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Chennai Kids Directory 2011

2011-04-06T17:45:00.002+05:30

The second edition of Chennai Kids Directory will be out on April 14, 2011

Do follow the website www.chennaikidsdirectory.com

Eco friendly cabs in Chennai and more news...

2010-10-02T16:24:00.000+05:30

Have you seen the new eco friendly cab launched in Chennai recently?
If not, view a picture of the cab on the YOCee's ePaper.

Whenever the Team YOCee comes across interesting happenings, we think of the kids who would love to know about them.

That's the reason we publish the ePaper.

How is it different from the website, a curious question popped up from one of the parents who keenly follows the website YOCee. We replied, "Read it once and you will see it all for yourself!"
He came back quickly to say - Yes, this is different!

The website aims at sharing news, info and reports mainly my student reporters, who are part of the annual programme YOCee hosts. But the Team YOCee reports on all the news and information that would interest the kids, of course, of Chennai city.
Know your neighbourhood first is YOCee's policy!

If you like the ePaper, subscribe to it and get it delivered directly on your desktop. It's free!
What can you do to YOCee in return? Spread the word among your young friends and support us with more readership!

YOCee's e-newspaper

2010-07-01T16:40:00.002+05:30

Another new addition to YOCee.
It is a weekly newspaper for kids. But it is an online-only edition. You will find the latest news for kids in the form of a newspaper.

You can choose to read the version online.
Or download once on to your desktop and read it at your leisure.
Or take a print out and read it while travelling.
Or forward the it to a friend who will be interested in keeping pace with the city of Chennai and the news for and by kids in Chennai.

Click on this link - http://yocee.in/issue15.php

Like the various options and the new avtar?
Then please do share it with your friends and other young people you know!

An evening of fun learning

2010-06-25T17:30:00.000+05:30

It was the second session with the student reporters of YOCee.
Kids and parents found their way to the well known school in the Mylapore area, the P.S. Higher Secondary school hall.
The air-conditioned hall filled with reporters, their parents and a few grand parents was witness to the energetic participation of the kids in the meeting.
The reporters learnt basics of writing, reporting and working for the web. Later Vincent D' Souza, Editor of Mylapore Times, Adyar Times joined the meeting. He asked the kids to take a little walk around their area in weekends to know the neighbourhood better. It would come in handy when it comes to reporting from their area, he added.
The last year's reporters received Certificates and gift vouchers in recognition of their participation in the Student Reporters Programme.

Reporters of this year at YOCee

2010-06-15T16:24:00.000+05:30

The new set of reporters joined the enthusiastic team of young reporters of last year at a briefing session held on June 13.

This informal session introducing YOCee and how to report from the schools and neighbourhood set a prelude for the next session to be held on June 20.

We plan to have a guest journalist to talk to the kids in the next meeting.

Student Reporter Programme - Apply before April 28, 2010

2010-04-25T21:41:00.000+05:30

Student Reporter Programme of YOCee

Chrysalis Busy Bee Fun Factory

2010-04-18T16:34:00.000+05:30

Chrysalis Busy Bee Fun Factory will be in town from April 19 to 25. For boys and girls of age group 5 to 13 years.
The events is a platform of creative interaction that showcases children's talents through the concept of edutainment.
Venue: Landmark, Phase 3, Spencer Plaza, Anna Salai.
Phone: Leeza A. Harris - 98410 23034

Chennai Kids Directory - Now on sale!

2010-04-04T20:20:00.006+05:30

The small team at YOCee' s office was busy working for a month on collecting and verifying data regarding the various hobby classes and activity centres in Chennai for kids.

Chennai Kids Directory, the first of its kind and the first major activity from YOCee has just seen its day. The directory for all the activities for kids in Chennai was released on April 2, 2010.

Read a report by Kritajnya, a student reporter who was at the launch function.

This directory is now on sale at YOCee, New no. 15, Karpagam Garden First Main Road, Adyar, Chennai - 20.

Price Rs. 20.

Contact YOCee for bulk orders. Go to : http://www.yocee.in/contact.php

Chennai Kids' Directory - Official release on April 2, 2010

2010-03-31T15:38:00.002+05:30

Order your copy of Chennai Kids' Directory!

2010-03-24T13:45:00.002+05:30

Finally, the Chennai Kids' Directory we have been working for a month now is into its final shape. We are interacting with the printer - one day on black and white pages, one day on the colour pages and the other day on the wrapper.
It feels good to wait for the final product to be out soon.
Meantime, for those who would like to possess a copy, here is a link to how to -
http://www.yocee.in/directory.php
From the day we announced the plan for the directory till date we have received more than 600 orders.
This number shows how keen the parents in Chennai are to keep their young ones engaged in fun and intellectual activities.

Kids' directory for Chennai

2010-03-02T16:21:00.002+05:30

Through this blog and the website www.yocee.in, we have been receiving queries on afterschool activities for kids in Chennai. Many suggestions regarding a new place or other keep coming in from the readers too.
How about putting all this info together, we thought. Brainstormed and decided to bring out a directory of all the activity places.
If you know of any place please share with us.

Kidz Expo - Feb 26, 27, 28

2010-02-25T21:55:00.000+05:30

Hi Kids, there is an exhibition of all products and services for kids at Valluvar Kottam on Feb. 26, 27 and 28.
Check it out!

Storytelling Night - Feb. 19

2010-02-18T22:09:00.000+05:30

If you love stories, here is a long session of storytelling.

The Scholastic Aviva Storytelling Night will be held On Feb. 19, 2010 from 6.30 onwards.

At Landmark Chennai Citi Centre, Dr. Radhakrishnan Salai, Mylapore.
Contact 98408 83691 for more details.

Chennai Kids Directory : Release date April 2, 2010

2010-02-18T20:58:00.003+05:30

YOCee, the website for Chennai's young people is bringing out a directory of all the activity places for kids in Chennai. These places will be listed under various categories - Arts & Crafts, dance, music, sports and so on activitywise and area wise

The basic listing is free. Centres, people who conduct different programmes / activities for kids are welcome to share the info with YOCee. Mail the details to editor@yocee.in

There are also a few advertisement spaces available as of now. Color and B & W.
For all the details about the directory visit - http://yocee.in/directory.php

If you want to get a copy of the directory (Price Rs. 20), please register with us by mail.

The directory is planned to be released on April 2, 2010.

Puppetry workshop for Children at Hippocampus - Feb. 26

2010-02-17T19:12:00.002+05:30

Hippocampus, Chennai is holding a a puppetry workshop on Feb. 26.
Kids can learn to make simple puppets using easily available materials.
Katkatha is a puppet theatre company comes to teach you kids!
You need to register for this fun session with Anurupa Roy (Founder of Katkatha) &and Shameem at Hippocampus experience Centre, Chennai .
For further details contact Chandni @ 9444049175.
Hippocampus Children's Experience Centre is at Old. No.7, New No. 4, 12th Street, Nandanam Extension.

A quiz for kids on YOCee Last date Feb. 24

2010-02-01T09:10:00.000+05:30

A quiz on the recent happenings in the city.

Visit - http://yocee.in/contest.php and submit your entry. Now!

Contests in Mylapore

2009-12-21T18:06:00.000+05:30

The annual Sundaram Finance Mylapore Festival has lots for the kids.
There are pre-fest contests for kids on Jan. 10, 2010.
Daily painting contests at the Nageswara Rao Park during the festival days, Jan. 21 to 24, 2010

All the details on www.mylaporefestival.com

Quizzing Camp - Jan.2,3 and 9,10

2009-12-21T09:05:00.000+05:30

Indian Quizzing League is holding a quizzing camp for students interested in knowing the tricks and techniques of quizzing.
The camp starts on Jan. 2, 2010 and will be spread across two weekends Jan 2,3 and 9,10. Each session will be of 2 hours each from 4-6 PM.
Venue is Door No.8, Corporation Complex 2nd Floor, Opp TicTac videos and diagonally opposite Billroth Hospital (previously Kaliappa Hospital), R.A.Puram, Chennai - 28.
Contact Sanandan - 9841272205 or Ananth 9444036449 for more details and regsitration.
Email : iqlteam@gmail.com

Childrens Day in Chennai Schools

2009-11-29T09:02:00.000+05:30

Here are a few reports on the Children's Day in Chennai Schools. Go to page no. 4

http://www.scribd.com/full/26249697?access_key=key-1afwe1qdegccjz6c2g3o

Workshop on Indian Board Games - Nov. 29

2009-11-27T07:04:00.000+05:30

'Lets do Something', an activity centre in Velachery is offering a workshop in partnership with Kreeda on Indain traditional games.
On Nov. 29, Sunday. From 9.30 am - 12.30 pm
Charges - Rs. 300

Lets Do Something is at 41, Sarathy Nagar, Velachery, Chennai - 600042
Ph no: 45014350, Email: curious@letsdosomething.in
Website: http://www.letsdosomething.in

Children movies festival in Chennai - Nov. 2 to 5

2009-11-01T20:59:00.000+05:30

To mark the 50th anniversary of the creation of France’s most popular cultural hero - Asterix, Alliance Francaise, Madras will be hosting a Children Movie Festival from Nov. 2 to 5 at their autorium. At 6.30 pm all these days.

The schedule is :

Nov. 2, 2009 - Asterix and Cleopatra

Nov. 3, 2009 - Asterix Conquers America

Nov. 4, 2009 - Asterix and the Vikings

Nov. 5, 2009 - The Twelve Tasks of Asterix

For more information, contact Alliance Francaise at phone nos.2827 9803, 2827 1477
Website: www.af-madras.org

Contests on Madras for children

2009-07-26T20:07:00.002+05:30

Come August, many organisations host special events to celebrate the city we live in. That is Madras or Chennai.
There are walks to take, talks to listen to, exhibitions to watch, quizzes and contests to participate and win prizes. These are all open to public of all ages.
What is there for children?
A lot, actually.
www.yocee.in- the website for Chennai kids has come out with many contests for children studying in classes 5 to 12.
There is one to draw the route and mark the landmarks, one to just click photos and email them, one to draw the sketches of the scenes of the city and one more to listen to stories from grandmas and grandpas and mail them.
There are a lot of goodies to win as prizes in these contests.
What else, YOCee plans to put the entries together and make online albums of photos, sketches , maps and also publish online the stories of the city.
Though these contests are for kids, they need the parents and teachers to tell them about the city and its landmarks and routes.
So participate as a family so that kids could win prizes and take home a lot of unknown stories about the city.

Time to sing along

2009-07-16T09:38:00.002+05:30

Led by the well known storytellers and singers Krishna Iyer and Jeeva Raghunath, 'Sing Along' is an annual show for 15 years now. The troupe of singers, instrumentalists, young dancers will be part of this show.

This year the event will be held on July 25 at Sir Mutha Venkatasubbarao Concert Hall, Chetpet.

The popular songs sung at the Sing Along show in the past years have made it to an audio CD titled “' Along Peppy Songs' and will be released on the day. ,

Passes for the show are available at Landmark (Nungambakkam) and Odyssey (Adyar and Annanagar). For details contact 24914374 or 42060081.

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HOLIDAY CAMPS For International School Kids

2009-07-13T10:45:00.003+05:30

The schedule of International schools coincide with the academic calendar followed by schools around the world. So when the West takes break, these schools also take their break so the kids can be with their parents, visit their folks abroad.
Families from abroad visit India this time. And find the summer camps are over here and the kids are back at school.

Here is one who thought of this issue and has come up with a programme mainly for these kids in International schools.

Wordly Wise at 4, Landons Road, Kilpauk is organising theme based camps for kids studying in International schools and NRI kids who are having their annual vacation.

The camp is from 20th July to 30th August, Monday to Friday, 10am-12pm for ages 3-8 years. Activities include dance, craft, drawing, drama, story telling, field trips, confidence building, public speaking, creative writing and more.
Contact 98840 52220/ 42858992 for further details.

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Summer Camps 2009

2009-07-05T13:47:00.000+05:30

This post is an extract of the Summer Camps Section of YOCee (www.yocee.in)

The purpose is to have an archive of events that happened every year for kids and free the space on the website www.yocee.in for the current events.

You may find useful contact numbers and activities for reference.
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Creative writing camp
Pen Into Paper is for those bitten by the writing bug.
Sandhya Rao, author of children’s books with Tulika Publishers will take children through a fun and interactive writing in this workshop using simple exercises, basic tips and plenty of imagination. Children will be motivated to discover the writer in themselves.

At Hippocampus, 1/E, Subbaraya Avenue, Behind Sony World, Abhirampuram,
From May 4 to 15.
Contact 24661544, 94440 49175 for more details.

Camp on organic farming
Centre for Indian Knowledge Systems (CIKS) will hold a one-day residential camp in an organic agricultural farm near Chennai.
The first camp is on May 9 and the second will be on May 23.
The camp is open to kids of age 12 and above and will expose the participants to various practices in organic farming. The fee is Rs. 500.
For details contact M. Suresh at CIKS, 30, Gandhi Mandapam Road, Kotturpuram. Phone: 2447 1087

Summer Performance Camp
Masquerade Youth Theatre will hold Camp Neuve, a summer performance camp.
From May 4 to 22. From 10am to 1 pm
For children in the age group 12 to 19 years.
The camp combines Creative Dramatics, Movement Theatre, Story performance, Public Speaking and Debating.
Last date for application April 28, 2009
For details mail to masquerade.madras@gmail.com

Tradition and Scince Camp in Mylapore
Four Women from different fields is organising a unique science- tradition combo workshop from April 15 to 30 in Mylapore.
Science - hands on feel, English vocab, Hindu traditon through shlokas and bhajans, yoga will be taught. The camp ends with kids stage performance.
Age: 5 to11yrs.
Register before 13th. Contact Kala at 98410 04588.

Residential camp at Neelankarai
Vael's International School is organising a residential camp for students of class 5 to 8. Fun activities with hands on project work, games, art, yoga, meditation, resource talk and field trip.
From April 20 to 27.
Contact: 2449 2792, 2449 2892

Fun with Programming in T. Nagar
Hansel and Gretel conducts Summer workshop in computer programming for high school students.
(Class 8 and above) and the kids will work on a hands-on project. Multiple batches begin on April 13.
Contact : Hansel & Gretel on phone no. 2815 3856

Yoga Summer Camp in Virugambakkam
Vam Yoga conducts Kids Yoga Summer Camp from April 16.
At Putra Matriculation School, 15 AVM Avenue Road (Opposite to Vembuliamman Kovil), Virugambakkam,
Contact Mr.Prakash on cell no. 988400 01964.

