Which is the best toy or game for my child? Dos and Don’ts in Toys/games selection. Tips to engage your child in a meaningful way by Ramya @simpleathomeclub
Author Ramya
I am named Ramya, would love to be called mom from my 13 year old son. Certified in various streams and last year remedial too.
@simplyathome YouTube channel was created to have my sanity and to support other caregivers of kids in spectrum who are aware of what needs to be done, but stagnant like I have been on the “how to’s” break down the process.
This is my small way to give back to community by sharing all that I attempt at home. Home is where values embed and home is the first school for each of us.
A video tutorial by Pinki Kumar on teaching some interesting Auditory Memory games for kids.
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.
A Theater Arts for Holistic Development (TAHD) Exploration
In December, I narrated the story about the white peacock. This month, I chose the story of robbers in Ramana thatha’s (thatha is grandpa in Tamil) ashram. Ramana Maharshi is referred to as Ramana thatha by my teachers.
I started creating a few lessons for the 100-Days of Theater Arts for Holistic Development (TAHD) Lab with my Bharatanatyam teacher Sri Ujwal Jagadeesh of the Ramana Maharshi Center for Learning. That experience led me to narrate my first story in December. TAHD was developed by Dr. Ambika Kameshwar Founder, Director of RASA India.
Theater arts tools This post shows how all five TAHD tools (movement and dance, music and rhythm, storytelling, dance, and arts and crafts) can be used to explore the story. Watch the video and think about ways to use the five theater arts tools.
Here are some ideas for parents to use the five tools.
TAHD Tool 1. Movement and Dance In this story, I used karthari mukha hand gesture to show the eyes. The hand gesture was also used to show robbers searching the ashram. Parents can imitate the gestures with their child.
TAHD Tool 2. Music and Rhythm In the beginning, the hand gestures were shown with music. Parents can imitate the gestures to music with their child. I am including a video of the music and hand gestures only by my teacher. You can read about my teacher here.
TAHD Tool 3. Storytelling I narrated the story of robbers in Ramana Maharshi’s ashram. The parents can listen to the story with their child. They can also retell the story in their own words for multiple days.
TAHD Tool 4. Drama It is easy for parents and child to act the story like a drama. For example, one person can be Ramana Maharshi and another one can be a robber.
TAHD Tool 5. Arts and crafts Thanks to Morpheus Nag and Shubh Pathak for the creative representative in Ramana Thatha’s ashram. Thanks to Morpheus for his depiction of the ashram and to Shubh for the picture of the robber. Parents can explore drawings of people and events in the story.
I recorded my first video on The White Peacock on my birthday. You can read the post here.
Thanks to Shilpi Mayank-Awasthi for encouraging me to blog. Blogging has opened up opportunities for presenting my stories with artwork from the wonderful team of CreativeSaathis. Thus, I can include art and crafts ideas for exploring the story in my blog posts too.
Dear parents, Please use these stories and blog posts created by a team of neurodivergent storytellers and artists with your child. Let us know your thoughts and suggestions!
