Press Note of Redbricks Kids Mela On the 31st of March, 2012, Redbricks Education Foundation celebrated its 3rd

Foundation Day with the annual Kids Mela on the Redbricks Satellite campus. The event was aimed at being a platform for children and parents alike where fun and frolic come together with education and learning. The principle the Kids Mela is based on is Dr. Howard Gardner's Theory of Multiple Intelligences, a concept which Redbricks harbours as part of its philosophy and curriculum. The Kids Mela has evolved over the past 2 years to become a grand and much talked about event in the education circuit. The differentiating factor of the Redbricks Kids Mela is its strong conviction that even an atmosphere of joy can be used to impart invaluable education to children and parents. Therefore, each corner at the Mela stands for a particular intelligence, namely Linguistic, Logical, Visual-Spatial, Bodily-Kinesthetic, Interpersonal, Intrapersonal, Naturalistic and Musical, and the activities are also similarly designed. The event commenced at 4:30 pm with a galore of activities and experts at the different stalls. Each stall had an activity for each age group.....even adults. From solving puzzles to making things out of waste items to rolling tyres inside a stipulated track to balancing sticks on fingers, the corners had something for everybody. Live animals at the Naturalistic corner was a huge attraction for the children as were the jumping jacks at the Bodily Kinesthetic corner. Apart from the Intelligence based stalls there was an Kids Corner manned by the students of Class 1 and 2. This corner had experiments and exhibits pertaining to all the Intelligences. It was a wonderful sight to see children engaging adults with their work and knowledge. The Redbricks Teachers Institute also had a corner showcasing their work over the past year and also engaging children with interesting activities. A separate corner called the Project Approach zone exhibited the project work done by the children in the past year and all the models and artwork created by them were on display for all to see. To add to the fun and frenzy the mela had magicians, puppeteers, potters, exotic plants, fortune-tellers, balloon-sculptors and musicians. The Mela saw a footfall of more than 400 adults and children over a span of 2 hours. The children were also elated as they used Redbricks coupons to purchase eatables like cotton candy and popcorn adding to the excitement. The buzzing activities all around and the engagement at each stall filled the campus with a fervour akin to large carnivals.