Workshop on Hark and Listen at British Council India, New Delhi

Date and Time: 28 December, 2013 (Saturday), 11:00 am to 1:00 pm

Address: British Council India, 17, Kasturba Gandhi Marg, New Delhi  110001

Age group between: 10 and 14 years

Registration fee: INR 400 per person

Email ID: delhi.enquiry@in.britishcouncil.org

About the Event: This workshop will help enhance listening skills in children. It involves listening to songs, dialogues, short comprehension tasks and some fun activities. Children will learn how to listen and respond in a clear and organised manner. Come and be a part of this workshop and learn to listen consciously and effectively.

Fun Festival for Children from 20 December, 2013 to 29 December, 2013

The KrackerJack Karnival - Two-day, fun-filled Children’s festival

Date & Time: 21- 22 December, 2013. 10:00 am to 7:00 pm

Entry : Rs. 100 per person, available at : 

Note : Free entry for Kids below 5 years of age. 

Place : The Ashok, 50-B, Diplomatic Enclave, Chanakyapuri, New Delhi

About the Event: The KrackerJack Karnival is Delhis First and foremost Mega Expo cum Festival catering purely to children and their needs. This two-day, fun-filled children’s festival is packed with fantastic exhibits, interactive activities, entertainment, and the latest products & services for children. With this event we’ve set out to create fun, educational, and involving activities for kids this holiday season in Delhi. 

Website : www.krackerjackkarnival.com

Puppet Show by Japan Foundation

Date & Time: 29th November, 2013. 6:30 pm

Entry : Free (Seating on First-Come First-Served basis)

Address: Chinmaya Mission, 89, Lodhi Road, New Delhi – 110003

About the Event :  The Japan Foundation brings stimulating world of puppets with Yumemi Trunk Puppet Theater. Puppet Theater YUMEMI-TRUNK was founded by Satoko Yumidate in 2008 after her 5 years experience in a professional puppet performance company which Susumu Tange (UNIMA honorary member) leads. The performer Hiroyuki Kuwahara won ‘BEST ACTOR’ Award in ‘World Puppet Carnival Indonesia  2013’ for “Urashima”

The group will present two performances – URASHIMA and YAGI NO OHANASHI (The Story of Goat). This Puppet Theater will later tour to Udaipur and Kathmandu.

Organized by : The Japan Foundation, 5A Ring Road, Lajpat Nagar IV, New Delhi - 110024

Bookart - an exhibition of illustrations (Children's Book)

Date & Time: 7^th to 19 November, 2013. 11:00 am - 7:00 pm

Entry : Free

Address : FICA Reading Room & Vadehra Art Gallery Book|Store, D-42 Defence Colony, New Delhi 110024


About the Event :  Bookart - an exhibition of illustrations 

The Foundation for Indian Contemporary Art (FICA) and Vadehra Art Gallery Book|Store in collaboration with Bookaroo 2013 are proud to host Bookart, an exhibition of illustrations that showcase the best works of illustrators of Indian children's books. 

It will exhibit the works of 10 of India's best-known children's book illustrators – Ayeshe Sadr & Ishaan Dasgupta, Neeta Gangopadhya, Pulak Biswas, Sonali Biswas, Rambharos Jha, Shashi Shetye, Tapas Guha, Sunita, Suddhasattwa Basu, Subir Roy – along with the books. The exhibition also consists of Pulak Biswas’ works from the collection of the Children’s Book Trust. This special display has been organized as a tribute to Pulak, who passed away in August this year. 
Bookart will also introduce children to the magical world of talking animals and adventure not just through the exhibition but also through workshops. During the course of the exhibition illustrators Ayeshe Sadr & Ishaan Dasgupta, Neeta Gangopadhya and Sonali Biswas will help children explore techniques to create their own fantastic worlds. 
Copies of illustrated books by publishers such as Tara Books, Katha, Tulika Books etc are on sale along with the original illustrations. Books are priced Rs 25 onward and illustrations are priced Rs 5000 onward.

