Project Duration- One week
- 25th December: Arrival at the destination
- 26th to 30th December: Working Days
- 31st December: Departure from KOTA
Location: Village Molki, District Baran, Rajasthan
Aim of the Project
- Encouraging a reading habit among the young and vibrant village children
- Forming a library management system in the village school
- Collecting folktales from the village elders
- Holding educational movie sessions with the children
Methodology-
- Division of all children into groups based on the level of reading ability
- Making use of reading aloud, play-acting, formation of skits, competitions
- Multi-media tools used with the younger children to capture their interest
- Local games used to keep the sessions lively
- Regular rallies by the interns and children to spread awareness and gather maximum attendance
Activity Details
READING |
· Reading aloud “Panchatantra Stories” with the youngest children |
· Completion of the book “Stories of Akbar and Birbal” |
| · Sections of “The Cat in the Hat” completed | · Chapters 7 and 8 of RBSE English Text book completed with Class 8 students | |
| · “Premchand ki Kahaniya” read aloud with the kids |
Vocabulary Games |
Word of the day | Listing and learning any new word encountered during the stories |
| Team game of adding a new word to a list of 4 letter English words | Locate the word in a dictionary |
Dictionary Reading |
Interns taught the children how to make use of a dictionary and build vocabulary |
Movie Screening |
Movie: I am Kalam
Movie: Makdee |
Sessions on the importance of school |
Drawing Competition |
Competition topic: Reading | 1st, 2nd and 3rd Prize distributed in 3 groups |
Village Rally |
Sloganeering throughout the Village: to invite participation of maximum children to the program | Participation of all the children as well as interns |
Games/Song |
Preparation and performance of “We shall overcome” by the children | Kabbaddi, Kho Kho, etc used as ice breaker for the children to get comfortable with the interns |
Skit/Drama |
Akbar and Birbal Stories performed by the children in 3 groups | Stories acted out by the interns to get the students interested |
| Annual Day performance of all skits for the school authorities |
Annual Day Performance |
National Anthem performed by younger group | Vande amtaram and Hum Honge Kamiyaab performed by the middle groups |
| Akbar Birbal skit performed by intermediate group | Premchand skit by middle group | |
| “Akbar Birbal and the Stranger” performed by older children | Birthday celebration for one of the children by the volunteers | |
| Address and question/ answer round by the school teachers and headmaster | ||
Student Data |
Number of Students |
| Primary Reading Level | 32 |
| Secondary Reading Level | 26 |
| Higher Reading Level | 8 |
| Students from nearby village | 6 |
