Will it be another summer holiday you spend ticking off the days to school reopening? To get the kids out of your hair—and ensure they have the time of their lives—consider enrolling them in an activity class that interests them. Starting this week, Lounge brings a list of activity classes and camps in your city which will keep your child busy and make those 45 vacation days go by in a flash.
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Fun factor: (top) Simran Godhwani uses props during her dance routines; and children learn screen-printing and book-making at I-cue. Hemant Mishra / Mint
Catch the beat
Simran Godhwani at the Krshala Dance School will conduct four dance workshops, including a Dance Yoga workshop for mothers and children, a Kathak workshop, a Fun Dance workshop and a Contemporary Dance workshop.
For the Fun Dance routine, children have fun with props such as hoops and streamers while learning to shake a leg to Bollywood, Hip Hop and Jazz beats. In the Contemporary Dance workshop, children get to be choreographers. “Each child is encouraged to come up with a step. In the end, we combine the different movements and that’s how the children end up choreographing the sequence,” Godhwani says.
Call: 09880212072
When: 7 April onwards
Age group: 3 years and above
Charges: Rs2,000 onwards
Attakkalari Centre for Movement Arts will conduct Kalaripayattu (a martial art form), contemporary and free style dance classes. “If a child gets interested in a particular form, they can sign up for more classes later,” says Shanthi Ram, outreach coordinator at the centre. There will be different instructors for each form.
Call: 080-22123684/22123809
When: 25 April onwards
Age group: Junior batch (5-12 years), senior batch (13-19 years)
Charges: Rs2,500.
• Tip: Buy ballet shoes or gossamer skirts and tutus at Fitness and Fairies (080-25557875). For traditional dance outfits, try Abhinaya Dance Costumes (080-25350266) or Chowdeshwari Vastralankara (080-22217453).
Learn life skills
One way to get your child into the habit of saving money is to sign up for Evolve’s “Bank on us” programme. Children learn how to handle bank transactions, how to deposit and withdraw cash, what is simple and compound interest, how to write a cheque. “The entire exercise is conducted in a mock bank set up by the Evolve team,” says Ramya Angadi, who has been conducting the workshop for a year. Another popular programme at the Evolve centre is Handyman, which teaches children how to change a bulb or fix a leaking tap, among other things. Do we hear mothers cheering?
Call: 09880100064
When: 1 April onwards
Age group: 9-13 years
Charges: Rs2,200-4,500
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