Kriti team presents The Child In Us – Parents, Grandparents and Young Ones

Date & Time: 14^th  November, 2013. 7:00pm 

Entry : Free (Seating on First-Come First-Served basis)

Address : Habitat World, India Habitat Centre (IHC), Lodhi Road, New Delhi-110003
Parking : Gate No. 1, 2 & 3 (Cars), Gate No. 2 ( Bikes & Bicycles )

About the Event :  Kriti team presents The Child In Us – Parents, Grandparents and Young Ones! This Children's Day lets come together to share stories, hopes and ideas that make our worlds in different spaces. A creative evening of reading, recital, interaction, films and performances with friends and family.

Best of CHINH INDIA 'Kids Festival 2013' A collection of exceptional, impressive, motivating, touching and sometimes brutally honest children films.

Date & Time: 11^th, 12^th, 13^th November, 2013. 7:00pm
Entry : Free (Seating on First-Come First-Served basis)

Address : Habitat World, India Habitat Centre (IHC), Lodhi Road, New Delhi-110003
Parking : Gate No. 1, 2 & 3 (Cars), Gate No. 2 ( Bikes & Bicycles )

About the Event : 
11th November : Best of CHINH INDIA 'Kids Festival 2013' A collection of exceptional, impressive, motivating, touching and sometimes brutally honest children films.
12th November : Kids For Kids Best of CHINH Early Education Web Channel's films exploring children expressions through media literacy. These films are made by children aging 4 - 15 years as part of a global media literacy initiative carried out by Chinh India
13th November : Session for Preschool educators & parents by CHINH INDIA on Dealing with Pre-School children The session would involve children media experts, psychologists & educators from Asia & Europe. Moderated by Meenakshi Vinay Rai.

SUNAINA presents Bal Kala Utsav

Date & Time : 8th, 9th and 10th November : 8:00 am - 9:00 pm
11th November : 5:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Entry Fee: Free (Seating on First-Come First-Served basis)

Address : Delhi Tamil Sangam, Tamil Sangam Marg, Sector 5, R.K. Puram, New-Delhi - 110022

About the Event : SUNAINA presents Bal Kala Utsav.( SUNAINA in collaboration with organizations like Delhi Tamil Sangam, ONGC and Sahitya Kala Parishad and Ministry of Culture.)

The festival is to bring together children from the age group of 5 to 18 on one platform where their talent in dance, drama and music can be brought out with rigorous judging standards and to promote that child who comes out the winner ..

SUNAINA during this festival extends full hospitality to the guest artistes and makes sure that they are treated with full respect and friendship. The age groups in this festival ranges from minor to senior in the categories of solo, duet and group in all the classical dance styles, semiclassical and folk.. In the music competitions, instrumental rhythmic, melodic and vocal will be present. In the drama category of Indian languages, mono act and one act plays will be taking part.

A young festival, the participations are received from children of my Indian cities like Nasik, Pune, Nagpur, Mumbai, Chennai, Hyderabad, Aurangabad, Calcutta, Pondicherry, Salem, Gandhidham, Kutch, Surat, Chattisgarh, Delhi and its suburbs Ghaziabad, Gurgaon and Noida, and even as far as Assam. Apart from this workshops are conducted for the benefit of the children by eminent artistes. It is the hope of the Director Smt Kanaka Sudhakar that one day this festival will gain popularity among aspiring youngsters to participate and gain recognition. 

Competitions in Dance, Drama and Music will be conducted from 8th -10th and on 11th there will a very grand prize distribution ceremony with beautiful performances by children.

'Minds, Brain and How Children Learn Culture – Evolution of the Human Mind' a talk by Prof. Andrew Meltzoff, University of Washington, USA

Date & Time: 11^th November, 2013. 6:30 pm

Entry Fee: Free (Seating on First-Come First-Served basis)
Note : Call 011-24619431 (IIC) to re-confirm any last minute change or cancellation of the event.

