Summer camps - Chennai

Here comes SUMMER, and with it a rush to find all possible summer activities for children.

Bamboola is offering summer camp starting in April.

Vanilla Children's place is also offering summer camps at their Mylapore branch

Schooling for children with physical disabilities

Every child has the right to education is a tagline I see often, but what if that child has a disability, don't they deserve the right to education as much as any other child?

Chennai is slowly opening up to this idea and has a number of special schools for such children.

Nowadays we have playschools and day care centers blooming all over the city which turns out to be a blessing for mothers who work/ at-home to get a small break.

Frankly, it is difficult to keep the children occupied all the time with work at home and career tagging along. However these are the best alternatives as it induces social behavior, focus, attention-span duration, recognition of new friends etc.

There are a number of play-schools and day care in Chennai that I visited, and since I live in the Alwarpet area, it made sense to look for a place close to home. Options were
- Euro Kids
- Kidz Central
- Vruksha
- Bamboola
- Alps
- Alphabet/Fast Track Kids
- Bambino etc.

I strongly believe that looking for a good school to put your child in is a daunting task, but we must also see the distance to where it is located from home. We don’t want our kids traveling most of the time to get to school and back. A school that provides the basic amenities as well as good care is the one to opt for. There are fancy places that could convince you that it could be ideal, but before you make a decision, one must weigh all the pros and cons. All in all, you must be comfortable with the kind of environment the child is going to be in.

For me, Vruksha Montessori school on St.Mary’s road, worked out to be ideal in terms of distance, the environment and the people there. The ratio was 1:4, teacher/helper: student ratio.

Baby’s Day Out on Chamiers road is an ideal place to leave your toddlers for a couple of hours, host a birthday party etc. Vanilla Place near Nageswara Rao park is also good but the area is slightly smaller.

Chennai - Education and beyond

Chennai has a lot to offer when it comes to schools/colleges/playschools etc. Parents could use this site as a reference and to exchange information on how to decide the right education path for their children, schools, entertainment etc.

EDUCATION
Chennai has top of the line schools and colleges. CBSE,ICSE and State board schools all are competing to give out the best students.

Playschools

Montessoris

Schools

Colleges

ENTERTAINMENT
Fun city in Citi Centre, Mylapore is a great place for toddlers to have fun with the variety of games they have.
Marina beach is great on weekday evenings.
MayaJaal on ECR road is good too.
Dizzy world, MGM, VGP Universal Kingdom are good for summer evenings.
The only water park in Chennai is QueensLand on Poonamallee high road.

A very useful website resource for children - education, school, child development and more:
http://www.yokibu.com/