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A leaf is the most perfect form of life on earth. From a light shade of green in its days as a baby, it changes many colours with age and season until it turns brown, latches away from her mother and dances down to her grave, where she continues to give.

While for us grown-ups a forest MUST contain many, many trees, for the child a single tree is a forest in itself. They feel the magic in the air. The croaking of frogs is music to their ears. In an age when the newspapers and TV only glorify violence and make us insensitive to our fellow beings, we must take an extra effort to help our kids return to the roots we have now forgotten. To simpler times when we cared for all life forms. To the age when we painted kolams in our front verandahs, not just because they looked pretty but also because they contained rice powder for the ants to feast on.

Cuckoo Forest School is hosting a 3-day workshop of fun and learning. Let’s share stories and listen to the silent music of the hills. Let’s cook together and share a meal under the stars. Let’s walk into the jungle and talk to the trees. Let’s introduce our children to the things that truly matter.

Workshop Details:

Activities: Forest walks, making dolls with palm straw (panaiolai), clay modelling, designing installations with waste cloth and plastics, storytelling, games and more.

Ages: 10-16 years
Dates: Sep 26-28 (Wed-Fri)
Venue: Cuckoo Forest School, Puliyanoor Village, Singarapettai, Krishnagiri Dist.

How to get here:
From Chennai: Take a bus to Tiruvannamalai. Then take another bus headed to Bangalore or Salem. Get off at Singarapettai and take an auto to Cuckoo Forest School.

From Bangalore: Take any bus headed to Tiruvannamalai. Get off at Singarapettai and take an auto to Cuckoo Forest School.

From Salem: Take any bus headed to Tiruvannamalai. Get off at Singarapettai and take an auto to Cuckoo Forest School.

To register use the below link,

https://goo.gl/weFFfr

Email : cuckoochildren@gmail.com
Call  : 82702 22007

ARTICLE
A column in The Hindu’s website talks about a little girl’s visit to Cuckoo. While it falls under realistic fiction, the writer says that the emotions are quite real. Please read and share.

https://www.thehindu.com/thread/reflections/diary-of-a-little-woman-the-school-of-magic/article25007335.ece

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