story centre
PROGRAMS & PROJECTS.
Katha Vilasam,
the centre of creativity. All Katha work springs from stories --- from 2000+ year old poems; traditional folk storytellers to contemporary wordsmiths.
Kalpavriksham,
comprises of all the ways Story reaches our grassroots communities -- the conduits.
Katha Vilasam,
Our Story Research and Resource Centre was started in 1990. Through language, culture and translations, we publish classy books that bringsthe joy and meaning of stories to children and adults.
OUR BOOKS
are fun to be with, beauties to hold. They invest in their listeners, the ability to become lifelong readers. they enhance classroom, grade-level learning. When children enjoy stories, they not only become fluent readers but also learn the softer skills of management and leadership.
StoryPedagogy
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A UNIQUE EDUCATIONAL FRAMEWORK that starts with a strong ideology -- the MeWe Idea -- and takes EVERY CHILD through a Curriculum for Life. Creative Content. Classroom Practices. Continuous Assessment.
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CURRICULUM FOR LIFE | CfL Protects a childcentric way of learning with a Curriculum for Life (instead of to pass exams only). It consists of the MeWe Ideology as base. The SPICE Routes out of Poverty. The C9 Leadership Skills. The GEEK Sustainability Framework for all learning.
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CLASSY CONTENT | KATHAKAAR AND KADL KIDS PRESS Protects a childcentric way of learning with a Curriculum for Life (instead of to pass exams only). It consists of the MeWe Ideology as base. The SPICE Routes out of Poverty. The C9 Leadership Skills. The GEEK Sustainability Framework for all learning.
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CLASSROOM PRACTICES | Puts into practices the ideas that flow from our CfL and our publications of the last 34 years, starting with Tamasha!
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CONTINUOUS ASSESSMENT|PAR. RUCHI. LEUVEN Protects a stress free, non-threatening childcentric way of learning and continuous testing with a 3-LEVEL matrix that starts with
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the board framework (PAR).
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RUCHI, our Reading for Meaning Assessment Matrix.
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LEUVEN, a unique matrix for assessing the work of children who are on the road to literacy.
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TEACHER EDUCATION| Protects a childcentric way of learning with a Curriculum for Life (instead of to pass exams only). It consists of the MeWe Ideology as base. The SPICE Routes out of Poverty. The C9 Leadership Skills. The GEEK Sustainability Framework for all learning
KADL KIDS PRESS,
KKP is a new boutique imprint of Katha's. Publishers of books, ebooks and unbuks, the work of the KADL KIDS PRESS brings some of the world's best writers, poets, artists and others as Guest Faculty -- through their works.
Fabulous books, ebooks, videos, games, puzzles, and more from Katha's Art, Animation and Music Lab, bring EVERY CHILD opportunities to learn how to be a Reader-Leader.
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CLASS! PRACTICES We provide quality education in the child’s own mother tongue.
A child living in poverty need NOT be left behind!
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STEM.SEA. WE ARE SCIENTISTS! In Katha Magic Labs, children explore the whole gamut of the sciences and the arts.
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STEM
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Science, Technology, Engineering, Maths,
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SEA
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Social Sciences, Earth Sciences and the Arts:
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The "SEA" of narrative imagination and empathy.
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STEM.SEA is the name of the games they play in the Katha Magic Labs!
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SPICE ROUTE OUT OF POVERTY They can learn about getting out of poverty, just as much as children in the more elite schools can learn about our gritty children with their enviable attitudes!
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A TOUCH OF CLASS. Change can come only when citizens on both sides of the various divides are sensitive to the challenges of poverty.
Hence, A Touch of Class! A voluntary whole-class activity that private schools can opt for. Any school that has a Touch of Class initiative, HAS a touch of class!
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KADL provides EVERY CHILD abundant opportunities for the child to express herself without fear. In classrooms that disrupt poverty in every way!
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IN-SCHOOL PROGRAMMES
Katha offers government schools two tried and tested initiatives:
1. The Katha Magic Labs 2. The I Love Reading Campaign
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IN COMMUNITIES PROGRAMMES
Katha offers our KADL communities empowerment programmes for the women. And opportunities for them to run Community OPwned and ZOperated Libraries for their children. -
VOLUNTEERS
VOLUNTEERS are our lifeline! belonging to the community where the Magic Labs are situated, they come with giving hearts that no B.ED course can ever teach!
Young people join as Katha Fellows programme after completing high school. They earn a stipend and learn how to be intuitive and kind Reading Mentors.
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Early Education
Community Buyin
Mangrove Restoration
We turn ideas on their head! When working with children who have been denied their rights for so long, and who are scared of schools and classrooms, our early learning principles cover k-5.
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Literature builds Literacy.
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Story is the building block of all learning
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Caring and sharing is the only way to create young Reader-Leaders!
(SHE)2is double girl power.
It stands for --
Safe Water & Sanitation
Health & Hygiene
Education & Empowerment.
Societal Resurgence Initiative, SRI, can only happen when we look at issues together with our communities, holistically.
Tsunamis and storms have shown India the value of mangrove forests -- our brave warriors against climate change.
On World Mangrove Day, our students celebrate the Mangrove forests with a
We ❤️ Mangrove Campaign.
Together with their communities and local government, they will replenish the degraded mangroves of Tiruvallur District.
Stop School Dropouts
Often with children from oppressed families, it is more a push-out than a drop-out. We support quality in government schools. Our mentors in corporation schools create such magic that even before they open their eyes, our kids are asking, "Wonder what we are going to do in school today!" That's the Magic of our Magic Labs!
Disrupting Poverty in the Classroom
KADL's StoryPedagogy is an inclusive
war against child poverty.
Through quality education. Through compassionate handholding of government school teachers, KADL hopes to create a sustainable democratic education for democracy.
is an inclusive war against child poverty
Through quality education.
Educational Framework
StoryPedagogy is a tried and tested educational strategy that Geeta put in place in 2001. Since then countless government, low-cost and Katha's own schools have proved the concept of bringing the 2000-year old treatise, the Bharata Natyashastra, to support classroom learning.