Variety activities at Summer Camp in Mylapore
Nandalala Siruvar sangam will hold a summer camp in dhyanam, yoga, puppetry, journalism, dance in daily life, arts, crafts, magic, cartooning.
At Nandalala Society, No. 2 and 4, Dr. Ranga Road, Mylapore.
Contact: 2467 0893 (between 10 am and 12 noon)

Ventriloquism at Triplicane
Learn the art of ventriloquism. At 62, Irusappa Street, Ice House, Triplicane.
Contact: 94441 48832

Cartooning camp in Adyar
Cartoonist Rahnu conducts a summer camp for kids of ages 6 to 14 years.
From April 10 to 14. At Sri Mylai Karpagavalli Matriculation School, First Cross Street, Shastri Nagar, Adyar.
Contact: 2464 0487, 94442 48579

Residential Summer Camp in Self Knowledge
Nachiketas - the children's wing of Suddhananda Foundation for Self Knowledge is hosting their 12th annual residential summer camp from April 15 to 17. For kids studying in classes 8, 9 and 10.
At their ashram at Suddhanandapuram, Off East Coast Road, Uthandi.
Thematic activities, lectures, games and asanas.
Contact the camp co-ordinator at phone no. 99404 54335
Website : http://www.selfknowledge.in/others/camp.pdf

Creative Summer - the theatre way in Vepery
Kiddie Masks is offering an innovative and exciting theatre workshop for children this summer. For children in the age group 3 – 12 years. From April 15 to 25.
At Doveton Matriculation Higher Secondary School, 12A, Ritherton Road, Vepery.
Contact: Ms.Sangeetha Shah. Mobile: 98846 22575

Western Dance Camp at R. A. Puram
Flash Dance Academy will hold a summer camp in jazz, hip-hop, salsa etc. From April 15 to May 29 in three batches of 2 weeks duration.
Contact: 2, Second Floor. Third Trust Link Street, Santhome High Road, Chennai - 28. Phone: 3245 6452, 97910 32020

Cricket Summer Camp in Mylapore
Prahlad Cricket Academy holds its annual summer camp from April 5 to June 1 for boys and girls in the age group of 6 to 18 years. At P. S. High School grounds, Mylapore.
Contact N. P. Balaji, hony. secretary on phone number 94444 45999

Camp Yakaboo at Hippocampus
Creative writing, pottery, theatre, dancing, cooking and more.
Contact : Hippocampus Children's Co. 1/E, Subbraya Avenue, Behind Sony World, Abhirampuram.
Ph: 24661544, 94440 49175.

Summer Sailing Camp
A camp that introduces newcomers to the wonderful sport of sailing.
At TNSA Clubhouse. From April 12 to 19.
Contact: Tamil Nadu Sailing Association, 83, East Mada Church Road, Royapuram, Chennai - 600 013. Phone: 2538 2253, 98406 85058

Cricket coaching in Adyar
A 45 days camp to introduce basic techniques, fitness and match practice to improve performance. From April 13
At St. Michael's Academy, Gandhi Nagar, Adyar
Contact: N. Ramesh, Cricket coach. Phone: 98402 33011, 2233 5625

Weekend camp with Crocs
Interactive sessions with reptiles, nature trails through scrub forests with Irula tribals as guides, puppetry sessions. Open to kidsof 10 to 14 years of age and for the first 15 registrations only. Fee Rs. 1500 fro two days inclusive of transport, food, snacks.
At Madras Crocodile Bank, East Coast Road.
Contact: 2747 2447

Summer Camps at the Children's Club
A 40-day summer coaching camp from April 15 to May 30 will be hosted by The Children's Club Society, Mylapore. At its premises - 212/96, V. M. Street, Mylapore.
Cricket camp for kids of age group 8 to 13 yrs, Table Tennis for 7 to 15 yrs old, Drawing & Paintings for 5 to 15 yrs, Oil painting for kids over 12yrs and also for adults, Chess for 5 to 15 yrs.
Science lectures for students of class 11 and 12 will be hosted at IIT Madras and Chennai Mathematical Institute. Further particulars and registration at the Club between 5 pm & 6.30 pm (excl.Sundays)
Contact Secretary on phone No. 28474140 before 4 pm.

Summer Fun 2009 @ Hansel & Gretel
Public Speaking, English Enrichment, Creative Writing, Story Time, Reading, Arts & Crafts, Drawing & Painting, Indoor / Outdoor Games, Puzzles, Movies, Music and Much More ...
April 1 To June 12, 2009, in batches of two weeks
Age: 4 to 12 Years
Venue: Hansel & Gretel Children’s Play Centre, 11, Jagadambal Street, T.Nagar, Chennai 600017
Contact 2815 2549 http://www.hanselandgretel.in

Sports camp at Kilpauk
Young Men's Christian Association (YMCA) conducts coaching camps in tennis, badminton, table tennis, billiards, kung-fu and karate for boys and girls below the age of 17.
From April 13 to May 12.
Venue: YMCA, 52, Halls Road, Kilpauk
Contact: 2647 2231

Cricket camp at Adyar
St. Patrick's Cricket Academy, Chennai conducts a camp for kids of age 6 to 19 years during summer.
From April 8 toMay19.
Venue: St. Patrick's Anglo Indian School, Gandhi Nagar, Adyar
Contact - 94440 04638, 94443 00109

Aero-Modelling Workshop at Anna Nagar
The Hobby Club is organising a summer workshop where participants would be taught the art of building and flying model aeroplanes. Anyone above the age of 8 can join.
From April 27 to May 15 ; 3.30 - 5.30 pm
Venue: 1359/1, 11th Street, 18th Main Road, Vallalar Colony, Anna Nagar West
Contact: 92831 98818

Story telling workshop at K. K. Nagar
Spring into Reading is organising a week long workshop with Aunty Jeeva for children in the age group of 3 to 11 years in the first week of April.This is a certified course.
Basic - Age group 3 to 5 years - listening to stories
Intermediate - Age group 6 to 8 years - building stories and story techniques
Seniors - Age group 9 to 11 years - creative writing, mind mapping, debating.
Contact 99404 50495 for further details.

Creative writing workshop at R. A. Puram
Creative writing in English Workshop conducted by HEIWA
For kids of ages 9 to 15 years.
From April 14 to 24, 2009, 3.30 - 5.00pm
Venue: Hari Shree Vidhyalayam, Srinivasa Avenue, R.A. puram
Contact: 98408 75385

Fun with japanese at R. A. Puram
Japanese language summer course for children of age group 7 to15 years.
At Hari Shree Vidhyalayam, R.A. Puram.
From April 14 to 24, 2009 ; 10.30am to 12 noon
Contact: 98408-75385

HiKidz Super Summer
Explore. Experiment. Educate. Entertain
Summer programme that add skills for young learners. In a child-friendly air-conditioned environment.
Address: No. 71/2D, Khazura gardens, First Street
Neelangarai, Chennai – 600 041
Contact: 2449 2228 , +91-94446 75500

Alchemy Kids Summer Camp '09
Creative Summer Camps @ Alchemy Kids
Kindle your creativity with Puppetry, Theatre and Pottery. Creative summer camps that help kids explore and experiment their creative and communicative skills.
Address: Alchemy Kids, 16/15, Third Floor, Third Cross Street, Kasturibai Nagar, Adyar, Chennai - 20
Contact: 6512 1119. 98410 47620

E- Camp @ E- Kids
Schools out Bamboola is in…
For memories that last a life time and activities that keep the kids coming back for more and more….activities for children 2.6yrs-12 yrs…
Address: Bamboola, 73, Venkata Krishna Road, R. A. Puram.
Contact: 2461 1779, 98408 72951, 98841 56961

CREARTIVE Kids Summer Camp 09
SUMMER CAMP 2009 for kids
CREARTIVE in association with Fevicryl Hobby Ideas presents summer camp for Kids in Arts, crafts and much more…. Experiencing kids in learning creative things explore and enjoy.
Address: AD19, 5th Street, 5th Avenue, Annanagar, Chennai -40
Contact: 99520 99871, 4217 0810

IT'S ALL ABOUT SUMMER at VANILLA
Summer camps at Vanilla Children Place
Camps and workshops that are sure to make your summer vacation fantabulistic!
Address: No. 8/57, 1st Street, Luz Avenue, Mylapore, Chennai - 4
Contact: 4553 4145, 4553 4146

Little Einstein Summer Programme
Learn Science and Maths – the fun way
Everyday Science concepts in playway method and training in logical thinking
Address: No.13, Shrinivasa Nilayam, 3rd Main Road, Vijayanagar, Velachery
Contact: 94445 14733, 2259 2257

Inme Adventure Camps
Inme Outdoor Camp : 17 activities, 1 big adventure
Week long outdoor programs for 9-17 year olds that use adventure, art and community to create powerful learning experiences.
Locations: Various locations in Karnataka, Himachal and Uttarakhand.
Contact : Chennai : 044 - 4216 4663, Bangalore : 080 - 41554663

Enchanting Elves camp at Kilpauk
Enchanting Elves
Summer camps for kids in different age groups.
Address: No.26, Ranganathan Avenue, Sylvan Lodge Colony, Kilpauk.
Landmark: Behind Bains School / Opposite Pearl Granites
Phone: 94440 85903

Debating matters

2009-07-03T10:54:00.001+05:30

Yes, debating matters!
This forgotten activity in schools is still a favourite in the UK schools. And the British Council organises an event cum contest to encourage children to take up debating for reasons.

The Debating Matters contest for 2009-10 is on at the British Council.
There is a preliminary online test which is open from July1 and is on till August 31.

Open to students of Classes 11 and 12.

More details here - http://www.britishcouncil.org/india-projects-debating-matters-about.htm

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Edu CDs on sale

2009-06-30T14:53:00.000+05:30

Pebbles Infotainment and Dove Multimedia have put up an expo cum sale of educational CDs, DVDs in Chennai at various venues.
There are multimedia CDs from nursery rhymes to maths, science, language, software tutorial CDs on sale with huge discounts. Also on is a workshop on tips on scoring for 10th and 12th class students.
A few venues are Dass Community Hall on Cathedral Road, Ramasamy Hall, near Ayyappan temple signal in Anna nagar, Chellammal Mandapam, Bazaar Road in Madipakkam.
More details at 93810 99714

YOCee Newsletter June 2009

2009-06-21T15:37:00.003+05:30

YOCee Newsletter June 2009

Events / contests on World Environment Day - June 5

2009-06-03T13:56:00.000+05:30

Here are a few events and contests hosted by various organisations in Chennai.

Madras Naturalists' Society and Pelican Nature Photography Society have organised a talk on Tanzania's Wildlife by Aparna Rao. On June 4. Time 6 00pm
Venue: Mediscan, Dr. Natesan Salai, Opp. East Entrance of CitiCentre. Chennai 600 004
There will also be an Introduction to the book by authors Chinna Sathan and Bal pandian
"Diary on the Nesting Behaviour of Indian Birds", Copies of the book will be available for sale at the venue

Tamil Nadu Science and Technology Centre, Kotturpuram hosts quiz and on the spot painting contest for the children studying in classes 6 to 8 at their centre. Time : 9 am onwards
Contact: 2441 0025, 2491 5250.

Civil Society Group organises an evening of fun with nature on Besant Nagar Beach. Near Police Beat, between 5 pm and 7 pm. Kite flying, music, songs and street plays. Contact - beachcampaign@gmail.com

The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI) celebrates the 'World Environment Day' each year. This year, TERI, in association with Hewlett Packard plans to commemorate the World Environment Day by organising an 'Environment Fair' (sutrupurasuzhal vizha) in Chennai. This will include an 'On the spot painting competition' and 'Quiz' for the students. For more details contact the co-ordinator Ms. Livleen K Kahlon on the email - kahlonl@teri.res.in

To know all the events for kids in Chennai go to www.yocee.in/whatsup.php. Updated daily

Read a book and win a life size stuffed puppy

2009-05-22T12:16:00.002+05:30

If you love reading, go for the Woofus series of books now.
Fill in a coupon with a slogan why you deserve to take Woofus home.
You could in a life size stuffed toy of Woofus.
For details click here. The contest closes on May 25.

World Environment Day - June 5, 2009

2009-05-19T10:54:00.003+05:30

If you are a nature enthusiast, look out for activities in your neighbourhood on the occasion of World Environment Day.
If you don't find anything, start a simple campaign of door-to-door walk in your street along with a few of your friends.
Take clues from here - http://www.unep.org/wed/2009/english/content/tips.asp

YOCee Newsletter May 2009

2009-05-07T16:38:00.000+05:30

YOCee Newsletter May 2009

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Donate your old toys

2009-04-26T08:30:00.000+05:30

Toys for Joys Fest organised by Pantaloons is on from April 24 till May 31.
This fest is aimed at lighting up under privileged children's life with toys.
You can drop in your old toys in any of the Pantaloons outlet at Nelson Manickam Road or Spencer Plaza and get a Gift voucher of Rs.50 for every toy.
All the old toys that are collected will go to an NGO called SOS Care for passing on the toys to the under privileged kids.

Contact : 4358 2288 - 91 (Aminjikarai outlet), 2841 8533-6 (Spencer Plaza Outlet)

Ganesha launches this youth theatre!

2009-04-24T20:14:00.000+05:30

Launching the youth theatre group MYT, Masquerade is hosting a special event on April 26.
A Performed Story Reading of 'Ganesha The Prankster (an Indian STAR WARS)' will be hosted by Hippocampus this Sunday at 5 pm.
At Hippocampus, Subbraya Avenue (off C.P. Ramaswamy Road), Abiramapuram.
Open to all
Young artists Sanchith Shivakumar, Siddharth Shivakumar, Ramya Mukund, Harshavardhan Ganesan, Hrishi Siddhartha and Dileep Rangan willperform at this event and the evening will be introduced by KK, a well known theatre person.

To know all the happenings in Chennai for kids, visit www.yocee.in/whatsup.php periodically.

NCERT Textbooks online

2009-04-20T15:08:00.002+05:30

For those kids who start preparing for their 10th and 12th class board exams during the summer holidays, the text books are generally not available in shops.
The shops and the schools supply the text books only by the end of May or early June.
Till then here is a link to online text books - http://www.ncert.nic.in/html/textbooks.htm

After reading the instructions on the above page, keep clicking 'Continue' till you reach this page - http://www.ncert.nic.in/textbooks/testing/Index.htm

On this page select the class and the subject from the menu on the top and proceed!

