and timescales. As they find out more about their world and their place in it; they work hard not to let adults hurry them. We need to hear their voices.” - Cathy Nutbrown
a black and white poster with words written on it that say, never judge a child ask yourself
School Psychology
School Counsellor
Teaching Quotes
Teaching Inspiration
Teacher Quotes
Future Classroom
School Counselor
School Counseling
Teaching Tips
Never Judge a Child
To all the great teachers out there...this is you!
a poem written in blue ink with the words it's not just play
Early Childhood Quotes
Kimberly Hart
Childhood Quotes
Child Life Specialist
Early Childhood Development
Childhood Development
Piece Of Paper
Play quote