Address: Seminar Halls I, II & III, Kamaladevi Complex, Main Building, India International Centre (IIC), 40 Max Mueller Marg, Lodhi Estate, New Delhi-110003

About the Event : 'Minds, Brain and How Children Learn Culture – Evolution of the Human Mind' a talk by Prof. Andrew Meltzoff, University of Washington, USA

Speaker: Prof. Patricia Kuhl, University of Washington, USA

Science Magic Workshop at Oxford Bookstore, New Delhi presented by Hands On Learning

Date & Time :  9^th November, 2013. 4:00 pm - 5:30 pm

Entry Ticket: Rs 600

Age Group : 5 to 8 years old


Address : Oxford Bookstore, N81, Connaught Place, New Delhi - 110001


About the Event : The magic word is . . . science! Kids have fun as they perform jaw-dropping, mind-boggling, head-scratching magic 'tricks' (or experiments) - like a water balloon being sucked into a glass bottle or mysterious colours that appear in black ink or a glass of water held upside down without losing a drop of water! Every trick has a sound, easy-to-understand scientific explanation that will stimulate kids’ understanding of basic concepts.

Poster exhibition based on the theme ‘Say No to Crackers’ and ‘Say No to Child Labour’.

Date & Time :  20th to 30th October, 2013. 11:00 am - 8:00 pm

Entry : Free

Age Group: 4 to 15 yrs. 

Address : West Court, DLF Place, Saket, New Delhi - 110017

About the Event: DLF Place Saket brings to you poster exhibition based on the theme ‘Say No to Crackers’ and ‘Say No to Child Labour’. 
Artworks displayed in the exhibition are made by the students from the Age Group of 4 to 15 years from different schools. This is a sincere effort of the mall to spread the social message across.

Alice In Wonderland - Told With Objects, Puppets, Shadows, Music & Actors

Date & Time :  26 October, 2013. 7:00 pm

Duration : 60 min.

Entry  : by Tickets priced at Rs.250 available at :
Offline : Oct.14 onward at the Programmed Desk for IHC members only. Open to all from Oct.17 onward. 

Address : Stein Auditorium, India Habitat Centre (IHC), Lodhi Road, New Delhi-110003
Parking : Gate No. 1, 2 & 3 (Cars), Gate No. 2 ( Bikes & Bicycles )


About the Event : Tram Theater presents Alice In Wonderland - Told With Objects, Puppets, Shadows, Music & Actors! 
An Old World Culture Presentation

Language : English / Hindi

Director : Choiti Ghosh

Devised & Performed by : Rachel D'Souza, Rakhi Prasad, Suraj Tomer, Vikas Baid. 

Workshop on Story Telling

Date &Time : 12 October, 2013 . 9:30 am - 11:30 am
Entry : Free 
Age Group : 8 + with parents.

Address : Habitat World, India Habitat Centre (IHC), Lodhi Road, New Delhi-110003
Parking : Gate No. 1 to 3 (Cars), Gate No. 2 (Bikes & Bicycles)


About the Event : Storytelling by Ankit Chadha, writer-storyteller who brings alive Vikram Seth's Beastly Tales - a magical world of characters who are quirky, witty and fun. 

Workshop- Junior Engineer

Date & Time :  12 October, 2013, 3.30 pm to 5.00 pm

Address: Stellar Children’s Museum, #221-226, 2nd Floor, Gate 4, Ambience Mall, Gurgaon 

Ages:  5 to 8 years  

Registration fee:  Rs 600 per child

   

About the Event  : Hands On Learning presents Junior Engineer!- Kids, grab their hard hats and turn    designer, architect and engineer! In this innovative and exciting workshop children learn all about engineering      structures and the science behind them. As they build & alter their creations, they experiment with form, structure and materials. This not only helps them learn important science concepts but also helps them think in three dimensions.

Workshop- Writer's Block

Date & Time: 12 October, 2013. 14:00- 16:00

Address: British Council, Delhi.- 17, Kasturba Gandhi Marg

New Delhi  110001

 Age Group: 12 and 15 years of age.

Registration Fee:  400 per person, Registration is on a first-come first-served basis.

• Registration fee for workshops is not refundable or transferable.
• For registrations please contact Customer Service at 1800 102 4353 .

About the Event: This workshop will encourage participants to critically look at different writing styles. Students will participate in fun and motivating writing activities that will help them in developing their writing skills. The participants will be encouraged to produce a short story or a poem at the end of the session. 

 

Workshop- Be More Creative!