But think twice before taking a print out, as every print causes damage to your environment.
All the best!

Think beyond summer camps... and write thereafter!

2009-04-19T21:46:00.003+05:30

March is to exams. And April is to Summer camps?
What is May for then?
June is back to school? There ends the cycle?
No. If you are game for learning beyond the summer camps, you should enroll in a year long programme and continue the next years too!
Here is a programme to sign up for - YOCee's Student Reporter programme.
Open to all the kids in Chennai studying in class 6 and above. And, of course, for those kids bitten by the writing bug!
Look around, watch the happenings in your school and colony closely.
You will find a lot of stories you would like to share with your friends. Stories beyond the newspapers and the television tell you.
See happenings from your angle and present your voice to be heard.
Learn on the spot wearing a reporter badge and shaking hands with people who make news daily.
Apply before April 22, 2009.

YOCee Newsletter for April 2009

2009-04-07T16:37:00.000+05:30

YOCee Newsletter April 2009

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Career Guidance for students of class 12

2009-04-06T20:38:00.003+05:30

Do all the students who have taken Science subjects in class 11 and 12 should pursue a career in engineering or medicine?
What are the prospects for pure science graduates and post graduates?
If these are the questions on your mind too, go for this workshop organised by Science City, Chennai.

This one day Workshop on “' Guidance for Science Students' will be held on 16th April, 2009 for the benefit of +2 students those who have waiting for results and aimed to pursuing higher education in science.

This workshop will cover various fields of Engineering and Technology, Agricultural Sciences, Veterinary Sciences, Medical Sciences, Basic Sciences, Career Counseling in Civil Service Examinations and Employment Opportunity available in various sectors. The Lectures will be delivered by eminent personalities in their respective fields. This workshop is aimed to motivate in science subjects and create awareness among students in higher education.

A certificate will be issued to all participants at the end of the workshops and this camp is absolutely free for all students.

Interested candidates may contact the office of the Science City, Periyar Science and Technology Centre Campus, Gandhi Mandapam Road, Chennai – 25
Contact phone numbers 24454054, 24454034 for the further details about the workshop.
The Last date for receipt of application on or before 8th April, 2009

Toothy affair!

2009-03-30T19:45:00.003+05:30

Chocolates? No no. If yes, brush your teeth after eating!
When do the teeth fall, do they keep falling till the kids are 13 or 14 years old?
What's all about the 'wisdom tooth'?

Kids and parents are always worried about what the kids eat and what remains between the teeth! If you and your mom, dad too dothat, why don't you check them up?
I came across this a few days ago in the city edition of a newspaper - http://toothfairyindia.com/
I liked the website. May be I would visit the place soon!
Tell me if you have been there!

Summer camps for kids in Chennai - 2009

2009-03-15T23:38:00.002+05:30

The special section on Summer Camps in Chennai for this year (2009) is launched to day.
Here is the link to the section - http://yocee.in/summercamps.php
The section will try to gather info on all summer camps across the city of Chennai with details of contacts.

If you host a camp mail the details to yocee.in [at]gmail[dot] com
Basic details will be listed for free.

YOCee - Newsletter for March 2009

2009-03-07T16:36:00.000+05:30

YOCee Newsletter March 2009

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Kadhai Carnival - a procession of stories for kids

2009-03-04T09:15:00.000+05:30

Ten year old nursey - primary school Kids Central in Chennai, found out a unique way to celebrate the occasion.
So the kids of this school will present a lotof stories with songs, dance and action trained by the renowned theatre person Feisal Alkazi from Delhi.

These kids have spent nearly 40 days training under teh maestro with the script drawn from the wisdom of the Panchatantra.
This play will be staged at the Bharata Kalakshetra auditorium in Thiruvanmiyur on March 6 and 7, at 6.30 p.m.

Passes are available at Odyssey (St. Mary’s Road and Adyar outlets), Landmark (Citi Centre and Nungambakkam outlets) and Fashion Folks, Adyar.

Spelling Bee contest

2009-02-17T19:03:00.000+05:30

Are you a spelling wizard?
Then go for the HDFC Standard Life Spell Bee – India Spells 2009 contest.
Phase I of the contest is going on in schools in Delhi, Lucknow, Chandigarh, Jaipur, Kolkata, Mumbai, Pune, Ahmedabad, Bengaluru, Hyderabad and Chennai. It is for students in Classes 6 to 9.

In Phase I, dictation for students will be held in the classroom. The winners from these tests move on to Phase II, the regional round. This will be an interschool competition. It will be held in Bhavan’s Rajaji Vidyashram on February 21. In this round, in addition to spelling, the focus will also be on pronunciation and etymology. Pictures and symbols will also be used.

In Phase III, top teams from each of the above 11 cities will compete for pre-finals in Mumbai. After this will be the grand finale on March 28. Each team member will be invited with one parent to Mumbai. The four pre-finals and the grand finale will be telecast as a five-part series on National Geographic Channel. The winner will go to Washington to witness Scripps National Spelling Bee on May 26 and 27. For details, call 98925-74349.

To know what's up in the city, visit www.yocee.in/whatsup.php

Go trekking!

2009-02-03T20:52:00.001+05:30

I came across a news of a group taking kids from an orphanage on a trek.

Further links from this news took me to an exiting trip to all information about trekking and the group in Chennai passionate about trekking.

Check it out here.

Hey, find a list of what to carry for a trek, dos and don'ts in a trek and much more.

So, another activity to check during summer vacation!

Dora's Fundoo bag in Chennai

2009-02-01T18:37:00.000+05:30

Are you a Dora fan?

Now you can buy Dora's Fundoo bag in Chennai.

The ‘Nick Fundoo Bag’, is an assortment of super cool Nick merchandise - Dora 2 in 1 puzzle, Dora Friendship bands, Dora spoons and forks, a SpongeBob SquarePants Story Book, a Dora Magic pad, a DVD: with 1 Episode each of Dora, SpongeBob & Diego, a Nick slime kit, Nick yo-yo, Dora key chains and a Nick bag.

Priced at Rs. 699 and the fundoo bag is available at all Crossword stores.

Crossword has two outlets in Chennai.

KRM Centre, Above Shoppers’ Stop, Harrington Road, Chetpet, Chennai – 31. Phone: 2836 3853

Kuppu Arcade, Venkatnarayana Road, Near Panagal Park, T. Nagar, Chennai – 17. Phone: .4264 1850

For more book stores in Chennai, click here.

Moon is the limit!

2009-01-22T17:09:00.004+05:30

Had you been at this meet with Mayilsamy Annadurai, the Chandrayaan Scientist?
If not, here is something you should read. . .

If people think that 'rocket science' is something which cannot be explained to kids, read this report on how patiently Annadurai explained about the mission to school kids.

For kids here's a tip from him on how to proceed with your dreams and mission -

He told the students to take the advice from their parents and teachers seriously. He talked about how his father wanted him to study literature and named him Annadurai too, but he had stood by his choice and proved that he was successful.

So, be clear in communicating your choice to your parents. If you are determined to achieve something big in the field of your choice, nobody can stop you. Your parents will help you in realising your dreams.
It is YOU who has to be determined and be clear about it.

Season of Turtle walks in Chennai

2008-12-30T19:08:00.000+05:30

The Olive Ridley sea turtles land on the shores of Chennai beach between December and March to lay their eggs.
During this season, Madras Crocodile Bank Trust organises Turtle Walks - a program designed to promote Sea turtle awareness that includes introduction to the Sea turtles, informative talks and a long walk on the beach stretch adjacent to the Croc Bank. There are great chances to actually see a female Sea turtle come ashore and lay eggs!

To register and for further information, contact Madras Crocodile Bank at Phone number 2747 2447 (between 10am – 5.30 pm)

Email: mcbtindia@gmail.com

YOCee - Newsletter Nov 2008

2008-11-07T16:16:00.000+05:30

YOCee Newsletter Nov 08

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Write a letter and win a prize!

2008-09-25T12:22:00.004+05:30

How long it has been since you have written on an Inland letter card?
If you have not experienced the fun of writing a letter sitting at a cosy corner at your home with pen and a post card or Inland letter, here's a chance to do it now!
It could also bring you laurels and prizes!

Tamil Nadu Postal Circle has announced a Letter Writing Competition for school kids studying in class 3 to 12 in different age group categories.

Sub Junior Category - kids in classes 3 to 5 can choose to write a letter to their friend about a place visited recently or to a friend or cousin about their favourite teacher at school.

Juniors studying in classes 6 to 8 can write on any one of these topics:
A letter to a friend about a book you have read recently.
A letter to a friend about an unforgettable experience in your life / lesson you have learnt from the experience.
Or a letter to a friend about a post office visit from your school.

Seniors in classes 9 to 12 have the options to write a letter to a pen friend abroad, highlighting the various services offered by India Post, a letter to a friend about global warming and its consequences and the role of student community to protect the environment and a letter to a friend about the creation of casteless society.

So, go to a nearby post office, buy an inland letter and start writing the letter.
Address it to The Director (Mail Business), First Floor, Greams Road PO, Chennai 600 006.

You should go back to the post office to put your letter into the short-little-red post box!

More details are available here - http://www.tamilnadupost.nic.in/phil/lwrtng.htm

I bet it is fun!
The last date for your letter to reach the organisers is Oct. 20, 2008

Holiday activities for kids

2008-09-23T16:35:00.004+05:30

Summer camps have come to stay.
There are host of activities organised for kids during the long summer vacation. But it is hot to go around Chennai during summer!

The September holidays are comparatively cool, they are not long though.

If you want a break from the regular routine during these holidays, check for activity camps, trekking tours, short trails . . . here.

There are also Dandiya nights for kids and a day-long outing being organised. Keep checking the kids' website - www.yocee.in for latest alerts!

What do you do this Puja holidays?

2008-09-18T12:50:00.004+05:30

Do you have Dussera holidays for ten days?
Of course, the kolu display and festivities in temples and at a neighbour's place is fun.
But if you have a lot of spare time during the day, try this!

Hansel & Gretel is organising a string of art & craft activities (origami, drawing, painting, fabric painting, embroidery, clay modelling, pot painting), games, puzzles, board games, book reading, indoor and outdoor games, and other fun activities to keep kids busy all day.
Age Group: 4 yrs to 12 yrs.

From September 29, 2008 to October 3, 2008 ; Fee Rs. 750/-

Venue: Hansel & Gretel Kids Activity Centre
11 Jagadambal Street, T.Nagar.
Phone: 2815 2549

Nominations invited for Young Achiever Award

2008-09-16T16:29:00.002+05:30

Do you know a kid in your neighbourhood who is an achiever despite a below ordinary or a disadvantaged background? You can show them to the world by passing on this info to the young achiever and do your bit for those children.

The Ma Foi Foundation, the corporate social responsibility arm of Ma Foi Management Consultants Ltd. is inviting nominations for Disha Award for young achievers, 2008.

The award aims at encouraging and recognising the young with disadvantaged backgrounds who have achieved excellence in academic and extra-curricular activities. The age limit is 10 to 16. The award carries a cash award of Rs.10,000 a citation and a trophy.

Applications should reach Ma Foi Foundation by September 30. For details contact 43582125.

Fun with Science - On Sep. 20

2008-09-11T10:06:00.000+05:30

If you are student of class 6 to 10, this is for you and your parents as well.

The Tamil Nadu Science and Technology will organise a programme on 'Fun with Science' on its campus on the Gandhi Mandapam Road on Sep. 20.

The event will feature demonstration of science concepts through experiments, lectures on astronomy.
Also a 3D science show is planned for the programme. at B. M. Birla Planetarium, Periyar Science and Technology Centre, Gandhi Mandapam Road, Kotturpuram.
Contact phone no. 2441 0026.

Storytelling Workshop

2008-08-28T14:49:00.000+05:30

This one is for parents, teachers, counsellors and anyone who enjoy communicating through storytelling.

The World Storytelling Institute is conducting one-day workshop on 'Introduction to storytelling and coaching your storytelling'
On Aug. 31, between 10 am and 5 pm.
Venue: World Storytelling Institute, 18, Dr. Radhakrishan Salai 9th St. (Third Floor), (opp. City Centre shopping mall), Mylapore.

It will cover topics such as storytelling in everyday conversation; storytelling by parents, teachers, coaches, and counsellors; and storytelling in business, legal, and medical environments. The Workshop also aims to help participants develop their public speaking and general
communication skills, say the organisers.

This Workshop is for adults (18 and over). The fee is Rs. 600 (includes veg lunch) and will be led by Eric Miller, director of the WSI. For additional info, please call 98403 94282, or visit http://www.storytellinginstitute.org

Express mentions this blog!

2008-06-17T09:25:00.001+05:30

In the new avtar of the Indian Express, an international blog is mentioned on the first page and a city based blog finds place on page 2.
The Chennai edition picks up nice city-blogs and I follow the list closely.
It was a pleasant surprise that the New Indian Express picked up a post from this blog for its page 2 top band for today!
Here it is.
Click on the image to see the bigger picture!
I would have been happier if they had picked up a latest post from the blog instead of a year-old entry!

The Green Olympiad - Last date to register Aug. 14

2008-06-16T10:01:00.000+05:30

The Green Olympiad conducted by the Ministry of Environment and Forests in association with TERI and Hero Honda is back this year.

The Olympiad is open to children studying in classes 8 to 10.
The toppers of this Olympiad get to participate in a 13 episode environment quiz on Doordarshan - TerraQuiz.

The application for this Olympiad is to be sent through the school, before Aug. 14, 2008.
If your school has not yet told you about this, ask your Science teacher now!

For more details and to know how to participate go to the website - http://www.teriin.org/olympiad/

Paintings of a special child

2008-06-13T12:41:00.000+05:30

Suvedha, a special child holds her solo painting exhibition at the Vinnyasa Art Gallery in CIT Colony, Mylapore.
The speech and hearing impaired girl, Suvedha is currently a student of class 12 at the Little Flower convent. This is the second solo exhibition of this talented artist motivated and supported by another artiste Dr. S. Sundar, a Carnatic vocalist based in Chennai.
The local community at Perungudi encouraged this girl to hold the exhibition two years ago.
Read the report on the exhibition held at Perungudi here.

