Using fork and knife for the first time.

"Miss, can we eat with fork and knife again tomorrow?"

Here in India having your food with fork and knife is not commonly practiced. In fact, most of the Indians don't use silverwear at all, but their hands. Do you know that they only use their right hand? The left hand is used instead of toilet paper...

The Bright Star Education kids learned that in other countries people use silverwear or sticks to eat with. During our snack time they all sat down around the table and  tried eating with fork and knife and learned how to set the table. It was very difficult, but they enjoyed it a lot. After finishing their food they asked if it was possible to eat with silverwear again  the next day.
Then, Prasanna asked: "Miss, when will we eat with sticks, like they do in China? "
Well, uhm, I guess we need to practice that a little...

At the restaurant

"Excuse me Sir, may I have a dosa please? And some tea?"

When the girls are asking to be served, the waiters and the cook eagerly run around to answer all their requests. The girls love it and make the guys run even faster!
In our restaurant, made in a corner of our classroom the children learn to verbalise their orders and ask polite questions.
We discussed how you should call a waiter if you want to be served. The typical Indian way of asking along with the "tsjj, tsjj" sounds, is not how we teach it... And what if the waiter forgets to add sugar to your tea? It's amazing to see how easy it is to learn if we make things practical. Next to all the discussions we had we also made our own menu and food that we can eat in our little in-school restaurant.

Well,enjoy your meal Sonali!

Hello there :)

Hi everybody - This time a big hello out of the jungle….. Everywhere are monkeys swinging on branches, lions peeking through the bushes and giraffes taking care not to be caught…

At Bright Star Education we believe that learning comes through playing and having fun. The children love to act out animals, read books next to a tiger in ‘the jungle’ corner, write and read stories about their favourite animals and of course do lots of craft work.

At BSE 14 children between 2 and 11 years old are being educated, with every month a new exiting learning theme. Our focus is to give quality education to the disadvantaged in India. At this blog we’d like to keep you up to date what and how we are doing with some pictures and stories to enjoy.

On the picture you see Sonali playing mother bear with her ‘cub’.

Kavita (mother of a 4 year old): “Priyanka is sick but does not want to stay at home, she loves school…”

Read more next time!