• Jun 25 - Jul 30
• Workshops - Parenting

Childhood is a short span and early shildhood is even shorter. Do you want to increase ROI of your time invested for your child. Excellent and eye opening learning and myth busting sessions, helping parents engage with children spending high quality time. And reversing the learning direction from "Parent to Child" to "Child to Parent". Most importantly, it can start as early as during pregnancy itself.Six sessions, each on Sunday for 3:30 hrs, starting Sunday 25th of Jun, 2017. We discuss the following aspects of early development (0-6 years): Understanding true meaning of education for the child Witness the "immense" power of children and unlimited possibilities in early years  Developing evergrowing communication bond with children Developing children physically superb, with strong immune system. Facilitating children to learn reading, maths and encyclopedic knowledge Developing 5 senses of children Developing natural discipline Developing creativity, Story telling, action plan and gratitude. How to say "Yes" all the time and avoid "No", yet serving the purpose. Eligible parents:-  Parents of children below 6 years,  Parents having a child growing inside (pregnant couples) and  Pre-school teachers

• Jul 29
• Celebrations

Bollywood Bling costume party @ Gymboree!!  Only floor to rock & have fun with your lill ones! Activities are : Xylophone making, dancing, playtime session, also fun games for momies. Best dressed  to get a prize!!!

• Aug 12 - Aug 13
• Outdoor/Nature

Welcome to the unique and wonderful eco system of Herba Valley, a 100 acre farm about 100 kms from Hyderabad, unpolluted and amidst the natures perfect harmony with valleys as far as your eye can see and hillocks with wonderful views. Surrounded by an 800 acres of reserve forest with rich Bio-Diversity and close to a natural lake. Our farm is home to numerous Herbal species and about 10,000 trees, Peacocks, Wild Hare, Wild Cats, Deer, Porcupines, wild hogs who are tillers, Desi Cows, hundreds of bird species (our pest controllers) and Honey bee colonies (our Pollinators) which are numbered in hundreds. Our recycling friends the Termites and power tillers the "earth worms" which balance the eco system by enriching the soil and does the farming for us (No wonder they are the real farmers). Night is no different than the day with respect to the millions of insects living and working in sycn with nature. No creature is unhappy in our Forest/farm with an abundance of food for each organism with respect to their life cycle because it is free from Pesticides, or harmful chemicals, unpolluted by air and the city lights.. So feel the Aura of life in Herba Valley Eco Farms by camping wtih us in our Forest like farm to detoxify your senses and body with the fresh smell of nature and bathe in the perfect star lit sky and 180 degrees unobstructed view of Sun & moon rise and set. Cherish growing memories with your kids and take home sweet memories.   Schedule: Arrive to the farm by 3pm. Pitchup your tent anywhere you like. Meet new people and Get to know your fellow campers Roam around the farm and accustom with the wild. CampFire and barbecue. organic dinner at 8pm. Postdinner activity with music or night adventure Sleep by 11pm and wakeup by 6am with the peacocks and the birds chirps hike around for 5km in the first or visit a lake to swim. Organic breakfast at 8am. Get your hands dirty with farm activity and lean about eating and living right. Organic lunch at 1pm.. rest a while and leave the farm at 3pm energized and refreshed. Adopt a Tree and get 10% of its annual produce for free with periodic updates and photos of your tree.   Highlights: Includes Saturday Dinner, Sunday Breakfast & Lunch (Organic and Traditional) Individual Huge Coleman 12'x11' weatherproof 8 person tents for families of 4 to 6, and 4 person medium tents which are critters and bug free. Tree climbing lessons for Kids. Wild Hiking Circuit of hills and valleys about 5 kilometers. visit to the forest and description of a few herbs that grow indegenously. Children play with soil that enrich their immunity. CampFire and barbecue. Lake visit bordering our farm and get ready for a swim Learn how to farm and its self sutaining Bio-Diversity Organic Traditional indegenous menu. Sessions on how to eat right. Secured camping site with Cc Cameras. Clean restrooms Western style Play cricket or volley ball Mountain Biking Friendly

• Aug 5
• Workshops - Teachers

This workshop focuses on supporting language and literacy instruction through STEM/STEAM education. Attendees will participate in science, engineering and math activities that also support language, pre-reading and beginning reading strategies. Emphasis will be placed on supporting the integration of skills to provide the most support for early childhood children. Participants will get to see hands-on activities and plan how to best utilize the materials already in their classrooms. There will also be ideas for organizing centers that support these standards. About the Speaker - Jayanti Tambe is a professor of Child Development at De Anza College, Cupertino. She was the Executive Director of UCLA Early Care and Education. She is a published author of the books, 'The Art of Math and Science' and  'A Kaleidoscope of Children'. She is a Peer Reviewer for NAEYC's Higher Education Accreditation. As Assistant Professor and Director of for the Institute for Community Research & Education (Pacific Oaks College), she specialized in Early Childhood Education. As Assistant Professor, Jayanti was credited with creating Pacific Oaks College's  Trauma Specialization in Early Childhood.   Prior to joining the PO faculty, Jayanti served as the Interim Executive Director for Pacific Oaks Children’s School (POCS) where she provided educational leadership, oversaw the day to day operations, and managed all of the children’s programs based on the principles of constructivism and experiential based education. Prior to this, Jayanti was a Master Teacher with POCS since the fall of 2011. Throughout this time she continued her work in the college classrooms of Santa Monica College, De AnzaCollege and Pacific Oaks College. She also served as the director of the Rainbow School and Pepper Tree School at Stanford University. She has taught courses on Child, Family, Community, Music & Movement, Supporting Dual Language Learners in a Multilingual Classroom, Health & Safety, Administration in Early Childhood Education, Business and Fiscal Management, HR Administration in Educational Leadership, among others. Jayanti is experienced in both Title 22 and Title 5 programs. She has worked with the CACFP (Food Program) and has both nationally and internationally demonstrated abilities to adapt teaching methods and materials to students’ individual learning styles and cultural differences. She can speak several languages and considers this to be an asset while working with diverse families. Through her appointment by several national associations, institutes and universities, she has been widely accredited for her innovation in teaching practices.