Learning through Song, Dance and Art

“I study in Grade 4 at the Poongavanam RSTC. I love the arts and crafts period at school. It’s so much fun to create things from paper and paint! My teachers are fun too, they sometimes dance and sing with us. Back home, it’s just my mother and myself, my father died when I was younger. Since then, the two of us were making small money through rag-picking and I had never been to school. When Hand in Hand India put me in this school, I was initially feeling home sick. But today the school is my family too! I have now realised how much fun learning is. I hope to study and take care of my mother when I grow up” Our schools follow the Activity Based Learning system that is a very interactive way of teaching. Our children learn concepts through games and colourful books. For children like Velu who have never been to school, this system has been working wonders!