Are you on YOCee?

2008-06-12T10:02:00.002+05:30

Hey, do you follow www.yocee.in?

If you are not in the mailing list, you would be missing the cute, four page newsletter from the website. But not anymore!
We would be posting the e-edition online.

Here is the first of the newsletter we mailed to those who signed up with the website www.yocee.in

yocee newsletter - Upload a Document to Scribd

More will follow. Do check back!

Walk around the trees - June 15

2008-06-10T09:59:00.000+05:30

Do you love the green environment in your area? Then you should be in one of the 'tree walks' conducted in the city.

Nizhal, an organisation which promotes tree culture in urban areas conducts 'tree walks' in the parks and colonies that have a variety of trees. During the summer vacation, Nizhal had conducted a few walks and a few workshops creating boards for each tree with info about the species.

Join them this week end on June 15, for a walk around CIT Colony in Mylapore. A botanist will explain the uniqueness of each tree and give you interesting facts about the varieties.

The walk will be held between 7 am and 8.15 am.

Call Nizhal at phone no. 99620 25515 (9 am to 12 noon)
Or mail to: nizhaltreewalks@gmail.com

YOCee - Newsletter May 2008

2008-05-07T16:05:00.000+05:30

YOCee Newsletter May 08

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Summer Camp on Quizzing!

2008-04-15T10:25:00.002+05:30

Isn't it fun to participate in quiz?
Whether you make it to the finals or not, you still have chances to win the audience prize for each unanswered question!
But quizzing is not about knowing everything by heart or being just the world's most brilliant kid. It's about a lot of techniques, mind development, alertness and a few strategies.

When I came across a summer camp for improving the quizzing skills I wanted to gather more information about it, as it is completely different from all the other camps in the city.
The organiser Ms. Nirmala Kannappan promises that it does not involve any reading and mugging up or the usual question and answer session from loads of GK books. She says it is different.

Hey, why not try something new, instead of making the same art and painting stuff this summer.

Visit this page for more details

Summer activities in Chennai for kids

2008-04-11T19:20:00.003+05:30

Summer camps are not another set of school-like places, as kids and parents think generally.
The variety of summer activities ( I prefer to use the word 'activities' in place of 'camps' or 'classes'!)I receive on the mail box of YOCee - the website for kids of Chennai, made me rethink how best the holidays could be used by the kids.

The children of today are more curious, more intelligent with more and more exposure with the invasion of television and internet into our drawing and bed rooms.
Feeding their quest for knowledge and potential energy is a must, whether it is a holiday or a working day!

Here are a few summer camps I would like to feature in this blog from the pages of YOCee:

Senior school students can train in news reporting and journalism in this Summer Journalism Programme co-ordinated by a well known editor and publisher.
Three different programmes hosted by Tutors Worldwide India P. Ltd. One on English writing. A Math fun programme. And one for Science enthusiastic kids.
A lot of fun for the younger kids at Vanilla Children Place
Another interesting series on Quizzing Skills!
Fun with Robotics for kids with interest in machines.
Mind and memory development programme, where kids learn without the pressure of learning.

Check the growing list of summer activities for children in Chennai at YOCee, daily!

If you find this post useful, do drop a comment. It will encourage us - the small team in YOCee!

Summer Camps for children in Chennai - 2008

2008-04-01T10:56:00.000+05:30

** This post is updated daily **

Develop skills in quizzing - Ashok Nagar
For the second time in the city, a camp for developing the skills in quizzing will be
held this summer.

This is for the students of classes 4th Std (completed) to 8th Std (completed).
A mentor with 15 years' experience, Mrs. Nirmala Kannappan will conduct the course.

From May 19 to 28, 2008

Get trained in General Knowledge the fun way and a real quizzing session
as grand finale.
For further details, contact - 24719566 / 94860 63896
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The Young Scientist Camp at Velachery
Do you want to explore? Do you want to unravel?
Welcome aboard the second Young Scientist Camp!

'The Young Scientist' is a one-of-its-kind camp. Enter a world where children
are trained to observe, where their thinking is triggered, where they learn by
doing. With a series of experiments that are guided by the NCERT middle
school topics, we guarantee a different experience.

Learn science by doing amazing experiments! Experiments ranging from making a magnetic rail to understanding how a submarine works. Experiments designed to make science enjoyable. Experiments that are fun
Enroll for The Young Scientist now!
Hurry up! First-cum-First-served. Limited seats only.

The next batch will be on May 24th and 25th May 2008.

The camps will be at Tutors Worldwide India Private Limited,
35/1A, Velachery Main Road, Velachery, Chennai - 600 042.
For more details, call 2243 2017 or 4218 8566
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Robotics Summer Camp in Ashok Nagar
Come and explore the interesting world of Robotics!

A summer camp for you to peep into the world of robotics and unleash your creativity.

The Camp will be held in Ashok Nagar with a batch starting every Monday
till the end of May.
The duration is for 15 days.
VENUE: 360 Business Group, # 9/35, 2nd Avenue,
Ashok Nagar, Chennai - 600 083

Landmark: R3 Police Station, Lakshman Shruthi Musicals.

Call 94451 52257 / 94449 91011 / 98407 58588 / 2474 5545

Or Email - prakash@360bizgroup.in
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Fun camp in Summer of 2008 at Mylapore
Vanilla Children Place, Mylapore has a variety of activities to offer this summer

Kids experience stringing a few tunes, baking a cake and will get an opportunity to perform in a musical presentation at the end of the workshop.

Two batches to choose from - one from April 15 and the other from May 5.

For kids in the age group of 3 to 8 years.

What if you have a toddler at home?
There is something special for them too learn and have fun with their mother alongside!
Call at phone nos. 044-45534145 / 46, 99401 98185

Mail to : info@vanillaplace.com
Website : www.vanillaplace.com
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Math Magic at Velachery
A unique camp that treats Math learning as story reading or watching a movie!

A rich diet of puzzles and ticklers to activate your brain, tips waiting to be used, and stories waiting to be heard and enjoyed await.
Problem solving is an art. Here's your chance. Get exposed to the skill. Enhance your capability to solve any problem - no matter how tough it is!

Enroll for Math Magic.
Hurry up! First-cum-First-served. Limited seats only.

There will be two batches - the first batch is between April 17 and April 23, the second one between April 24 and April 30.
The camps will be at Tutors Worldwide India Private Limited, 35/1A, Velachery Main Road, Velachery, Chennai - 600 042.

For more details, call 2243 2017 / 4218 8566
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Fun-filled Mind - Development Programmes at Adyar, Anna Nagar, Velachery and Chromepet - At MindMiners

Want to help your children to reduce their study burden?
Want to avoid tuitions?
Want to make them focus and accomplish task quicker?
Want to improve their self-confidence?
Want to enhance your child's creativity?

For details & registrations contact:

Adyar & Velachery : 6456 3228, 24453437
Anna Nagar : 98415 92139
Chromepet : 99528 50868, 22411217
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Summer Journalism Course at R. A. Puram

Want to know all about news, reporting, writing news, blogging and
producing newsletters?

Here is a summer camp that will train you in all these areas.
Co-ordinated by Vincent D' Souza, editor of Adyar Times, Mylapore Times and
Arcot Road Times newspapers.

The camp will be held from April 14 to May 9
At Mylapore Times Centre, Corporation Shopping Complex, R. A. Puram
E-mail a short report on any recent development in your campus / or in the area where you live. If it impresses us, we will invite you to join the course. Admission starts from April 1.
Mail to mylaporetimes@vsnl.com.
For clarifications call 98410 49155 (between 8 and 10 a.m. only)
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Camp at Croc Bank
Now, kids will get a chance to be on an adventure trip at this nature camp as they will handle reptiles and find out all there is to know about snakes and their habitats.
This unique two-day-and-one-night camp, organised by the Madras Crocodile Bank Trust, will include interactive sessions with reptile handlers, lrula tribals and a puppet show.
The session is open to kids in the age group of 10 to 16 years on every Tuesday /Wednesday & Friday / Saturday
Fee: Rs 1,500
For details: Payal Narain, 98840 86884
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Know your trees at Kotturpuram
Nizhal, an NGO is organizing a two-day activity for children on May 24 and 25 between 8.30 and 11.30 am at Vidhya Sagar School Kotturpuram.
You can have fun through art, using materials from the world of nature. You will also identify various species of trees in your neighbourhood and make colorful signboards for the trees.
The workshop is open to children aged over 10 years. A fee of Rs.100 will be collected on May 24 (material will be provided).
For registration call Usha at 42055918 or Jayanthi at 24901576 (between 10 am and 5pm).
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Painting skills at Abhiramapuram
Odyssey's new outlet in Abhiramapuram conducts ‘Saturday Workshop’ for children between the ages of five and 14. Glass painting and ceramic painting will be taught. The registration fee for which is Rs.20 and 30 respectively.
On May 24 and 31, at Odyssey, 13,14, Dev Apartments, Sundarajan Street, St.Mary’s Road, Abhiramapuram, at 5.30p.m.
For detail call: 43354030.
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Spoken English workshop at Jafferkhanpet
Small Talk Spoken English Centre is conducting an integrated summer workshop for children aged between 7 and 14 years.
The workshop is on till May 30, Monday through Friday. The workshop will integrate different components including functional grammar, vocabulary enrichment, conversational English skills, speaking opportunities and edutainment activities.
The workshop will be conducted at Jafferkanpet. Fee is Rs.2, 000 per head.
For registrations call 98404 42258.
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Paper flowers and lamasa art at Purasawalkam
Kirti is conducting classes in creating duplex paper flowers, punch craft, paper quilling, parchment craft and lamasa on May 21 at Sky Lark, 5, Dewan Rama Road, Chennai 84.
For details contact 9884472178 or 42149415.
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Fun with computer at Aminjikarai
INES Academy is offering summer camp for kids in multimedia courses-2D and 3D animation, cartoonist, photo wizard, movie maestro, film maker, E-web designer, MS office.
Open to kids studying in Class 3 and above. Courses and charges vary for different age group of kids

INES Academy is located near Aminjikarai Market.
Contact : 98412 48608 for more details.
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Golf Coaching on OMR
AKDR Golf Village conducts a summer coaching for children of age 8 to 15. The camp is of 10 sessions in three different batches commencing on April 16, April 30 and May 14.

Contact 2496 1617 for more details.
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Classical dance camp at Besant Nagar
Konarak Odissi Dance and Art Academy will hold a summer workshop in Odissi and contemporary dance for 6 days.
Contact Sanhita Basu at phone no. 99400 12947 for more details
Cricket camp at Kilpauk
Little Masters Cricket Academy will conduct a cricket coaching camp fro kids in the age group of 6 to 19 years.
Two camps to choose from. One from April 14 to May 5 and the other from May 7 to 31.
Camps will be held at Bhavan's Rajaji Vidyashram, Kilpauk Garden, Kilpauk.

Contact 94444 13006 for more details.
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Table manners, etiquette at Tiruvanmiyur
Studio 41 conducts summer camp for kids in the age group 7 to 14 years, This camp is on table manners,etiquette, letter writing, greeting cards making.
From April 16 to 26 at Beach Road, Kalakshetra Colony.
Contact 93810 94646
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Creativity camp at Mylapore
Well-known cartoonist Rahnu conducts a creativity camp for kids of age 6 to 14 years. The camp is from April 18 to 22.
At P. S. Hr. Sec. School, R. K. Mutt Road, Mylapore.
Best participants will receive prizes too!

Contact 2464 0487
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Table Tennis camp at Anna Nagar
Krishnaswamy Table Tennis Club holds a summer camp in Table Tennis for the kids from 5 to 17 years. Former state players will train the kids. Two batches starting from April 11 and May 1.

Contact: AC-48, 6th Main Road, Anna Nagar. Phone: 98842 49197.
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Crafts, maths and Bhajans at Virugambakkam
Thee Sisksha Garden Club holds summer camp for kids of age 2 to 12 years from April 15. The camp includes arts, crafts, math concepts, bhajans, dance and language skills.

Contact phone no. 2479 5466
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Robotics camp at Adyar
A camp on Robotics will be conducted in various batches, part time and week end.
At E-Robots, 21, 3rd Floor, Nathan\'s Arcade, Malavya Avenue, L. B. Road, Adyar.

Contact 99405 59955
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Painting, collage, mehendi at Mylapore
For the kids in the age group of 3 to 16 years, this summer camp offers training in sketching, shading, cartooning, pot and glass painting, collage and mehendi.

Contact A. S. Meenakshi Memorial Educational Trust, 21/11, Chitrakulam South St, Mylapore.
Phone: 2493 6755, 99628 60299
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Origami, clay modelling, puzzles at Choolaimedu
Interesting activities at this summer camp for the kids inthe age group 3 to 12 years. Vegetable carving, origami,clay modelling, finger printing, general knowledge, singing, dancing, yoga, puzzles.

From April 7 to 25 at Baala Vatika Play School, 2nd Cross, Gill Nagar, Choolaimedu.
Contact phone no. 98411 88699, 94440 89155
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Science and sky watching at Kotturpuram
Tamil Nadu Science and Technology Centre will conduct a summer camp for three days from April 23 to 25 for students of classes 7, 8 and 9.
Lectures in physics, chemistry, biology, astronomy and sky watching are among the activities.

Contact 2441 0025 for more details.
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Tennis Camp at Mogappair
Summer Tennis camp with fitness training and yoga is on at MGR Adarsh School, Mogappair East and Jessie Moses School, Anna Nagar.

Contact : S. Mahendran at 94441 70057
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Summer art and Craft Mela at Mylapore
Creative camps for kids and moms at one place. Paper craft, glass and sand painting, wood and jute work, mat making. Two batches from April 14 and May 12.

The camp is held at Shrishti School of Art and Craft, 17/9, 2nd Link St, CIT Colony, Mylapore.
Phone; 2499 2586, 98844 15279
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Our culture and history at Mandavelipakkam
Sri Sumukhi Rajasekharan Memorial Foundation will hold a summer camp from April 28 to May 7. Indian festivals, traditional games, slokas, heritage movies and trips to historical site are part of the camp.

Contact : 5, Third Trust Link St., Mandavelipakkam.
Phone: 93826 98811, 93810 38385
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Table Tennis Camp at Besant Nagar
V.V.V. Table Tennis Academy will conduct a summer camp in Table Tennis from April 17 to May 21 along with physical training.

