What they study · Electives
Electives: an art, and a subject from the Indian Knowledge Systems
Beside the common syllabus, each child chooses two things of their own: an art to practise through the year, and one subject of the Indian Knowledge Systems to go deeper in than the class does. Both have their own live sessions in the week, with an acharya who practises them.
An art
Sangīta, vocalVīṇāMṛdaṅgamBharatanāṭyamKalā: painting and colourClay and sculptureKolam and rangoliNāṭya: Saṃskṛta theatreand others
Practised, not surveyed: one art, kept through the year, and performed at the festival days and at year end.
A subject from the Indian Knowledge Systems
Bhāratīya Gaṇita, deeperNakṣatra Vidyā: the skyĀyurvedaYoga and prāṇāyāmaSaṃskṛta kāvyaDarśanaSthāpatya: temple architectureThe siddha traditionand others
The class meets each of these; the elective reads the source texts further and does the work: a herb garden kept, a sky diary, a verse composed.
- Chosen by the child, with the family and the class teacher. Not assigned. A child who chooses badly may change at the end of the year.
- Own sessions in the week. The elective is in the timetable, not after it, and the acharya who takes it is a practitioner of it.
- Shown, not examined. The year ends with a performance, an exhibition or a presentation to the families, and it goes into the portfolio.
[ELECTIVES ON OFFER, AND FROM WHICH LEVEL: the lists above are examples drawn from Anaadi's gurukulams; confirm what is offered in the first year, and the level at which the art and the subject elective each begin]
Why: every child, their own path. A choice made by the child is work the child owns, and an art kept for years is a friend for life.
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