Saturday Art Class collaborated with Sarmaya Arts Foundation to design three different lesson plans based on art practices traditional to Indian arts and culture context.

Our second plan designed through this collaboration was called - "Help one, Help all" which also included "Gond painting,” a form of tribal and folk art practice originated in Madhya Pradesh, India was taught to children through this collaboration. 

It not only helped children gain an insight on different community based practices in India but the lesson plan activity was also designed such that it aligned to our social emotional learning outcome of building healthy relationships within communities. 

Children first performed a short skit based on a story on friendship and later, through those learnings, worked in groups on common art sheets to understand the experience of sharing and co-creation. 

This lesson plan is a classic example of how we use art as a way to drive social emotional based learnings in the classroom.