Friday, December 11, 2009

Magical Minds


In a world where even hobbies for children are focused around developing a career, Magical Minds is a world apart. Located in Banjara hills, the centre is all about learning to create and enjoying it.
From a Reading Club and Storytelling to Craft workshops and Carpentry and even baking, this is a place for everything creative.
With a 2000 odd, specially picked out book collection, children here love to read.
Here competitiveness is all about who has more fun doing what they do and both parents and children seem to love it.

Ms. Pavni the woman with the vision, always wanted to do something on her own and essentially for children.
Quitting a top shot accounting job to be with her children, she moved back to Hyderabad a few months ago only to find that there was a serious dearth of things to do for them after school.
The only thing existent were sports or a lone drawing class and people who didn’t have the herd mentality had nothing else to do.

The idea of having her own centre slowly began to form, and after quite some mismatches, she met Ms. Manju Shroff, a teacher with years of experience and a Ph.D in Sociology, and then it was Magic!
With her expertise and patience aboard, they now even help children with focusing problems like dyslexia through Remedial Classes.
Together they now even hold sessions that are about basic values, like Punctuality, Behaviour in public spaces and Etiquette.

Another delightful exercise here is the parent toddler sessions which helps young busy couples take time off to enjoy their new parenthood and the apple of their eyes!
A relatively new concept, but one that is getting more and more necessary for Hyderabadis, family time and bonding with their toddler, learning and teaching simultaneously, with interesting themes every week, this is definitely a big hit.
And with the flexible 2-3 week programs, not only can they schedule as per their choice, but also slowly wheel off their toddlers, getting them prepared for school.

Under their umbrella, they definitely have space for everything that contributes to the holistic development of a child.

Age Group: 3-14
Programs: Cozy Corner, 2to Tango and Creative Corner
Sunday Afternoons: Sloka recitation, Spoken and written English, Creative writing
Workshops this month: Soft toy making from Dec 25, Carpentry, Ink and Mosaic Painting

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