Day: December 26, 2022

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Development of Independent skills through TEACCH method: Play and learn by Pinki Kumar

A video tutorial on how to teach independent skills to our kids through TEACCH method by Pinki Kumar.

Author Pinki Kumar

Pinki is a special educator, play therapist and a mother of a neurodivergent kid. She has a YouTube channel Play and learn to teach different methods and strategies. These videos are a great resource for the parents to help their child learn various skills.

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Storytelling Discoveries and Tips – 1

October 2022 – December 2022

This year has been a year of storytelling. I started blogging with SpecialSaathi in October 2022. I started learning Bharatanatyam with storytelling from Shri Ujwal Jagadeesh,a senior faculty and artiste at Ramana Maharshi Center for Learning (RMCL) in October 2022. I am also learning drama from Dr. Vaishnavi Poorna, Deputy Director of Ramana Sunritya Aalaya (RASA) India and storytelling from Ms. Usha Sankaran, a senior facilitator for RASA.

In December, I tried several storytelling techniques. I want to share three tips for bloggersaathis based on my experiences.

Thanks to Rajni pal aunty and Dhairya pal for creating the beautiful artwork that captures the message of this blog clearly.

Tip for Junior Bloggersaathis:

  1. Narrate stories and record them. Include videos in your blog.
  2. Interview people who inspire you. Include their thoughts and suggestions in your blog.
  3. Build a photo gallery in Pinterest. Use this gallery to narrate your stories.

Tip 1. Narrate stories and record them. Include videos in your blog.

This tip is based on my first project for December 2022. I presented The White Peacock story at a webinar on my birthday on December 2, 2022. I enjoyed sharing the story. I intend to do more storytelling videos in 2023. View the video below:

Thanks to Sathya aunty for stitching the kurta for my birthday and presentation. Sathya aunty is Mr. Manu Sekar’s mother. So we could plan the costume and check it out while learning coding! I am sharing this acknowledgement now because we took a picture with Sathya aunty and Mr. Manu Sekar at the Christmas party.

Thanks to Ms. Shilpi Mayank Awasthi for including my message based on the story in the first SpecialSaathi desk calendar 2023. It will be a great memory for us!

Tip 2. Interview people who inspire you. Include their thoughts and suggestions in your blog.

I interviewed Shri Ujwal Jagadeesh, a senior faculty and artiste at the Ramana Maharshi Center for Learning (RMCL). Read my blog here. I will be publishing more interviews in my blog in 2023. I will be summarizing these interviews and linking to the blog in the Gurus who Believe section of my website. See this page of my website here.

Smile Brightly and Dance – Part I

Tip 3. Build a photo gallery in Pinterest. Use this gallery to narrate your stories.

I have started compiling pictures and information on Pinterest. I am organizing pictures and descriptions on a board (Ananth’s Adventures). The Board is organized into sections. I am creating one section for each month. Now that I have started compiling and curating information on Pinterest, it will be easy to track and include the write pictures and information in my blog posts!

This is the first post where I have shared tips based on my explorations and discoveries. I plan to publish a post with tips each month. Thank you for reading my blog and let me know your suggestions for future blogs. You can email your suggestions to ananthr2021@gmail.com.