Date & Time: 12 October, 2013. 11:00- 13:00

Address: British Council, New Delhi.- 17, Kasturba Gandhi Marg

New Delhi  110001

Age Group : 7 yrs. -10 years

Registration Fee: 400 per person

Registration is on a first-come first-served basis and open to only the platinum members of the British Council Library.

Registration fee for workshops is not refundable or transferable. For registrations please contact Customer Service at 1800 102 4353

About the Event: This festive season learn how to make chocolate baskets and excel in gift wrapping and decorating gift boxes. Your near ones will be in for a surprise seeing your hand-made wonders.

ELT workshop on lesson planning for School Teachers

Date & Time: 23 November, 2013. 10:00 - 13:00

Place: British Council, Chandigarh. C-515, 5th Floor, ELANTE Office Block, Plot No. 178A Industrial and Business Park, Phase 1. Chandigarh  160 002

Resource Person:  Prof. Deepti Gupta

Registration Fee details:

For access – 10 members: INR 750 per participant

For library member: INR 1000 per participant

For non-member: INR 1250 per participant

The workshop includes training materials, trainer costs, workshop folder, venue arrangements, refreshments and certificate of participation. There are limited seats and registrations will be on first – come – first serve basis.

For participation please contact Kamal Bhardwaj at 0172-5203000/5203014 or send an email at kamal.bhardwaj@britishcouncil.org

Workshop Aims:

• to discuss different attitudes towards lesson and course planning and current practice
• to examine the advantages and disadvantages of planning lessons and courses 
• to discuss various principles of planning
• to explore the possible elements of a lesson plan
• to examine how best to write lesson aims and the importance of these
• to create a ‘Lesson Planning Checklist’ for participants to take away with them
• to practice writing a lesson plan.

About The Event: The English Language Teaching workshop on 'Lesson Planning' for primary and secondary level school teachers aims to equip teachers with effective methods, resources, practical ideas and activities that they can implement in their own classroom situations, and to direct them towards materials available to them in the local British Council Library. The workshops have been developed and certified by the British Council.

Film " Bapu" Screening at C. D. Deshmukh Auditorium, India International Centre (IIC), Lodhi Estate- Delhi

Date & Time : 8th October, 2013. 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm

Entry : Free (Seating on First-Come First-Served basis)
Note : Call 011-24619431 (IIC) to re-confirm any last minute change or cancellation of the event.

Address :C. D. Deshmukh Auditorium, India International Centre (IIC), 40 Max Muller Marg, Lodhi Estate, New Delhi-110003

About the Event : 'Bapu' film screening.

Children from 6 states of India explain the idea of non violence to the children of the world.
Original ... creative ... truly inspired stories. Script, drawing, cartoons and animation by 8 to 16 year old children.
The relevance of the basic ideas of Mahatma Gandhi .

Workshop for kids at Nirvana Patio Club- Hands On Learning presents "Newton Unplugged"

Date & Time :  5th October 2013. 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm

Entry : Cost : Rs 800 

     Ages:  8 to 12 years

     Requires Registration (call 9810703890 or email - bhavna@handsonlearning.in)

     Address : Nirvana Patio Club, Block-K, South City II, Gurgaon - 122 001

    About the Event  : Hands On Learning presents 'Newton Unplugged'.
Children conduct hands-on experiments that help them understand scientific concepts developed by Isaac Newton. They can explore his ground-breaking contributions in the field of motion, optics, gravity etc.

Dandiya Night at Metro Walk Mall & Adventure Island

Date & Time : 5th to 11th October 2013. 7:00 pm onwards

Entry : Rs. 300 per person available at the venue during the Dandiya night days. 
Note : 
Entry open for all age groups. 
No tickets for kids with less than 3 ft. height. 

Address : Metro Walk Mall & Adventure Island, Sector 10, Rohini, Delhi - 85

About the Event : Customized training for the ones who do not know the moves by experienced professionals and live performances by renowned artist troupe from Gujrat. Other activities include mehendi, rangoli, tattoo,artist, rice art and a variety of food stalls. Metrowalk, rohini (adventure island) presents you the dandiya night. This Navratri indulge yourselves for the ultimate festive experience. Dance your hearts out at the dandiya festival and experience the vibrant colors of rich Indian tradition at the culture.