Disha Institute

On each Monday afternoon, I go with Ann-Sofie to the Disha Institute to play with the children and help teach them some basic English. Today, we decided to bake them cake as a treat for studying very hard on their exams this past week. I left home at 10:30 am in order to bake 40 little cakes and help prepare the day's lesson.


Here is our first batch of cupcakes. Notice how small the oven/microwave is in comparison to those at home.

Ann-Sofie holding the cupcakes . . .

This is the Belgian children's cookbook we used for the cake recipe, it is so easy to use even I am able follow Flemish instructions . . .

By 2 pm the cakes were finished as well as flashcards we prepared to teach the children European and Asian geography. Off we go to Disha . . .

We arrive at Disha and quickly realize that the children are quite tired from exams and do not feel like learning geography. So we instead decide to teach them the Makerena dance.

After the Makerena dance, we go outside to play musical chairs to, of course, the Makerena. Here we are explaining the instructions to the game.
And they are off . . .
Vijay does not race to his chair fast enough, so he is the first to remove his chair . . .
A little one watches the big children have fun playing musical chairs . . .
Since I was taking photos, Laxmi helps me pause the music while the game is in play.
The children are quite hungry from musical chairs, so we decide to take a 5 minute "cake" break. They all enjoy their little treats.

After the snack is finished, they decide to teach us cricket. We played cricked for about 45 minutes, and then head home for the evening, leaving behind the exhausted children to enjoy their dinner.