{"id":17374,"date":"2019-10-07T13:00:52","date_gmt":"2019-10-07T07:30:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/fsl-india.org\/blog\/?p=17374"},"modified":"2019-10-07T13:00:54","modified_gmt":"2019-10-07T07:30:54","slug":"100th-monkey-becoming-mainkey-in-non-formal-education-at-siddivinayaka-school-dinesha-saranga-fsl-india","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fsl-india.org\/blog\/100th-monkey-becoming-mainkey-in-non-formal-education-at-siddivinayaka-school-dinesha-saranga-fsl-india\/","title":{"rendered":"100th Monkey becoming \u201cMainKey\u201d in Non formal Education at Siddivinayaka School – Dinesha Saranga, FSL-India"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

It feels amazing to know we have completed 9 out of 25 100th<\/sup> Monkey sessions each for both 8th<\/sup> and 9th<\/sup> Standard children at Siddivinayaka School, Karki. The children of 9th<\/sup> Standard have already gone through our intervention in the first pilot phase last year. There is a great difference in their receptivity and reflection from the first pilot phase to now. It is the same for me as a facilitator of 100th<\/sup> Monkey. The 4-day training for trainers held at our Centre for Experiential Living (CEL) in Kundapura by Ms Ashwini and Mr Rohan prepared me as a facilitator with the right tools and methodologies for experiential and play based learning. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I have observed a kind of transition in the children over the\ncourse of these 9 sessions. The first few sessions were energisers and\ncooperative games to build a space of joy and encouragement to interact and\nbond with the group. The successive sessions involved team building and trust building\nactivities which organically evokes connections and a sense of community in the\ngroup. The children have moved from being scattered as a group to a community\nthat can connect and work together as a team. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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After the 6th<\/sup> session, we thought it was a good\ntime to introduce the session on Health and Nutrition awareness to the group.  So, the following 3 sessions were on Bodily Awareness,\nwhich educated the children with simple tools and techniques to take care of\ntheir health and well being. The first of 3 sessions introduced simple\nexercises, yoga and meditation techniques to practise daily. The children were\nalso given a daily tracker to keep track of their food intake, physical\nactivity, and meditation and sleep hours. The beauty of this module is that it has\nvery simple and easy techniques for any child to follow and incorporate in\ntheir daily routine. Meditating every day has innumerable benefits known to\neveryone, now. So, the kids were encouraged to meditate everyday for minimum 5\nminutes. They all agreed to do so. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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This session was followed by the food and nutrition session, which\nexcited them immensely.  As an\ninteractive group presentation, the students related to the session with the food\npyramid and their lesson on food and nutrition in class. Surprisingly, during the\n9th<\/sup> session almost everyone had filled their daily tracker. This\nsession was a food carnival where the entire class together prepared healthy\nsnacks, namely Churmuri, Chooda and Salad. The food was freshly prepared, using\nlocal produce and ingredients. Thus, giving them an impression that healthy can\nalso be tasty. This insight was brought out as a reflection during the\ndebriefing of the session. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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As a Facilitator I am thoroughly enjoying myself during every\nsession. I feel like a TEACHER BY MIND, FACILITATOR BY HEART. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I\u2019d like to share some of the feedback I received from the children:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kshitij:<\/strong> FSL India session is very nice and\nwe have many programs in our school, but the 100th<\/sup> Monkey sessions\nare unique.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rajeshwari:<\/strong> Every week I just wait for the 100th<\/sup>\nMonkey session. It is completely different from what I have seen or experienced\nbefore. Thanks to our school for bringing in 100th<\/sup> Monkey Sessions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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It feels amazing to know we have completed 9 out of 25 100th Monkey sessions each for both 8th and 9th Standard children at Siddivinayaka School, Karki. The children of 9th Standard have already gone through our intervention in the first pilot phase last year. There is a great difference in their receptivity and reflection from the first pilot phase to now. It is the same for me as a facilitator of 100th Monkey. The 4-day training for trainers held…<\/p>\n

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