Robin Recommends
Mumbai Workshops
ACTIVITY CLASSES
Ashtanga Vinyasa Yoga-Li’l Munchkins is conducting traditional Mysore-style yoga workshops for children aged between 3 and 14 years. For more details call 09819011643 or 022-32215866 or long on to www.lilmunchkins.in
Barney’s Boredom Buster offers fun-filled learning activities like gardening, dance, yoga, karaoke, nature walks and a lot more at. For details call09820114496.
BNHS is organising butterfly watching at Ovalekar Wadi, a butterfly park in Thane. For information call 09594953425.
Harmony Montessori House of Children will conduct an internationally recognised course in early childhood education affiliated with the Association Montessori Internationale (AMI). For further details visit www.montessori-mumbai.org or call 022- 66648847.
Little Feet Montessori and Activity Centre conducts various workshops for children of different age groups. For more details call 022- 24942995 or 09820245260.
Smart Potato is conducting a workshop for children aged between 2 and 14 years. The workshop includes a range of activities related to the festival of Diwali. For more information contact 022-32505805 or 09920480304 or visit www.smartpotato.in
Yogazoo is conducting a yoga workshop called Cirkus Yoga for children aged 14 years and under. Call 09820224235 / 09819919267 for more information or log on to www.yogazoo.in
ART AND CRAFT
Bombay Paperie conducts a variety of art and craft workshops for children. For more details call 022-66358171/ 66358181.
Craft Camp teaches you a variety of arts and crafts including making duplex flowers, best from waste, Warli painting, Madhubani, coffee painting, parchment art, origami, decoupage and more. For more details call Neha Agarwal on 09819733381.
Cute Wonders organises hobby art workshops for children aged between 5 and 15 years. The workshops teach children candle making, candle decoration, photo frame making, gift box making, jewellery box decoration, clay modelling, mirror artwork and a lot more. For details call 09821213730.
Explore your talent and learn to make a variety of craft articles like duplex flowers, best from waste, Warli painting, Madhubani painting, parchment paper folding and origami at this workshop, which is conducted by a Pidilite certified teacher in Andheri. For information call 09819733381.
Hina Desai conducts pottery classes for children aged above 10 years. For more information call 09833511894.
Kids Fun Club introduces Paper Passion where you can learn how to fold plain paper into unique jewellery pieces, bookmarks, photo frames and baskets using origami, teabag folding, iris folding and kirigami. For more information call 09664255026 or visit www.kidsfunclub.110mb.com
Junoon conducts puppet making workshop where you can turn newspapers into magical creatures. For more information e-mail info@junoontheatre.org
Learn 3D art of silk-ribbon embroidery and make roses, tulips, asters and irises at this workshop in Thane. For information call 09869681850.
Paz Gallery in Mumbai is conducting a spray paint art workshop for children above 12 years. For more information call Sunil Gogia on 09619813130 or visit www.spraypaintworkshop.weebly.com
BOOKS AND STORYTELLING
Join a storytelling workshop where storyteller, Sabha More will be telling folktale stories and also teach children to make puppets. For more information call 09323703228 or visit www.oxfordbookstore.com
No License Yet will conduct storytelling classes for children where they can learn storytelling techniques through the process of chocolate-making, puppets, mask-making and a lot more. For details call 09820127247 ore-mail info@nolicenseyet.com
The Pomegranate Workshop is conducting a reading session for children aged between 6 and 9 years. For further information call 09833012484.
Treasure Books is conducting a free workshop on the origin of books, including the journey of a book from the artist’s mind to publishing it. For more information call 022–26055964.
CAMPING
Bombay Natural History Society conducts a range of jungle camps for children. These camps will allow you to explore different habitat types at the BNHS Natural Reserve and Sanjay Gandhi National Park. Children as young as 5 years old can be part of some of their programmes. For details call 022- 594953425/ 09594929107 or visit www.bnhs.org.
Empower Activity Camps organises activities like rappelling, raft building, a treasure hunt, jungle cooking, night trekking, hut making and lots more. For more information call 09967355068/ 09422691325.
COMMUNICATION SKILLS
Learn to read and write phonetically at a phonetics workshop for children aged above 3 years. For information call 09920308596.
To understand how the adult and child can grow in a reciprocal relationship explore the Montessori approach to learning! An internationally recognised course in early child education affiliated with AMI, headquartered in the Netherlands, will be held soon. For details log on to www.montessori-mumbai. org or call 022-66648847. You can also e-mail zarinmalva41@yahoo.com
COOKING
Learn to make truffles, soft-centred chocolates and more at this chocolate and dessert making workshop. For more information call Manisha on 09820161832.
COMPUTERS
Computer workshops will be held for children aged between 5 and 15 years. The workshops will teach computer drawing, designing, animation, gaming, web designing and many more things. For more information call 09870295348.
Kids Techie Club has organised a robotics club for children aged between 6 and 12 years where children can learn activities like creating computer games, 3D digital designing and more. For further information call 022-26612004.
CREATIVE THINKING
Kids Fun Club teaches mathematics and English through innovative board games at this workshop. For more details call 09664255026 www.kidsfunclub.110mb.com
DANCE AND MOVEMENT
Little Feet Montessori and Activity Center organises dance workshops for children aged between 7 and 12 years. For details call 022-24942995/ 09820245260.
