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activities
| Thulir caters to broadly two categories of students: » School going
students from Sitttilingi and nearby villages.
 For
the former group classes are held on
Wednesday, Thursady and Friday evenings after school [after 4 pm]; and
in the mornings on Saturdays and Sundays [10 am to 2 pm].During
Weekdays the emphasis is on academics, while during the weekends, Art
and crafts and Workshop skills are emphasised.» School drop-outs , mainly Teenage boys and girls.  The Activities for both the groups include: |
 | Language
and Math skills At Thulir many children came initially with the very specific request that they be taught English. We sincerely started with teaching English and while explaining English stories/ passages we realised their command over Tamil usage [basic grammer/ vocabulary] is also shockingly poor. So we started teaching Tamil too. more» | |
 | Life Skills training In life skills training, Thulir has exposed students to a variety of skills. The idea here is that by doing different tasks, a student may find the skill that interests her the most and the skill that she is good at. more» | |
 | Studying
the Environment At Thulir, the attempt is to use the environment around as a focal point to do exercises in learning various skills and subjects. For example, the children make a nature calendar where all the plants that flower at a given month/ season are observed and recorded. more» | |
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We feel our village children do not get opportunities to handle art and
craft materials and get a chance to express themselves. Therefore this is an
important activity that we give a lot of emphasis to, as we believe this would
help children to gain self-confidence and help unfold their creativity. The
activities include:
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Games/Sports The Village lacks a good playground and we thought Thulir children should have access to one. We have a modest size open ground for games and children play football, koko, dodge ball and various Improvised local games. more» |
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Interacting with the outside world Sittilingi being a remote valley, many of the tribal children grow up without going out of the valley for years. Consequently their knowledge of the outside world is limited to images from the TV and the movies that they watch. One of the reasons for their having difficulty in dealing with the non-tribal world and culture is the lack of knowledge and understanding of how things work in the outside world. more» ************* |
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