A wise man once said: “The principle goal of education is to create men who are capable of doing new things, not simply of repeating what other generations have done – men who will be creative, inventive, and discoverers”
In the recent endeavor, the team Udaan from Sapient visited the Literary India School at Palam Vihar on September 29th, 2011. As Sapient and its employees believe in the power of innovation and creativity, a similar creative craft session was organized at the Literary India School.
The team of volunteers from Sapient received a warm welcome at the school where fifty students were present. Each child present in the room was smiling and curiosity to know what lies ahead was clearly reflected on their faces.
The session conducted by Sapient had nothing to do with the regular classroom learning and students were enthused to hear it. To ensure that whatever taught to children has some utilitarian value, the Sapient team decided to go with making things like Toran with paper and Lord Ganesha with clay. They could easily use these things for decorating their houses during this festive season.
Like any other kid, these children were fascinated to see clay and other colorful things around and wanted to try their hands on with them in the every possible way. After giving instructions on how to make Lord Ganesha using clay, the students were left free so that their creativity and imagination is not hampered.
Kids were taught to make Toran with used stationary, pipes, and different ideas were given to decorate their home on Diwali. Some artifacts were so nicely created that they were used to decorate the class room within the school.