Contact A. V. Vidya Sagar at phone no. 2446 0262, 94440 60262
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Countries, cultures, crafts and stories at this camp in K. K. Nagar
Spring Into Reading will be conducting a 10 day summer camp for children of 6 to 8 years.

The camp will explore various countries and cultures through a spectrum of activities to stimulate all types of intelligences - Craft in different media , drawing, painting, music, dancing, games, exercises, story-telling, puzzles, puppets.

From April 16 to 30

Contact phone numbers 2472 8944, 99404 50495, 24861298.
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Football camp at Anna Nagar
Central Revenue Staff welfare Association will run a seven week football camp at their staff quarters campus from April 10 to May 20.

Open to kids fro 6 years to 16 years.
For details call Rajan 98843 12505
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Arts, slokas and yoga for the very young kids in R. A. Puram
This is a summer camp in a homely atmosphere and for the kids of age 3 to 6 years
Art and crafts using match sticks, grains, shells, crayon rubbing, simple spray painting.

The host will provide all materials.
Kids can take home their creations.

Call Preetha Rengaswamy for more details at mobile phone no. 9444381298
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Dance, art and crafts at Anna Nagar
Buds World holds summer camps in various batches from April 2 to June 3 in drawing, art and crafts, yoga, western dance,chess, key board, handwriting and many more.

At Anna Nagar and Mogappair.
Contact phone no. 6590 6684
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Activity camp at Adyar
Play-coop pre school will hold a summer camp for kids between 3 years and 9 years.

The activities include mask making, puppet making, clay modelling, origami, paper mache, etc.
The camp will be held at the school's campus at 12/83, 4th Main Road, Gandhi Nagar, Adyar.
Phone no. 4205 4989
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Cricket coaching camp at Velachery and Mylapore
VB Cricket Academy, run by the Former Indian cricketer V. B. Chandrasekhar will conduct a summer cricket camp for boys in different age groups from 6 to 21 years.

Camps will be held at Guru Nanak College, Velachery, The Mylapore Club, Mylapore.

For more details, contact phone no.98405 63363
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Develop your skills at this camp in Villivakkam
Kids Centre will hold a camp for kids in the age group below 14 years.
Reading skills, writing skills, memory building, chess and yoga are in the list of activities.

Call Ms. Sasikala at 92443 91549
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Tennis camp at Perungudi
A summer camp in Tennis is on at Krishnan Tennis Centre, No.141, OMR Road, Near HCL, Perungudi.
Call 2454 0278, 2454 0568 (between 3 pm and 6 pm)
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Crafts camp at Adyar
Bright Kids Pre school will conduct - 'Do it yourself' - a summer camp for kids in the age group 3 to 11 years.
Crafts, stories through puppets, games and group activities.

At 15/17, Anna Avenue, Bhakthavatsalam Nagar, Adyar.
Contact phone no. 6568 6866
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Martial Arts Summer course at Velachery
Learn a few self defence techniques this summer.

Karate fighting techniques, self defence techniques floor exercises for strengthening, reducing, stamina, etc..
Also, boxing for any age group. Kids special for age groups from 3 to 14 years.
Training by Karate expert Renshi J P Sivabaalan.
Contact 98414 62536 for more details
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Fun activities at Kodambakkam
This camp is for the young kids in the age group 4 years to 12 years.

Music, art, craft, indoor games and fun activities.
Near West Mambalam, Kodambakkam

Call Nirupa at 99406 60346 for more details.
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Summer Cricket camp at Kottivakkam
YMCA Cricket Academy will conduct a summer cricket coaching camp
The camp is on from April 15 to May 15, 2008

For details and enrollment call 94444 44621 or 94444 78092
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Arts and crafts camp at Nanganallur
Ruthi Kids Blossoming Zone will hold a summer camp in arts and craft.

Coloring, copy draw, hand Craft, album making, Greeting card making, spray painting, collage, mehandi sessions and more.

The camp runs from April 1, 2008 to May 31, 2008.
You can choose any 15 days within this period.

Call 98401 38362 for more details
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Cricket Camp at Taramani

TE - IPL Cricket Academy headed by the former test cricketer T. E. Srinivasan will conduct a summer coaching camp from April 9.

The camp will be held at CPT-IPL Cricket ground, Taramani

To register for the camp call C. S. Suresh Kumar at 99404 41441 or Johnraj at 98400 93464
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Leisure with Colours at Tiruvanmiyur
This is for kids who are interested in drawing, painting and a lot of colours.

A Summer camp at Tiruvanmiyur will be conducted in two batches.
From April 17, 2008 to April 30, 2008
Another from May 5, 2008 to May 16, 2008
At Sagar Mahadev, Behind RM Hospital, Srinivasapuram, Tiruvanmiyur.
Phone: 98840 62441
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Summer Science programmes at Mylapore

The Children’s Club will host series of Science camps at different venues in the city during this summer.

From April 14 to 30, 2008 lectures on Synthetic Strategies in Chemistry at IIT Madras for students of classes 11 and 12.

From May 19 to June 3, 2008 special summer Computer Science Course for students of classes 10 to 12 will be held at the Club’s premises at 212/96, V.M.Street, Mylapore.

Contact phone number 2847 4140
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Arts and craft classes in Adyar
Diyana's conducts simple art and craft for the young kids in the age group of 4 to 8 years, Silk fabric painting for children of age 8 to 14 years.

And if your are more than 10 year's old and love juices and yummy ice creams learn to make them at this camp.
For details call 98841 47353
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Dance, theatre and music at Anna Nagar
Shooting Stars conducts a summer camp for kids in the age group 3 to 12 years. Training in Bollywood dance, arts, crafts, music, theatre, vocabulary building and handwriting are promised in this camp.

Contact : Charu Bansal at 98843 99195
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Cricket, Tennis, Chess and more at Mylapore

The Children’s Club will be conducting the following summer camps at their premises at 212/96, V.M.Street, Mylapore from April 14, 2008.

40-day coaching camps in cricket for boys in the age group 8 -13 years, Table Tennis for boys and girls in the age group 7-15 years.

A 10- day Chess courses for children of 5 to 15 years.
Enquiries at the Club: in person between 5 and 6.30 p.m. Phone 2847 4140 (before 4 p.m.)
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Summer Cricket Coaching - Adyar
A cricket camp for boys will begin on April 10 fro 45 days.
The camp will focus on basic techniques, fitness and match practice.

The summer camp will be held at St. Michael's Academy, Gandhi Nagar, Adyar.
For further details, contact N. Ramesh, Cricket coach.
Phone : 2233 5625 or mobile no. 98402 33011

Trails for the vacation!

2008-03-30T21:30:00.002+05:30

Do you remember when summer holidays meant unlimited fun and carefree times, maybe visiting your grandparents at the ancestral family home, lazy afternoons spent - chasing butterflies, climbing trees to pluck raw mangoes, or throwing stones into the village pond?

This summer, Storytrails announces a set of enjoyable trails for children.
How about a day spent at a village, soaking in the atmosphere, trying a hand at farming, getting to know that eggs don’t really come from the fridge nor rice from the supermarket?

Or a walk on the wild side, literally through a forest?
And for all the movie buffs, how about a peep behind the scenes to discover the movie making process itself?
Doesn’t a day spent camping out, running amok amongst trees and playing games with friends their age, sound enticing?

Cinema Trail, Forest Trail, Bazaar Trail, Culinary Trail, Village Trail or the Storytrails camp-out – take your pick.
For children between the ages of 6 and 12, and a special overnighter for young teens completing their 10th exams this year.
For details, call 99400 40215 or mail to storytrails.kids@gmail.com

If you want to know what more this city offers during this summer, check www.yocee.in
Special section on summer camps in Chennai and a city round up too.

Chennai Summer Camps 2008

2008-03-19T21:43:00.004+05:30

The academic year 2007-08 appears to have just begun.
But March is already with us!
After the season of exams and hardwork, it will be time to relax and learn new things during the vacation.

If you are planning to be in one of the camps, here's the place to check.

YOCee - www.yocee.in

The summer camps are listed there as and when new camps are announced!
Do keep checking the website. It is updated on a daily basis!

Cheers for a great vacation!

Books for the very young

2008-03-02T09:18:00.000+05:30

Books for pre-school kids are the ones which I love most.
At the same time, I am very careful in choosing them, as any wrong impression at a very young age holds on to a kid's life for a very long time!
Here are a collection of books for toddlers and pre-school kids on sale in the city.
Woo books exhibition has in its collection, touch n feel books, slide n find books, sticker activity books, board books and the favourite of all the colouring books.
Till March 10, 2008.
The sale is on at Delifresh, AC-4, fifth Avenue, Anna Nagar (near Kovai Pazhamudir Nilayam)
Call 4201 1888 for more details

Storytelling Festival

2008-02-26T10:00:00.001+05:30

Hippocampus Children's Co, the library and reading place for children is organising a story telling festival on Feb. 29 and Mar 1, 2008 for children between the age group 3 to 13.
At the Alliance Francaise Madras and ThinkBig Books is participating.

Children can interact with writers, illustrators apart from experiencing various story telling techniques such as puppetry, ventriloquism, karaoke etc.

Sounds interesting! Want to be a part of it?

Call Ph. no. 24661544 / 9444049175 for details.

Art classes for kids

2008-02-16T15:29:00.002+05:30

This is a course for children in the age group of 6 to 16 years to get introduced to Art Education.

Designed by G. Chandrasekharan, principal, Govt. College of Fine Arts, Chennai, this course is a six months programme with exclusive curriculam and is hosted by Hues Art Gallery.

Classes will be held every Saturday from 3 to 5 pm, beginning from Feb. 16, 2008.
There are classes for the adults also on Sundays.

Contact Hues Art Foundation at 72, First Floor, Eldams Road, Teynampet.
Phone nos. 2435 2516, 2433 2516. Mobile phone no. 98419 21663

Celebrate nature!

2008-02-15T18:08:00.003+05:30

Vanilla Children's place and the Tree of Life festival will tell you the value of nature around us.

In a story telling workshop with Emily Parrish, featuring singing, drawing, role playing and seed planting you will learn about your environment.
Te workshop is open to kids in the age group 3 to 8 years.
The workshop is on Feb. 16 at 4 pm. At the premises of Vanilla Children's Place in Luz, Mylapore.
The fee is Rs. 150
Call phone no. 4553 4146 / 99401 98185 for more details.

YOCee - Newsletter Feb 2008

2008-02-07T16:02:00.000+05:30

YOCee Newsletter Feb 08

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Chennai Science Festival

2008-02-02T20:07:00.000+05:30

February is for celebrating Science.National Science Day is celebrated on every Feb. 28 in India.
On this occasion Science City situated inside the Birla Planetarium campus has organised a five-day-long Science Festival.

From Feb. 6 to 10, 2008.

The festival will feature science exhibitions containing working models, hands-on experimentation and other practical means of teaching the scientific principles behind applications in everyday life, scientific films, popular lectures, panel discussions, poster exhibitions, book exhibitions, science shows, science entertainment, competitions like quiz, essay writing, oratorical, science models, robotics and citizens’ interactions with eminent scientists.

So, don't miss the fun. Be there!

Learn painting!

2008-01-25T18:45:00.000+05:30

This one is for kids in the Anna Nagar and neighbourhood kids!

Shree Kids Club and Rukmini Devi Natyakshetra jointly organise a Fevicryl - Pidlite workshop on Jan. 26 and 27 between 10 and 1 pm. Etching, crackle one stroke, glass and fabric painting, texturing on glass and many more will be taught.

Venue: Meenakshi Matriculation Higher Secondary School, TVS Colony, Anna Nagar West, Chennai - 40.

For kids, moms and dads!
For more details, contact 98406 91502 or 98401 87553

Chemistry Quiz

2008-01-25T18:02:00.000+05:30

In connection with the National Science Day, a Chemistry quiz for students of classes 8 to 12 has been organised by Nehru Children's Cultural Association.

The quiz will be held at the Chemistry Seminar Hall, University of Madras, Guindy, Chennai - 35.
At 10am. For registrations, call 2445 3014

Steam Engine Expo

2008-01-20T17:56:00.000+05:30

Haven't seen a steam engine yet?

The engines that have now given way to the electric locomotives are not forgotten by the Railway authorities!

Steam Engine models housed on Southern Railway Headquarters premises, opposite Govt. General Hospital are available for public viewing on Jan. 26. From 9 am to 12 noon.

Also on display is a model of the clock installed at the Clock Tower of the Chennai Central Station.
The children will also be allowed to visit all the offices inside the headquarters building.
School authorities may take up with the Senior Public Relations Officer, Mr. Boopathy for more details.

Details on phone no. 2535 4950 or 94450 75001

But, have a briefing about the steam engines before your visit to the expo.

Write for a newspaper

2007-09-20T17:08:00.000+05:30

Mylapore Times, Adyar Times and Arcot Road Times, the neighbourhood newspapers offer children an opportunity to write for their newspapers in their issues in November.

This annual observance is in connection with the children's day celebrations and the newspapers reserve space for contributions from children in the issues of November.

Applications are invited from students of class 7 and above to report on local events, people and places.

Students should submit the applications mentioning the name, address, name of the school, age and hobbies along with contact phone numbers. Also, five lines on why the student wants to write for the neighbourhood newspapers, should also be enclosed.

Selected students will need to go out in their neighbourhood (Mylapore, Adyar or around K. K. Nagar / Virugambakkam areas, as the case may be) and do stories on the spot.

Best contributions will be awarded certificates of appreciation.

Email your entries to mylaporetimes@vsnl.com or adyartimes@vsnl.com or arcotroadtimes@vsnl.net

Letter writing contest

2007-09-14T17:07:00.000+05:30

The Department of Posts, Govt. of India is conducting a letter writing contest for school children.
The competition will be held in two categories - Junior (class 6 - 8) and Senior (9 - 12)

The participants should write the letters on an Inland Letter Card in their own handwriting.
Letters can be in English or in Tamil.

There are five different topics to choose from in each category.
Students can write on any number of topics, but each letter should be in a separate Inland Letter.

Letters are to be posted to :
The Director (Mail Business), First Floor, Greams Road PO, Chennai 600006, so as to reach before 30.09.2007.

Best letters will be awarded prizes ranging from bicycles, electronic keyboards and many more.

