Learning at Prakruti is guided by well-established ideas from psychology, education, and philosophy. These frameworks help us stay reflective, intentional, and balanced in how we design experiences for children, parents, and facilitators. Our approach draws from multiple thinkers and traditions — Indian and global — who see learning as a deeply human, social, and evolving process. Constructivism and Active Learning Our core belief is that children build understanding by conne

We as PRAkruti Learning Center's parents attended the second session of Gauri Tai’s 'Understanding the emotional world of our children' series and it is time to be honest with you all. When I first attended, I was not entirely sure what to expect. But what I found was something I did not know I needed: a space to pause, reflect, and look at my own child with fresher, kinder eyes. As parents, we are so caught up in the doing — the schedules, the meals, the routines — that we

Prakruti Sundar Shikshan is an open schooling center — essentially a small school — run by two friends, Prajakta and Nivedita, with the support of parents, children, and the center’s team. Currently, six children are studying at the center. With the intention of introducing children and parents to the theatre space, a session on the topic “Components of a Theatre” was organized by the center at Sudarshan Rangmanch. After beginning with a lively physical theatre game to loosen

एखादी गोष्ट पुन्हा पुन्हा करणे (रिपीटेशन), एखाद्या गोष्टीचा सराव करणे.. यात काही फरक असतो का?हा प्रश्न जेव्हा मी मुलामुलींना विचारला तेव्हा याचे हो/नाही असं काहीही उत्तर येईल; शिवाय पटकन दुसऱ्या सेकंदाला येईल असं मुळीच वाटलं नव्हतं. पण मुलांनी अगदी सहज सोप्या शब्दांत यातले त्यांना वाटणारे फरक सांगितले… शिकण्यातल्या संदर्भात सरावाची आवश्यकता काय? आणि पुन्हा पुन्हा करण्याची गोष्ट कोणती याची स्पष्टीकरणासह उदाहरणं मुलांनी दिली.. संवादाची इतकी सवय झाली आहे आम्हाला (ताया आणि 7 ते 8

At PRAkruti, child voice and co-planning take center-stage as our kids help design parts of their learning journey. Well, this process began way earlier than you may think. It started with coming up with a name for their 'school'. After coming up and vetoing many iterations, they came up with 'PRAkruti' - explaining that it is where P rabha, R ama, A bhimanyu and A lapini learn new things by doing fun 'activities' ( कृती ) ! Hence PRAkruti ! They further put a nice bow to i