About us
Inspire. Explore. Engage.
KIDSSTART – Fun based self experiential learning initiative
Vision
To infuse creativity in children at an early age and help them acquire life skills at the core of learning, and by making fun, useful, relevant and to shift the focus from rote learning to hands-on learning. Above all to give an opportunity for rural school children who are in the Below Poverty Line (BPL) category to excel in scientific proficiency at an early age.
Mission
With the advent of technology in every sphere of life, at KIDSSTART our mission is to help children discover their scientific temperament at an early age and make Science integral part of their life. As well grow and inspire them to come up with new innovations and out-of-the-box thinking capabilities as they advance in their career path and succeed in all walks of life!
Subject Matter Experts
This started as a small exercise of getting subject matter experts to periodically interact and involve students in exciting science demos and hands-on experiments in one of the private schools at Chennai. The feedback received on such sessions from students as well as teachers and more importantly parents has been overwhelming.
Schools
Many skills in our life right from our childhood are learnt by actually doing and experiencing. This essential aspect of hands on ‘learning by doing‘ unfortunately is completely missing in the formal school education in schools. Thus the ‘fun and wonder’ part of education is completely missing as everyone in education is chasing results, marks and grades – be it students, parents, teachers or school management. Any laboratory sessions are far and few between.
Any such ambitious effort cannot succeed unless the education planners, the Government and teachers desire such a change. This synergy among education planners, school and the governance seems conducive in the current scenario.
DIY Kits
In this context, we propose here a breath of fresh air by way of teaching science and mathematics with fun filled demonstrations with the help Do It Yourself (DIY) kits. This will help in filling the vast gap in the school science and technology education. In this lab, we carefully avoid any explicit grading or marking pattern except for internal feedback and course correction. Students can observe, explore and learn a variety of skills and expertise to identify the core competence and attitudes towards science, mathematics, technology etc.