For more details log on to http://www.tamilnadupost.nic.in/phil/lw/lwrtng.htm
You can also contact over phone : 93828 14253, 93834 72266 or 94444 86595

Harry Potter musicals

2007-07-23T22:33:00.000+05:30

Just after the release of the final book of Harry Potter series, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, the first in the series, Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone comes alive in music!

Landing Stage, the youth theatre group is presentind this show at the Chinmaya Heritage Centre, Harrington Road, Chetpet on 26, 27, 28 and 29 July at 7.15 pm.

The musical is scripted by Manasi Subramaniam and directed by Aruna Ganesh Ram. The music is composed by Ashwath and choreography by Denver Nicholas. Mithan Devanesan's set design will adore the stage.

Donor passes will be available at Landmark (Nungambakkam, Citi Centre and Spencer Plaza) and will be priced at Rs. 400, Rs. 200 and Rs. 100 (balcony).
the proceeds from the show go toward the Madhuram Narayanan Centre for Exceptional Children.

Want to sing along with Pied Piper?

2007-07-21T22:10:00.000+05:30

The city's famous storytellers Krishna Iyer and Jeeva Raghunath are presenting a mini musical this Saturday.
This musical will have 40 children on stage. The organisers, Reach Out claim that this is the first time the city hosts so many children on the stage.

The show will be at The Music academy on July 28 at 6.30pm.
Tickets are available at all the outlets of Landmark and Odyssey.
Want to know more details?
Call 4206 0081 or 98842 16789

Summer Camps for Kids - 2007

2007-05-25T18:06:00.000+05:30

Wheel Pottery Workshop

DakshinaChitra, the Heritage centre is organizing a one-day Workshop on wheel Pottery for children on 31st May 2007. This is a chance to explore the world of pottery through the hands of a professional.
Learn this exquisite art from Mr. Ramu Velar, a potter.
Conveyance to and from DakshinaChitra, on the staff van, will be provided.
The workshop fee: 300/-Inclusive of materials and transport only.
Duration: one day, 10.30am to 4:30 pm.
For more information and to register contact :
Madras Craft Foundation, G-3, Madhuram Flats, No.6, Uroor Olcott Road, Besant Nagar, Chennai – 90.
Ph: 24462435 / 24918943. Mobile : 9841777779.
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Dakshinchitra's one-day summer camp for youngsters

Dakshinchitra Heritage Centre, Muttukadu, will organize a one day summer camp for young adults on May 19. The workshop will deal with theatre art, stained glass workshop, traditional games, aesthetic crafts with recycled materials and will also conduct various competitions. Registration fee is Rs. 550 per person and it is on first come first serve basis. For more details contact MCF Office at

G-3 Madhuram Flats, 6, Urur Olcott Road, Besant Nagar, Chennai- 600090.

Ph: 24462435 / 24918943, 9841777779.
E-mail: mcfdak@md3.vsnl.net.in
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Camp for kids and moms at College of Fine Arts

The Tamilnadu Handicrafts Development Corporation Ltd., (Poompuhar) and the Govt. College of Fine Arts will conduct an arts camp for kids and ladies.
So, you can take your moms too!

The camp will cover all kinds of painting- crayon, water colour, acrylic and oil, Terracotta and papier mache doll making, Tie & Dye and Block printing and wooden beads ornaments.

The training will be by the faculty of College of Fine Arts.

The camp will be conducted from May 6 to 13, 2007, from 9.30 am to 1 pm.
At Govt. College of Fine Arts, 31, EVR Salai (Poonamallee High Road, Chennai - 3

For more details contact the manager at Poompuhar Sales Showroom at phone no. 2858 9207, 2852 0624
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Science camp in Planetarium campus

A three day science summer camp for students will be conducted by Science City from May 14.

Students of class 7, 8 and 9 are eligible to register for the camp.

The camp will have lecture-demonstrations by eminent scientists, competitions, field work and many more.

You should register for the camp before May 5, 2007
For registration and more details contact Science City at phone no. 2445 4054 or email to scicity@dataone.in
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Aeronautics & Space technology at IIT - Madras

Here is a chance to know all about flying!

The Children's Club Society is hosting a short course on Aeronautics and Space technology for ten days this summer.
The course will cover the basic principles of flying, avionics, air traffic control and more.
It will be conducted at the Department of Aerospace Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology - Madras, Chennai.

Students of class 10, 11 and 12 are eligible to enroll.

From May 8 to 18, 2007
Course fee is Rs. 300
Registration is going on at The Children's Club Society. 96, V. M. Street, Mylapore between 5 to 6.30 pm on all days .
Call Children's Club at phone number 2847 4140 before 4pm.
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Newspaper reading and Creative writing camp at K. K. Nagar

Bookworms Library in K.K. Nagar will conduct a summer camp for kids above 10 years in Newspaper reading skills and creative writing.

The camp will be held from May 2 to 12, 2007.

The camp will aim at improving the vocabulary and develop a coherent writing style.
Newspaper reading techniques and creative skills in reading and writing will also be dealt with.

For details, contact Bookworms Library at 334/B Lakshmanasamy Salai, K. K. Nagar.
Phone : 24899779 or 42698327
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Theatre camp by Landing Stage at Adyar

Landing Stage, theatre group will conduct a camp called Pushing Boundaries for the theatre enthusiastic kids.

The camp is open to kids in the age group 13 years to 19 years.

Noted theatre personalities will train the kids.
Paul Mathews of Magic Lantern, V. Balakrishnan of Theatre Nisha, P. C. Ramakrishna of Madras Players and S. Krishnakumar of Masquerade will be among them.

The camp will be conducted from May 2 to 19, 2007
Venue: Bala Vidya Mandir, 4th Main Road, Gandhi Nagar, Adyar.

The registration for the camp closes on April 28

For more details e-mail: landingstage@gmail.com or call 98407 55454
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Bala Gurukulam at Mylapore

A 15 day Summer Camp for youngsters with a traditional touch is being organised by Sri Sumukhi Rajasekharan Memorial Foundation, Mandaveli.

The camp will be held at the Foundation's premises from May 3 to 17, 2007

Time: 9.30am to 12.30pm
Age group: 5 to 20 years

The camp will teach the kids culture, festivals, traditional games, through heritage movies and discover Mylapore and Madras (now Chennai)
Also the kids will be exposed to art and craft, slokas, bhajans, yoga, Puppetry, Tanjore painting, clay art, nature, simple cooking, dance and more.

A Visit to a historic site is also planned.

For more information and registration, call S. Saurendranath (of Sri Sumukhi Rajasekharan Memorial Foundation) at mobile phone nos: 93826 98811, 93810 38385, 2493 5521
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Gita, vedas at Ramakrishna Math, Mylapore

Ramakrishna Math will conduct a summer camp for students in the age group 8 to 15 years.

The camp will include activities such as Bhagvat Gita and Vedic Chanting, Vishnu Sahasra naman, Siva puranam, Bhajans, Yogasana, Spoken Sanskrit, craft, drawing and Personality Development.

The camp will be held at Ramakrishna Math, Mylapore. From May 1 to 31, 2007
For more details, contact Ramakrishna Math at phone no. 2462 1110
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Art, craft, games and dance at Nungambakkam

Ashraya will be organising a two-week long summer camp for children between 4and 12 years.

FunStation, as the camp is called, will include dance routine by John Britto Dance Company, art techniques, crafts, interactive games, stories and have a daily moral instruction incorporating fables from around the world.
At the end of the camp, the children will show their dances, skits, songs, artwork and crafts at a special parents programme.

The camp will be held at Ashraya, Chateau D'Ampa, No 37, Nelson Manickkam Road, Nungambakkam.

From April 30 to May 11, 2007

For more details contact Ashraya at mobile phone no. 98410 71756
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Art and craft camp at Anna Nagar

Odyssey, one of the major leisure stores in Chennai, in association with Crayola will be conducting Camp Crayola, an art and craft camp. This camp is organised by an international team of art experts and educators.

The camp activities will aim at developing literary, social and basic learning skills, in kids.
Kids in the age group three to eight year can join the camp.
It will be held at Odyssey's Anna Nagar showroom from April 27 to May 4, 2007
The camp will be held in the evenings - 4pm to 6pm.

For more details call : 4261 1473 or 4261 1474
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Rowing camp at Boat Club, R. A. Puram

Madras Boat Club will be organising a summer camp in rowing.

Open to boys and girls who are 11 years and above with swimming experience.
The camp will be held from May 2 to 30, 2007 at the Madras Boat Club, R. A. Puram.

Fee for the camp is Rs. 500.

If you are a fast learner, you have a chance to represent Tamil Nadu in the ensuing sub-junior Rowing Nationals to be held later this year.

For more details and registration call Ms. Shakuntala Chanda, Captain of Boats, Madras Boat Club at phone nos. 2435 3190, 2435 4751 and 2432 6728
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Residential camp at DakshinaChitra

A residential summer camp for kids will be conducted at DakshinaChitra, a campus for arts on the East Coast Road.

The first camp will be held from April 27 to 29, 2007 for children in the age group 7 to 11 years.
The second camp will be from May 11 to 13, 2007 and is for kids in the age group 12 to 15 years.

The camp will include activities like storytelling, observation of the sky, theatre art, craft, sand castles and a visit to a village.

For registration and more details contact Madras Craft Foundation, G-3, Madhuram Flats, 6, Urur Olcott Road, Besant Nagar.
Phone : 2446 2435 or mobile no. 98414 23149

If you have not been to the DakshinaChitra campus, read about it and do make a visit. Click here to read about DakshinaChitra.
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Cartooning camp at Adyar

Cartoonist Rahnu will conduct a creativity camp in drawing, cartooning and caricature.

The camp will be held at Sri Mylai Karpagavalli Matric. Hr. Sec. School, 90 A, First Street, Sastri Nagar, Adyar.
It will begin on April 29 and will go on till May 3.
From 10 am to 12 noon.

For details and registration contact phone no. 2464 0487 or mobile no. 94442 48579
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Origamy, meditation at Mylapore

Sree Bala Meenakshi Study Centre will conduct a summer camp for kids of 8 years and above.

The camp includes various activities such as art and craft, Bhajan, slokas, meditation, origami, handwriting, English grammar. The materials required for art and crafts will be provided at the camp.

The camp will be held from April 15 to 30

For more details call Rohini at 2461 3609 or cell no. 94444 45091
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Personality development camp at Ashok Nagar

Virgo Hobby Centre will conduct a summer camp for kids in the age group 3 to 12 years.
The camp activities include spoken English, karate, dance, art and craft and personality development.

For more details call 2489 2798 or cell no. 99410 18210
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Summer Skills at Gopalapuram

A camp titles Summer Skills - 2007 will be held for children in the age group 3 to 15.
At D. A. V. Girls Senior Sec. School at Gopalapuram.

This month long camp starts on April 20 and go on till May 19.
The activities proposed for the camp include spoken English, creative storytelling, fun with puppets, slokas, art and crafts, glass, fabric and pot painting, music and dance.

For enrollment and details contact Poonam Anand at 93810 39805 or 2447 0440
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Theatre camp at Adyar

Alchemy Kids is back with their summer theatre camp for this year.
The camp will held for children in two age groups: 3 to 8 years and 9 to 14 years.

The camp will enable the kids learn narrations kills, voice modulation, expressions, body language.
The activities also include script writing, creative visualisation and Western dance.
The kids trained in the camp will be given opportunity to perform in the regular programmes of Alchemy Theatre Club.

The camps will be conducted from April 16 to 27.

For more details and registration contact Alchemy Kids, 16/15, Third Floor, Third Cross street, Kasturba Nagar, Adyar
Phone: 6512 1119. Cell no. 98410 47620
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Indian Culture camp at K. K. Nagar

Sri Sathya Sai Organisation will conduct a summer camp for senior school kids from class 8 and upwards on Indian culture.

The camp includes yoga and career counselling.
From April 23 to 28. At PSBB School, K. K. Nagar.
There will be quiz, elocution and essay competition at the end of the camp.
For more details and registration contact B. Chandrakumar at phone no. 2471 4890 or cell no at 94441 27303
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Traditional and modern activities at Teynampet

A novel summer camp for kids in the age group of 4 to 8 years is organised at Poes Road, Off Eldams Road, Teynampet.

Cartooning, Western dance, yoga, pottery, slokas, Bhajans and more activities are planned.

The workshop will be held from April 16 to 26.
The camp will end with a kids performance on April 27 at Y. S. Shastri Hall, Mylapore.

Open only to 15 children.

For details and registration, contact phone no. 4205 9321, 98410 04588
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Journalism Camp at R. A. Puram

If you are a senior school student studying in class 9 to 12 and love to write, this one is for you.

A journalism camp will be conducted by the team which runs the neighbourhood newspapers Adyar Times, Mylapore Times and Arcot Road Times during April - May. Held for 20 days across five weeks, the camp will cover basics of print, radio, Television and web journalism.

Professionals from print, radio and TV media will handle the classes. Special sessions on writing for the web are also on.

To join the camp e-mail your CV with a 100 word report on any local event to mylaporetimes@vsnl.com. Only selected students will be invited to join the camp.

Call 2498 2244 for details.
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Chess camp at Kilpauk

Kilpauk Chess centre will conduct a summer camp for boys and girls in the age group 5 to 15 years from April 16 to 30 from 4.30 pm to 6.30 pm.

The camp will introduce the kids to the game and teach basic techniques of playing. Children may choose to continue the training after the camp at the academy.

For details contact Kilpauk Chess Centre at Primrose Play School, 2, Waddels Road, Kilpauk.
S. Palaniappan at phone no. 2480 2075 or 94440 44576
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Crafts and table top cooking at Abhiramapuram

Thulika Rachana, run by artist Meera Rao will hold a summer camp for children in the age group 5 to 14 years.

There will be art and craft, painting and a 'no-cooking' session in the camp.
No-cooking or table top cooking is a method of making dishes without fire and cooking!

The camp is held in two batches. The first batch commences on April 16 and will go on till April 27. The second batch starts on May 2.

Contact Mrs. Meera Rao at 10, Subbaraya Avenue, Abhiramapuram. Phone : 2499 5290
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Tennis camp at Nandanam

Triangle Tennis Trust, YMCA, Nandanam will hold a summer Tennis camp from April 15 to May 31.

The camp is for children in the age group of 7 to 16 years.

For more details call - 2435 3082 or cellno. 94443 88535
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Traditional and modern games camp at R. A. Puram

Summer is a time to play. Here is a camp to play various indoor games!

