Grade 1 to Grade 4

Foundation Series C and D - can be used from grade 3 to 5
To enable them to feel and think ‘real’ and bring to them the concept of self and surrounding connect through connecting them to their everyday life. The methodology would be more activity based through games and worksheets with short reflection dialogues. The focus would be on thinking, social and emotional skills of the students. Situational questions with ‘here and now’ present moment would be taken up in the dialogues.

The main objectives would be

To realize that they are individuals and there is a need to know themselves
To realize the connect to their basic feelings and emotions of joy, anger and disgust
To give them the voice to feel and think that they are real beings who have a view point
To give them the basics of communication and ability to speak their minds with clarity
To understand the various roles they play and how family and society are connected
To understand physical hygiene and responsibility to keep body, school, house and community clean
To initiate the process of taking responsibility for oneself and managing time and work better

Grade 5 and up to 7

Life is nothing but a string of stories with learning’s attached to it. In grade V, 16-18 values are explored using a transformative tool called ‘Discovery’ (Sampath, 2005). The children get to understand that every event in their life is a story by itself and they have the choice to draw their learning’s from each of those stories. It also introduces the possibility of multiple perspectives to them, along with introducing over forty different values. The children are made to move away from good/bad concept of values which are judgmental and limiting to understanding values from facilitative and restrictive perspective.

Grade 6 and up to 8

Life is nothing but a string of stories with learning’s attached to it. In grade V, 16-18 values are explored using a transformative tool called ‘Discovery’ (Sampath, 2005). The children get to understand that every event in their life is a story by itself and they have the choice to draw their learning’s from each of those stories. It also introduces the possibility of multiple perspectives to them, along with introducing over forty different values. The children are made to move away from good/bad concept of values which are judgmental and limiting to understanding values from facilitative and restrictive perspective.

Grade 7 and up to 9

Having learnt to locate their beliefs in the previous year, the children in seventh grade move on to learn to learn. Learning is a critical skill for managing change. The realization that mindful learning leaves behind a wise person and mindless learning creates a knowledgeable person is brought to them using the examples picked from their own classroom learning. Using 5W-1H, they learn to explore and connect to subjects and life. This gives the 12-year-olds a new perspective to look at their subject learnings from an evolution-in-life perspective rather than from an examination perspective.

Grade 8 and up to 10

The grade VIII children are stepping into teens. The learning from grades V, VI, and VII about life needs to now get streamlined to advanced level of integration. Therefore, the purpose of these learnings is anchored through dealing with ‘VISION’ formulation. The children learn the distinction between goals, mission, and vision. The power of vision is imparted to them with real-life examples and reflection exercises. They learn the vision essentials from individual point of view as well as group/team point of view.

Grade 9 and up to 11

Having learnt to locate their beliefs in the previous year, the children in seventh grade move on to learn to learn. Learning is a critical skill for managing change. The realization that mindful learning leaves behind a wise person and mindless learning creates a knowledgeable person is brought to them using the examples picked from their own classroom learning. Using 5W-1H, they learn to explore and connect to subjects and life. This gives the 12-year-olds a new perspective to look at their subject learnings from an evolution-in-life perspective rather than from an examination perspective.

Grade 10 and up to 12

The grade VIII children are stepping into teens. The learning from grades V, VI, and VII about life needs to now get streamlined to advanced level of integration. Therefore, the purpose of these learnings is anchored through dealing with ‘VISION’ formulation. The children learn the distinction between goals, mission, and vision. The power of vision is imparted to them with real-life examples and reflection exercises. They learn the vision essentials from individual point of view as well as group/team point of view.