By Chandni, Lea, Maisie, Mohini and Maya In TLC the children are part of deciding what they want to learn and how they want to learn. With individualised programmes in a community,a lot of work goes into finding ways to make it work between all the different individual needs in balance with the needs ofContinue reading “Summerhill festival of childhood”
Author Archives: Mira Tonioni
Destination Summerhill Project
We are kids from an alternative school called TLC (The Learning Community).The educational method we follow is called Integral Education and was created by Sri Aurobindo, an Indian philosopher.We want to go to Summerhill school, in the UK, to attend a festival of childhood that they organize to celebrate the 100 years since this democraticContinue reading “Destination Summerhill Project”
Recipe for: Jap Chae
Make by chef: June, Goni, Ela, Btoo, Seetha, Mira Ingredients: Carrots, mushrooms, onions, noodles, capsicum, green onions, garlic, spinach and sesame. Directions: Fry all the vegetables separately carrots, onions, capsicum, green onions and mushrooms. Put noodles in the water and cook them for 10 minutes. Boil the spinach add sesame oil, salt and chopped garlic.Continue reading “Recipe for: Jap Chae”
Seeds of Nature project
The “Seeds of Nature” project continues to involve children in the garden and in the preparation of meals in TLC. The intent is to get closer and closer to our Mother Earth, to learn from her and to eat local and seasonal foods. This year the children worked in small groups and have started theirContinue reading “Seeds of Nature project”
“A Literary Cup of Tea” magazine
One of the early outcomes of this special lockdown year was that the older children arrived at the idea of creating a magazine, through which each one could write and learn about topics of their interest. These topics included story writing, jokes, research and journalistic writing, sharing a book or movie review and others. TheContinue reading ““A Literary Cup of Tea” magazine”