A mix of traditional games like Pallankuzhi, Thayakattam and modern indoor games, puzzles will be taught with interactive playing with others.

The camp will be held from April 9 to 27.
For the children in the age group 7 to 14 years.

The camp will be held at 7, Sriram Apartments, 20/60, R. A. puram, 2nd main Road.
Call 4211 1159 for more details.
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Learn a craft a day at Santhome

Sibling Revelry, a play school will conduct a summer camp to learn a craft every day.

The camp will be held from April 17 to May 4 at 15, 4th Street, Karpagam Avenue.

Phone: 98404 11981
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Creative fun at Mylapore

Andhra Mahila Sabha, Mylapore will conduct a fun and learning camp from April 16 to May 15.

Activities like music, arts, crafts, yoga, drawing, slokas, painting, mathemagic, language skill, computer operation and quiz are included in the camp.

For details contact Andhra Mahila Sabha at 109, Luz Church Road, Mylapore. Phone : 2499 4761, 4216 8979
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Yoga Camp at Royapettah

If you are yet to be introduced to yogas, this summer will be the right time.

Aasanas, pranayama, surya namaskara and eye exercises will be taught at this camp to be held from April 9 to 27.

Venue: 1, Ganapathy Colony, I Street, Royapettah.
Call Sivagami at 2835 1781, 94443 06337 for details
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Cricket camp at Kilpauk

Little Masters Cricket Academy will hold a summer camp in two phases for boys in the age group of 16 to 19.

The first phase of the camp will be from April 14 to May 5 and the second will be from May 7 to 31.
The camp will be held at Bhavan's Rajaji Vidyashram, 6, Kilpauk Garden Colony, Kilpauk.

For more details call Srinivasan at cell no. 94444 13006
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Activity Camp at T. Nagar

Little Angels is holding a summer camp for children in the age group of 3 to 8 years and 8 to 15 years.

Karate, Western dance, Folk dance, Fevicryl printing, pottery, craft and bead work, twilling, drawing are among the activities proposed.
The camps will be held from April 13 to 30
Yoga classes are also held in the campus.
For details contact 13/9, Habibullah Road, 3rd Lane, I floor, T. Nagar. Cell no. 98843 90540 or Phone: 2834 1368
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Instrumental music camp at Abhiramapuram

The Music School will be conducting a month long camp in electronic keyboard and guitar.
From April 16 to May 16. The camp will be held on all working days - Monday to Friday.

For details contact The Music School at 66/99, Dr. Rangachari Road, Abhiramapuram,
Phone : 2466 1202 (between 4 and 8 pm) cell no. 98417 52137
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Western dance camp at R. A. Puram

Flash 07 is a summer camp to learn western dances - Free Style, Hip hop, Rock \'n\' roll, Jazz.

The camp will be held for all kids above 3 years of age.
There are two sessions to choose from - Camp 1 : April 16 to 4 and Camp 2 : May 7 to 31

The camps will be held at Navasuja, 73, Venkatakrishna Road, R. A. Puram.

For details contact the location or email the director and instructor Deepam at flash_deepan@yahoo.co.in
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Save our Earth camp at Adyar

Bright Kids Learning Centre has designed a summer camp for the kids of 4 to 10 year old to rejuvenate their creativity by using waste material.

The camp will be conducted in two sessions - from April 15 to 30 and May 1 to 15.

Brazilian art of foam sheet activities, magical drawings, making greeting cards, paper bag, gardening and interesting science experiments are among the activities planned. A display titled Kids save the Planet will be held on May 16.

For more details, contact Bright Kids Learning Centre, 17, Anna Avenue, Bakthavatsalam Nagar, Adyar
Phone : 6568 6866, 94444 66216.
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Camp at Aarambh, T. Nagar

Summer camp in storytelling, Theatre, Western Dance, Origami, Handwriting, Yoga and Camp Crayola - arts and crafts will be held for kids of age group 3 to 7 years .

The camp will be from April 16 to 28 from 9.30 am to 12.30pm

For more info contact Aarambh Play School, 59 / 125, G. N. Chetty Road, T. Nagar. Phone: 6587 2636
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Activity camp at Velachery

A lot of activities are lined for kids in two age groups - for students of classes 3 - 4 and 5 - 6.

The activities of the camp include foil work, candle making, straw arrangement, jewellery making, basket arrangement, photography, sand painting, embroidery, greeting and kite making.

The camp will be conducted from April 16 to 27 at Marg Play School, Dr. Seethapathi Nagar, Velachery.

The camp is put together by the neighbourhood newspaper Velachery Plus and Nachi Ice Land.

For more details and registration, call 6534 5252
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Doodles Creative workshop, Alwarpet

Doodles - 2007 is a summer workshop for kids in the age group 4 to 10 years.

The workshop covers creative arts such as pot painting, glass painting, dance, arts and crafts, safe and easy cooking, physical fitness and reading skills.

The camp will be on from April 9 to May 9.

The venue is 17, Kanakasri Nagar, Cathedral Road, near Music Academy.

Registrations are already on. Call Shika or Sony at 93821 54327 or 2644 3517
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Tumble TotsTalent identification camp, Adyar

Tumble Tots, Chennai centre has organised Talent identification camps on dancing, painting, acting, gymnastics, etc.,

Kids in the age group 2 to 7 years are eligible to participate.

There are various sessions to choose from :
April 9 to 20
April 23 to May 4
May 7 to 18
May 21 to June 1

For more details about the camp, contact Tumble Tots Centre at 48, L. B. Road, Adyar. Phone : 6455 8687 or cell number 98418 98197
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Western dance camp at Adyar

A summer camp in western dance is organised by Flyerz Dance academy.

Jazz-ballet, hip-hop, salsa and free style dances will be taught in the camp. The camp will culminate into a show on June 1, 2007

For more details and registration call 2446 4297, 4211 7441
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Robots camp at Adyar

Are you fascinated about how the robots work?

Here is a camp where you can learn to assemble your own robots and programme them too.

Children of 8 years and above can join this camp.

Call Soruban Jude at cell no. 94440 64880
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Multimedia camp at various locations

Image - a popular Animation and graphics institute will be conducting a summer camp in multimedia for kids during this summer vacation.

You need not have any prior knowledge in computers to join this camp. This course will help developing your drawing and designing skills.

For dates, fee and other details contact Karthikeyan at 2442 6386 or cell no. 94441 74910
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Adventure and expedition camp

For those who want to have fun with nature with a bit of exposure to adventure sports and expedition, here is a camp to check out.

Bond 007 - Summer Teen camp. The camp will be held at Kalpakkam. Parasailing, rowing, rifle shooting, performing arts, pottery, sculpting and much more.

The camps will be held in two batches. One from April 16 to 21 and the next from April 23 to 28.
Register with Camp Soul Ace - Service Square - 2433 3880, Frank at 99403 55521 and Malavan 98414 20749.
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Arts and painting at Adyar

For those with a taste for drawing and painting, here is a camp that will introduce the kids to glass painting, fabric painting and flower making.
Kids of age 7 and above can join the camp. And it starts from April 5.

The camp will be held at 10, 2Avenue, Indira Nagar, Adyar. Call 98840 66744 - Sujatha
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Katha - Storytelling camp at Adyar

Katha, a book publishing house, is conducting a storytelling camp this summer.
Kids in the age group of 3 to 9 years can participate in the camp. There are two sessions to choose from.
The first camp is from April 9 to 13 and the second one is from April 23 to 27.

Katha is at 8, First Main Road, Karpagam Garden, Adyar.
To register for the camp call 4211 4326 or 94443 90134
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Maths and Science Camp, Tiruvanmiyur

The Nehru Children's Cultural Association will conduct a summer camp on Mathematics.
This 10 day camp will help kids learn maths the fun way. There are different batches for different age-groups. From class 5 to 11.
The camp will be conducted from April 17 to 26.
Last date to register is April 15.
There will be a talent contest in Maths on the last day of the camp.
For more info call 2445 3014 or 94444 16484
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Kids camp at K. K. Nagar

Spring into Reading and Arcot Road Times will jointly conduct a variety of camps for kids at K. K. Nagar.

The camps will be conducted on weekdays from April 16 to April 27.
Two age groups: 6-8 years and 9-12 years.

* Camp Showtime : Story telling - Resource person is the famed storyteller Nandini
* Camp Discovery : Ecological and science projects, animal care conducted by many science enthusiasts
* Camp Create : Jewellery making, mask making, macramé - Resource person is Ms. Sindhu
* Camp Chef : Experiencing new cuisines, learning to follow recipes - Resource person : Ms. Veena
* Camp Challenge : Traditional arts and games - Resource person is a researcher in traditional games Ms. Balambal

For more details call Call 4353 0492 or cell no. 99404 50495
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Camp Yakaboo at Hippocampus

Hippocampus in Abhiramapuram has a variety of camps for kids, this summer

The camps scheduled are for the age groups 3-14 years.
Art, Story telling, Dance, Journalism, Advertising, Pottery, Theater, Nature and Adventure Camps.

For kids of 8 years and above, a journalism camp - Young Reporter and Science workshop are interesting things to check.

For kids in the age group 3 to 6 years there are story telling, art and craft, pizza making are available.

6 to 8years can join a theatre camp which will culminate into a 20 minutes play at the Alliance Francaise will be held.

More details can be had from Hippocampus Children Co. 1/E, Subbraya Avenue, Behind Sony World,
Abhirampuram, Chennai - 18. Ph : 24661544
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Cricket Camp

TE - IPL Cricket Academy headed by the former test cricketer T. E. Srinivasan will conduct a summer coaching camp from April 7.

The camp will be held at CPT-IPL Cricket ground, Taramani

To register for the camp call T. E. Srinivasan at phone no. 4201 4450 or Johnraj at cell no. 98400 93464
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Art & Crafts Camp at Hippocampus, Abhiramapuram

Kids can play with clay, learn sand and grain art, papier mache and have fun. At the art and crafts camp to be held at Hippocampus, Abhiramapuram

Children in the age group of 3 to 6 years can participate. The camp will be conducted in 6 sessions from March 3 to April 7. Fee - Rs. 800.

Hippocampus is at 1/E, Subbaraya Avenue, Abhiramapuram.

Call 5208 1805 or 94440 49175 for more details
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Nature study camps for kids by Aavishkaar

Aavishkaar India, which has been taking children on adventure / nature camps during summer holiday since 2000, has come out with another camp for this year.

Its eco-tours division, Wild Indian Tours, is organising a series of jungle and nature study camps for children above the age of 9.

Camps will be held at Karadimalai, Kodaikanal, Wayanad, Thekkady, Anamalai and Nagarhole on different dates between April 16 and May 16.

The activities of the camps range from trekking, van rides, boat rides to elephant rides, cycling and bird watching.

Interactive sessions where environmentalists will address the participants will also be held.

For details, contact phone no. 4265 8628 or cell phone no. 99400 56618 or log on to www.aavishkarindia.com.
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Science Field Trips

A 20 day summer science camp for the students of class 8 to 11 will be conducted by the Nehru Children's Cultural Association. The camp will be held from April 18 to May 10.

Students will be taken on a field trip everyday and the camp will be conducted at that place. The places include Kalpakkam and Neyveli Lignite Corporation also!

For registration and fee for the Science camp, call Mr. Sugumaran, President, Nehru Children's Cultural Association, 65, Fourth Main Road, Raj Flats, Tiruvalluvar Nagar, Tiruvanmiyur.
Phone: 2445 3014, 94444 16484

'Pogo' Rob conducts workshop in Chennai

2007-05-08T18:50:00.000+05:30

Hello kids,
Do you love those arts Rob creates on M.A.D show on Pogo channel?
Then you should be at this show.

Rob is conducting a free workshop for kids in the age group 8 to 12 years.
The workshop will be on May 11 at 4 pm
Venue: Landmark Bookstore, Spencers Plaza, Mount Road, Chennai
Children can meet the host also rob & interact with him
For details Contact : 98400 64530 , 98406 04344

Turtles in conversation!

2007-04-20T16:56:00.000+05:30

Olive-Kuppamma and Ridley-Suppamma, two of Chennai's sea turtles will have a unique conversation this weekend at a show in Chennai.

They will share with you story of their lives, and how they have survived on Chennai's coast against all odds. They will also tell you about their survival from hatchlings to young adults who have now returned to the beach of their birth, to lay their own eggs.

All through a puppetry show in Tamil!

Dr. R. Bhanumathi, Managing Trustee, Pavai Centre for Puppetry, will be the Chief Guest at the programme, and will give a short introduction and demonstration on puppetry, one of the most ancient forms of entertainment in the world.

The event organised by Naturequest, will be held at the Book Point Auditorium, 160 Anna Salai (Opp. Spencer Plaza), Chennai.

On April 21, 2007 at 7 pm.

The programme is open to all and entry free.

Be at the programme. After all, the ridleys are known to have nested since at least 400 AD at the beaches of Chennai.
More events for kids in the city at www.yocee.in

Summer camp at Velachery

2007-04-05T15:53:00.001+05:30

To be frank, summer camps for kids are aplenty in and around areas like T. Nagar, Mylapore and Adyar.
The kids are left with a few choices in the areas like Anna Nagar, K. K. Nagar and Velachery which have very good school and a lot of colonies have come up in the last few years.

Here is one summer camp I came across in Velachery.

It is organised by the neighbourhood newspaper Velachey Plus with supprt form Nachi Ice land.

A lot of activities - Foil work, candle making, straw arrangement, photography, embroidery, greeting and kite making are lined up.
The camp is open for kids stydying in 3 and four (juniors group) and classes 5 and 6 (seniors group)
It will be conducted from April 16 to 27.

For venue, fee and booking call 6534 5252

There are robotics camp, storytelling camps and many more in the neighbouring areas such as Adyar and Besant Nagar. Check www.yocee.in - the website for kids of Chennai for all the summer camps in the city,

Summer camps / activities 2007

2007-03-25T09:07:00.000+05:30

Another summer vacation is here!
Before the kids could complete their annual exams, the city has woken up to bundle a lot of activities from three year olds to 16 year olds.

But, do you know that there is one single place to check info on all the activities? And about many contests, expos, trips. ...
Log on to www.yocee.in - the website for Chennai kids.

You can also be a part of the website by contributing your reports, stories and drawings.
If you get to read the newest book on the shelf, you can write a brief account of it and e-mail it to editor@yocee.in
Have the fun of reading your articles online - with your photo!