Sumit’s Academy of Dance conducts classes in various genres of dance including jazz bollywood, indo contemporary, bollyhop, Latin ballroom and salsa. The academy has branches in Andheri, Vile Parle, Bandra, Dadar, Parel and Colaba. For more information call 09867342530/ 09870215286/ 09867546682.
Studio Balance offers a wellness and dance workshop which comprises of taekwondo and kickboxing. For more information call 022-32227901/32228131.
DRAMA AND THEATRE
Get introduced to dramatic techniques and processes and learn how to record a radio play. For more information call 09833012484.
No License Yet organises a variety of theatre workshops for children. For details call 09820127247/ 09320291157 or visit www.nolicenseyet.com
NCPA is conducting theatre classes for children above 6 years of age over the summer. For more information call 022-66223802/ 09930685699 or e-mail to ncpa.summerfiesta@gmail.com
Raell Padamsee conducts speech and drama workshops in Mumbai for children aged 4 to 13 years. For more information call 022-22842845/ 6/ 7/ 8.
GARDENING
Eco Kids organises workshops on gardening and the environment. For further details please log on to www.ecokids.in, call Smita Kharbanda on 09821127658 or e-mail smita@ecokids.in
The Little Gardener in Mumbai is conducting gardening workshops for children. These workshops are made more fun and interactive through storytelling, songs, exploring gardens, art, craft and a lot more. For more information call 09892582794 or visit www.thelittlegardener.in
MAGIC
Explore the world of magic at this workshop which will teach you outstanding magic tricks. For details call 022-24443251 or visit www.patilmagic.com
MATHEMATICS
Brilliant Kidz Classes organises Vedic mathematics classes for children aged above 10 years. For details call 09920919758
MONEY MANAGEMENT
Oracular Insights organises a workshop called Build IQ Money, which will teach children how to save and value money. Children aged above 9 years can attend this workshop. For information call 07738966065 or visit www.oracularinsights.com
MUSIC
Guitar Hall is conducting guitar, keyboards and drums training classes for children between 5 to 14 years of age. For more information call 09987945282 or visit www.guitarhall.in
Learn how to play the guitar from The Guitar Society. Call 09987597395 or visit www.theguitarsociety.wordpress.com
Toddlers Activity Center is conducting a classical Indian music workshop called ‘Little Ustaads’ for children up to 5 years of age. For more information call 09987407237 or visit www.littleustaads.com
PHOTOGRAPHY
Eyedeatte is conducting a photo fusion workshop for art enthusiasts where you will be introduced to creative photography and digital fusion art. For more information call Jatan Atara on 09833904465.
ROBOTICS AND SCIENCE
Silicon World is conducting a robotics workshop for children aged above 8 years. For more information call 09810310278.
The Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay (IIT-B) has launched robotics workshops for children aged between 12 and 18 years. Children will be trained in building and programming robots and sessions will be held between April and June at the IIT-B campus in Powai. An infotainment portal called www.robo. in has also been launched as a precursor to the workshops. Call 022-2572-2545 for details.
RADIO PLAYS
The Pomegranate Workshop is conducting a ‘Radio Gaga’ workshop where children will be given a chance to learn from professionals and create their own radio plays. Children will learn voice culture, diction and dialogue delivery and storytelling under the guidance of professionals and finally record their own radio play in a studio. For more information call 09867053339/ 9764402664 or visit www.tpw.in
SPORTS
Amit Lalwani conducts kickboxing classes for children aged between 10 and 14 years. For details call 09869036872/ 022-65025094 or visit www.amitlalwaniskickboxingacademy.com
Blue Bulb is organising archery workshops where children will be introduced to the technicalities and methods involved in archery. For more information call 09821423448.
Della Adventures is offering these cool activities for children in Mumbai and Pune all summer long. For more information call 020-41208856 or visit www. dellaadventures.com
I&G Partners organises football, hockey and athletics coaching for children aged 6 years and above. For more details call Glenn Fernandes on 09987121734.
If you are yearning to learn horse-riding, log on to www.arcmumbai.com
Premier India Football League (PIFA) will conduct a football camp where international coaches from England will train students. The camp will be held between October 24 to 27, at Karnataka Ground, Churchgate. For details call 09820268365 or log on to www.pifa.co.in
Rae Sport Academy organises kayaking and windsurfing classes where children can explore the world of water sports. For details call 022-32947111/ 09920088873.
Soccer Schools of Excellence (SSE) is conducting soccer camps for students in the Portuguese way of playing the game. This style is a blend between the European as well as the Brazilian way of playing football. At the end of the camp, students will be assessed on their strengths and weaknesses and given a road map to follow to improve their game in the years ahead. For more information log on to www.sseunited.com or call 09833394916/ 09820596208.
The Academy of Air Rifle Shooting has organised a training course in air rifle shooting for children aged above 10 years of age. For admission and details call 09820368651/ 09004360480.
SCIENCE
FACTS organises workshops in forensics. At the workshops you will learn how to find clues and solve crimes. For more information call 09870322644.
Kidz Techie Roof presents an educational programme on robotics and aeromodelling for children aged 6 years and above. For details call 09029323611.
Learn all about the stars, planets and phases of the moon, create your own flying machines, explore gravity and plan your own space trips at the astronomy workshop at FASTRACKIDS in Santacruz (West) Mumbai. For details call 09967064039 or 022-26612004
Zari Tutorials at S V P Road organises classes for class 8 and 9, SSC, HSC commerce and science, MH CET and NEET. For details call 022-66100941/32209880 or log on to www.zaritutorials.tk
