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From initiation into music for babies and toddlers, to right brain training for all, the workshops for children this summer cover every interest and every age group. Take your pick from this list.
Amalga Mind provides right brain education programmes based on proven American and Japanese methods for kids. The right brain training programme works on improving a child’s concentration, speed in reading, speed in calculations, and speed in learning, improving a child’s creativity, imagination and visual memory. The classes have a set of fun-filled activities that provide various stimuli, and nourish innate abilities such that they become inherent and can be tapped at any time in future.
When: Ongoing, each batch is two months long
Where: GD Goenka La Petite, B73 GK 1
Age Group: 1.5 to 8 years
Contact: 011 43173900
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This session will help young learners of English become more fluent by improving their grammar. This will help children express ideas and thoughts clearly and concisely and be more confident about speaking in English.
When: Apr 18 – May 31
Where: 8/8, East Punjabi Bagh
Age Group: Eight to 12 years
Contact: 011 43851026
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Early engineers have a level-based course structure starting for children as young as five years old in Lego Robotics. The programmes are designed in a way to encourage children to think creatively and develop solutions on their own. Children can even prepare for the International Robotics Olympiad with these programmes and progress further in the field. This is the course structure:
Junior Lego Robotics {five-eight years}–Learning Motors, Gears, pulleys, levers, sensors and programming from computer using Lego Kits
Lego Mindstorm Robotics {eight years+}–Movement, turn, rotation, sensors–touch, sound, ultrasonic and corresponding programming skills.
When: Apr 20 – Jun 1
Where: Kidzee, 18 Kachnar Marg, DLF Phase 1, Gurgaon
Age Group: Five to 14 years
Contact: +91 9069127455
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Vasudha’s Evolving with English brings ‘Fable House,’ a story-telling workshop which helps in developing language, cultivating children’s imagination, helping cope with stress, relaxation, helps them to think, make decisions, form judgments and values and teach them about themselves and the world around them.
When: Apr 19 – May 19
Where: 8/8, East Punjabi Bagh
Age Group: Four to seven years
Contact: 011 43851026
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Join the six-week programme, an intensive and fun course for basketball and football specifically designed to develop and hone the required skill sets for each sport. The approach is customised for each child, allowing children of all skill levels to join and improve. The aim is to introduce children to these sports and give them the skills to ensure they keep playing and stay fit. Batches run two or three times a week for 60-75 minutes a day. Children can choose Monday, Wednesday and Friday, or Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday.
When: May 1 – Jul 31
Where: Find the variety of centres here
Age Group: Four to 18 years
Contact: +91 9871433771
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Art Culture Festivals works towards making art more accessible to children. This three-week-long workshop aims at a more holistic development of a child through exposure to different art forms. They will get a hands on feel of art forms ranging from theatre, music, dance, painting, handicrafts and stage interactions, all taught by artists who are well trained and established in their respective fields.
When: May 1 – May 15
Where: D49, Defence, Colony
Age Group: Four to nine and 10 to 15 years
Contact: +91 9818564044
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Gymboree Play and Music has an exciting seven-week programme lined up for tiny tots. Each week will have a different theme such as space, nature, storytelling etc. Each theme will be taken up through a mix of play, music and movement, art and various other activities.
Every week will also have a party according to the theme. The age groups are divided as follows: 16 months to two years, two to three years, and three to five years.
When: May 16 – Jul 1
Where: Gymboree Play & Music, Inside Gurudwara Nanaksar, S Block , GK I
Age Group: 16 months to five years
Contact: 011 43851121
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British Council runs a three-week Summer School course for young learners every year, and this time the theme is Shakespeare. The course is delivered in a fun and interactive way with the aim to improve your child’s confidence in using the language. There will be theme-based activities designed to develop language skills {speaking, writing, reading and listening}, vocabulary and pronunciation.
Children will be introduced to a range of Shakespeare’s plays and will have the opportunity to experiment with drama and theatre. On the last day of the course, you will be invited to watch your child perform on stage and/or see their work produced throughout the course.
When: May 23 – Jun 12
Where: British Council, 17 Kasturba Gandhi Marg, Connaught Place
Age Group: Eight to 15 years
Contact: 0120 4569000
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This year’s creative summer camp at Craft Village has a twist–mums can participate along with children. Join your kids at the Mom and Me camp for meaningful learning and deep diving into craft, culture and design for holistic development. The topics covered will be photography for learning visual appreciation and technology, story book development for visualisation and communication skills, craft/design games for enhancing knowledge and intelligence, life management skills, simple product design for exploring material and media, and to learn problem solving three dimensionally and culinary delight for sensory and experiential learning.
When: May 21 – May 30
Where: Shivji Marg, Westend Greens, Rangpuri
Age Group: 10 to 18 years
Contact: +91 9910754364
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