The summer camps section is updated everyday. Mark YOCee as your favourite on the browser.

For people who run their camps across the city, YOCee is the best place to make your announcements!

Paint the Chariot - Contest on March 31, 8am

2007-03-18T10:58:00.000+05:30

Have you ever been to a temple car festival? And wondered how beautiful the chariot is decorated with the God and Goddess seated inside?

Here is a chance to have a close look at the temple chariot, draw and paint it and win prizes too!
The contest starts at 8am on March 31.
Open to all kids in the age group of 8 to 12 years.

One of the famous temples in the city, Kapaleeswarar temple in Mylapore will be celebrating the 10 day festival from March 24. The chariot will be drawn around the Mada streets of Mylapore on March 30. The 'ther' (chariot) comes back to its parking place by the same evening.

All you have to do is to pack your drawing and painting kit (chart paper, pencil, eraser, ruler, colour pencils or crayons or water colour, etc.,) and be at the Sannidhi street in front of the 'ther'
You will sit around the place and draw the ther as you see in front of you!

Exciting?

No registration. Just land up there and enjoy the different experience.
The contest is organised by the neighbourhood newspaper Mylapore Times and a voluntary organisation Namma Mylapore.

Log on to www.yocee.in for more contests.

Story telling sessions

2007-02-27T16:00:00.000+05:30

Kathanaka - destination storytelling for kids!
It is a new venture by Spring Into Reading, based in K. K. Nagar.
Starting from March 1 story telling sessions will be conducted thrice a week - by the famed storytellers Jeeva Raghunath and Nandini Sridhar.
There will be classes for different age groups - 3 to 5 years, 6 to 8 years and 9 to 14 years.
Curious to know more?
Call 4353 0492 or cell no. 99404 50495

Tumble Tots in Chennai

2007-02-14T17:29:00.000+05:30

Tumble Tots was established in the UK in1979 by Bill Cosgrave, former coach for the British Olympic Gymnastics.
This is a play programme for kids in different age groups.
The programmes are available in three segments -
Gymbabes - for kids from 6 months onwards
Tumble Tots - for kids from the walking stage to 2 years
Gymbobes - for kids from school beginning age to seven years.

The programmes are conducted in activity stations for the different age groups and each session is of 45 minutes duration.

The Chennai centre of Tumble Tots is located at No. 48, I Floor, L. B. Road, Tiruvanmiyur. (Opp. IMCOPS)

There will be free sessions for kids this weekend - Feb. 16, 17 and 18.
You can contact the centre at 6455 8687 and find out more details.

Love nature? This one is for you, then!

2007-01-14T16:00:00.000+05:30

Prakriti Foundation is organising Tree of life festival from Jan. 15 to 20, 2007.

Here are the details:
Jan. 15 - 7 pm: Opening night at The Park, Chennai.
International Puppetry festival in association with Ishara Puppets and Teamworkfilms, New Delhi at The Museum Theatre, Egmore.

Jan. 16, 7 pm - Puppet show from Australia at The Museum Theatre, Egmore.

17,18,19 - Story telling sessions in schools and NGOs by Rangashree, Sonali Punjabi, Scharada Bail

17,18,19 - Spinning sessions for schools by V.R Devika
International Puppetry festival in association with Ishara Puppets and Teamworkfilms, New Delhi. at The Museum Theatre, Egmore.

Jan. 18, 7 pm - Puppet show from Spain at The Museum Theatre, Egmore.

Jan. 19, 7 pm - puppet show from Turkey at The Museum Theatre, Egmore.

Jan. 16 - 20 "Night Life of Trees" an exhibition in association with Tara publishing at Appa Rao galleries.

Jan. 16 - 19 "Sacred Trees" Giant tree pictures by Deidi von schaewen at The Park, Chennai and at Nageswara Rao park in association with Max Mueller Bhavan and Alliance Francaise.

Jan. 20, 8 am - 9.30 am "Tree Walk" in association with Nizhal at The Theosophical society..

Jan. 20, 4 pm Sand sculpture competition, Elliots Beach, Besant Nagar in association with Adyar Times Newspaper.

Visit www.prakritifoundation.com for details on all programmes.

Contests and events On Children's Day

2006-11-10T17:12:00.000+05:30

A lot of competitions are lined up for Children's Day. Take part in them and win prizes!

1. At NIIT, Mylapore, you can participate in events like drawing, singing, vegetable carving and mask making. The events will be held on two days Nov. 11 and 12. Call 2498 8698 for more details

2. An inter school competition at Kumara Rani's Chettinad Vidyalaya Kindergarten School, R. A. Puram. Fancy dress, drawing and painting, story telling group singing and group dance. Call 2495 4156

3. A lot of competitions on the web site www.yocee.in
Drawing on your computer, writing and quiz contests.

Will keep telling you about more contests.
Do log on to this blog again!

Grandma care for kids

2006-10-06T17:22:00.000+05:30

Thanks to the annonymous' comment on my previous post
I went on to help this person and started enquiring about kids care centres in Anna Nagar area and I blogged about a few in my previous post.
My search has been going on and found this.
Trained grandmothers take care of kids in Kanchana Paati creche located near Anna nagar Round tana. It is a creche, pre school and after school care, I heard. There are many activities listed for the kids of various age groups.

It functions at 45/85, W. Block (Behind) Witco, Anna Nagar.
Cell no. to contact - 98840 48033
website (Yes, the 'grandma' is net savvy!!!) : www.kanchanapaati.in

Science workshop for school kids

2006-09-30T22:45:00.000+05:30

To celebrate 118th birth anniversary of Nobel Laureate Sir C. V. Raman, Nehru Children's Cultural Association is organising a 14 day Science workshop for students of classes 4 to 9
The classes will be held on week nds (Saturdays 5 -7pm and Sundays 11am to 1pm during October and November.
The workshop will cover various branches of Science - Physics, Chemistry, Astronomy, Biology, Geology and Environmental Sciences.
Venue: P. S. Hugher Secondary School, 215, R. K. Mutt Road, Mylapore, Chennai - 4
For more details contact M. R. Sugumaran at 2445 3014, 94444 16484

Oratorical contest

2006-09-29T10:16:00.000+05:30

An oratorical competition for school kids to mark the birthday of Jayaprakash Narayan, the freedom fighter and political leader has been arranged by Jayaprakash Narayan Forum, Chennai
The contest is open to students studying in classes 10 to 12. The topics are: JP's role during the freedom struggle and after; Contribution of Tamil Nadu to the freedom movement; Role of students in the creation of Strong India; My aim in life.
The competition will be held on Oct. 8 at 2.30 pm. Venue: Sringeri Pravachana Mandiram, 21, Sringeri Mutt Road, Raja Annamalai Puram, Chennai - 28
To register call Mr. Krishanmurthy at 2499 7507. The last date for registration is Oct. 6, 2006

Pre schools / Creche in Anna Nagar

2006-09-22T20:23:00.000+05:30

Some one wanted information about preschools and creches in Anna Nagar area.
I tried to gather some info on this.
I again repeat, please check well before leaving your kid in any such places, as I do not have any personal experiences or connections with these places.

1. Kids Space Pre school
1850, 6th Avenue, Anna Nagar, Chennai - 40
Phone : 6529 3515, 94441 11616

2. Kamala Garden Pre School
K- 26, 1st Avenue, Anna Nagar East, Chennai - 102
Phone : 6542 4667, 92831 20888

3. Eurokids - Anna Nagar Centre
L Block, 102/2, 19th Street, Brindavan Colony
Anna Nagar East, Chennai - 102
Phone: 2663 1715, 94444 04853

4. Little Folks Pre School
1594, 13th Main Road, Old Y Block. 3rd Street, Anna Nagar, Chennai - 40
Phone: 2645 0911, 94444 46389

5. Vatsalya Montessori House
AH - 151, 3rd Street, 7th Main Road, Shanthi Colony,
Anna Nagar, Chennai - 40
Phone: 2622 3446, 2620 3499

6. Tots Paradise Play School
U-60, 7th Street, Anna Nagar, Chennai - 40
Phone : 2621 3488, 98412 78304

If you find these details useful, please drop a message in the comments link. That will really encourage me to do more.

Here's something for the Puja Holidays!

2006-09-10T13:33:00.000+05:30

Hey, kids, you must be busy with your quarterly exams. Do well and plan for some relaxing activity in the holidays that would follow the exams!

If you are interested in acting, here is a chance to get trained in voice modulation, body language, expressions, prop building, etc.
Alchemy Kids Theatre Club is conducting auditions for their three new theatre productions with children in the age group of 9 - 14 years. The auditions will be held on Sep. 16 and 17.

The selected kids will undergo training in theatre techniques which will also help in building memory and personality development.

Alchemy Kids Theatre Club is located at 16/15, 3rd Floor, 3rd Cross Street, Kasturba Nagar, Adyar, Chennai - 20.
For appointments for auditions call the club at phone no. 55121119 or cell no. 98410 47620
Enjoy the holidays!

Wildlife Week celebrations: Drawing, Elocution and quiz contests

2006-09-09T13:16:00.000+05:30

It's time to celebrate our friends in forests!
As part of Wildlife Week celebrations, Tamil Nadu Forest department is organising competitions for all students - from LKG to college level! Hey.. after all you all are kids!

Drawing competition will be held on Sep 10 at various centres in the city. the theme is 'Various forms of Wildlife'

Elocution contests will be held at Children's Park, Guindy on Sep. 17 at 11am. The topic is 'Importance of conservation of wildlife and bio-diversity'. The contest will be in English and Tamil.

A quiz on wildlife is scheduled for Sep.17 at Children's Park, Guindy on 17 at 9 am.

To participate in all the contest, contact Guindy Children's Park at 2432 1471 or 22301328
All the best!

Olympiads - selection tests on Nov.26

2006-09-09T12:52:00.000+05:30

For students interested in science subjects and mathematics, the international olympiad are one of their dreams in life.

National Level tests are conducted in India by Homi Baba Centre for Science Education, Mumbai. National Standard Examinations in Physics, Chemistry, Biology and Astronomy (NSEP, NSEC, NSEB, NSEA) will be held on Nov. 26.

You can contact the science department of your school for registration for these exams.
Last date for registration is Sep. 15.

Among other olympiads, the fascinating subject is astronomy. As you all know Physics and Maths for basis for many astronomical calculations. So the Astronomy olympiad will be a test involving questions mosrly from Maths and Physics apart from basic Astronomy.

The olympiad is conducted in two groups:
Junior - For those who are born between Jan 1, 1992 and Dec.31, 1993
Senior - For those who are born between Jan 1, 1990 and Dec. 31, 1991

In Chennai, the Astronomy Olympiad is co-ordinated by Tamil Nadu Science and Technolgy Centre on Gandhi Mandapam Road, Adyar.

You can call 2441 0025 or 24416751 for details and registration to Astronomy Olympiad.

Here is a link for Astronomy for Kids: http://www.dustbunny.com/afk/

All the best!

Is there really help around?

2006-09-02T17:53:00.000+05:30

During the last one month, I have come across various activities for kids.
There were contests open to all, including kids!
A few projects on the city by school children.
An inter-school bhajan competition.
A coins, stamps, maps exhibition in the city.
A heritage walk exclusively for kids in a temple area guided by architects, arts persons and many more.

Some curious kids look for such events, through newspapers and web sites.
Some parents and grand parents are interested in getting their wards into such activities.
But what about others?
Do we pass on information to our friends?

I used to share such information through a notice board at the entrance of the staircase in our apartment complex in Mumbai, where we used to live till very recently.
Our friendly Chennai can also come up with such ideas. If you do not live in a big complex or you live in an independant house, how will you share?
Perhaps phone up your friend, email, share it through orkut (!) or have some common place to meet and discuss.

Give me more ideas... I really want to get the kids of Chennai together in all activities.
By this, the idle time after the school homework spent in front of TV, watching all serials with the elders in the family and learning unwanted manners and cultures will be reduced.

What do you say?

Participate in a web project for kids!

2006-07-30T14:49:00.000+05:30

If you are a student of class 9 and 12 and love working on the computer creatingyour own designs and writings, a Net based project would like to have you on board.
Those who wish to sign up should be creative and know how to work in MS Word, MS Paint / Photoshop.
Applicants should also have a fair idea about web browsing and web sites. You will be part of the project for a fortnight. You can work at your leisure from home and send your work through e-mail.
The project is open only to 20 kids across the city. Mail your details to contactyoc@gmail.com, with a sample of any kind of work you have done in MS Paint / Adobe Photoshop, before August 7.

Selected students will need to attend a briefing session for 3 hours on a Sunday morning.

Prizes and certificates will be issued to the students on completion of their work work in the project.

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Theatre Camp

2006-07-30T08:30:00.000+05:30

Hippocampus, Abhiramapuram will soon have a theatre group of its own.
Krishna Kumar of Masquerade and Marion Mathews from Mumbai will handle the sessions for kids in the age group 8-13 and 4-7 respectively.
The camp will culminate into a presentation during the December holidays and a trip to Bangalore during Pongal holidays in January.

Registration for this camp will be on July 30, between 11am and 12.30pm
Contact : 24661554, 94440 49175. E-mail: chandini@hippocampus.in

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Interactive 'Sing Along' show!

2006-07-19T22:19:00.000+05:30

Here is a special show, in which you too can be a part of, enjoy the evening and donate for a cause!

'Sing Along' is a show organised by Krishna Iyer, Jeeva Raghunath. This interactive programme will encouurage children to participate in nursery rhymes, action songs and other stage activities.
This will be followed by a programme 'Special Story' directed by Mithran Devanesan, a passioante theatreperson based in Chennai.

The proceeds of this show will go to 'Reach Out', an organisation that hels and uplifts sexually abused children.
Tickets are available at Odyssey, Adyar.
For details you can contact Krishna Iyer at 42060081

Don't forget the date, time and venue! July 21 at 7.30pm at The Music Academy

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Quiz on compter science

2006-07-14T14:07:00.000+05:30

For those computer whiz kids studying in class 11 and 12, here is a chance to prove their knowledge and win prizes.

K. N Visweswaran of Hexaware Technologies has compiled the quiz and will host it at The Children's Club on July 16.

You should register for the quiz(feeRs.10) at the Children's Club premises at 213, V. M. Street, Mylapore before July 15 (between 5 and 8.30pm)
For more details call the club at 28474140 before 4pm on any day

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