K-8th Grade: After School Tutoring
One of the first after school in the Ardenwood area, operating since 2005, is now in a bigger, better and safer location. If you are busy with your work, and would like someone to take care of your kids, as good as you would, look no further.
- Large facility, lot of parking, library, kitchen
- Pick Up Service from all schools
- Individual Space for heads down study, and separate for fun and group activities
- A welcome place for families and all children
- Open all days, including early release hours
- Cater to AM and PM kindergarten needs
- Home-work help for all subjects, Tests, and common core preparation
- Activities and projects based on individual Child's interest, strengths and needs
Arts and Craft Classes
Why Arts?
Arts develop right brain of your child. In Gurukul's Arts classes, kids explore abstract things, build creativity, increase imagining power and expand their learning capabilities. The hands-on with various different arts harmonize the mind and body, which brings confidence.
Learning Objectives:
- Level 1: (3 Months course) :
- Identify, draw, cut, and paint basic shapes
- Demonstrate premitive fine motor skills like follow lines, painting within boundaries
- Utilize hand-eye coordination to produce the art
- Draw "Warli" and "Madhubani" painting to create one of shpaes
- Create beginner's level Oragami craft work
- Level 2: (3 Months);
- Draw and paint objects from nature
- Use water color, tempra paints
- Hand-eye coordination becomes cognetive skill
- Draw a Warli painting and Madhubani wall picture
- Draw Mehendi on hand
- Create intermediate level Oragami craft work
- 3-D paper mache projects
- Level 3: (3 Months):
- 3-D Craft projects with Clay / duct tape.
- Demonstrate intermediate / advance fine motor skills
- Seasonal art work like Ganapati Idol, Diwali Lantern, Halloween crafts, X'mas decorations
- Warli projects like marriage procession, Ganpati , Holi festivals
- Art exhibition of skill developed by your kid
Robotics
Robotics is a growing interdesciplinary branch of Engineering. Institutions like NASA, Stanford do fundamental research on Robotics. For Kids Robotics is a play ground to learn about Electrical, Mechanical, and Computer principles. Robotics is where kids make things happen, rather staring at electronic devices. It enhances their motor skills and analytical ability.
Learning Objectives of Robotics:
- Level 1: Young Scientist: K - 2 grade: (10 Wk);
- Describe basic components of a Robot
- Utilize motors, gears, use basic engineering concepts, and computer skills
- Design and build a WeDO robot
- Build flying bird, hungry alligator, clapping Monkey
- Work in a team and learn to work with others
- $150 for 10 week
- Tuesday 4:30 to 5:45 pm
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- Level 2: Robotics Engineers: 3 - 6 grade: (10 Wk);
- Refresh basic robotics concents
- Use more building blocks, sensors, and programming concepts
- Use LEGO Mindstorm
- Build socer bot, Maze bot, parallel lift
- $160 for 10 week
- Tuesday 4:30 to 5:45 pm
Marathi School (मराठी शाळा आणि संस्कार वर्ग)
मराठी language is spoken mostly in the Western state of India called Maharashtra. It is mainly derived from Sanskrit, and uses Devnagiri Script.
Do you feel a gap between your own learning in Marathi and how rich the language it was, and you find your kids not able to follow your conversation?
We are glad to announce new batches of Marathi coming soon.
Sounds interesting?
Famous Marathi Personalities:
- Shivaji Maharaj - Fought for Marathi Kingdom
- Lokmanya Tilak - Fought with British empire, public celebration of Ganapati festivities
- Lata Mangeshkar - Nightangle of Indian music
- Sachin Tendulkar - Most famous cricket player
- Dr. Prakash Baba Amte - Well known social activist
Learning Objectives:
- Level 1: (3 Months); your child will be able to:
- Read and write basic syllables, and phonics
- Read and write simple words in Marathi
- Recite fun poems and read pictorial stories
- Create gramatically correct small sentences
- Recite Marathi sholka
- Pass the level 1 test.
- Level 2: (3 months); your child will be able to:
- Read and write complex syllabels
- Build Marathi vocabulary
- Read and write small sentences, and poems
- Enact small Marathi skit or children's play
- Describe Marathi festivals: Gudi Padwa, Ganapati, Diwali
- Pass the level 2 test
- Level 3: (3 months); your child will be able to:
- Read and write small composition
- Read Maharashtratimes online article
- Write a letter to your grand parents in India
- Write a critique on short Marathi documentary
- Deliver a 2 minute Marathi monologue
- Pass level 3 test
- Level 4: (3 months); your child will be able to:
- Write comprehensive essay in Marathi
- Read and describe a classic Marathi novel
- Write a paragraph using on-line Marathi transliteration tool
- Write an abstract of a full length Marathi movie
- Enact in a 10 min long group Marathi Drama
- Pass level 4 test
Yoga Classes
The word Yoga means (meaning union or yoke) is the practice of accessing and integrating all aspects of our true nature -- body, mind, and spirit -- in the pursuit of inner harmony.
- Physical body flexibility
- Pranayama, Breathing exercises
- Peace for mind and body
- Focus, attention, calmness, discipline for kids and adults
- Better / quality sleep for kids and adults
- Vision Yoga
- Specialty and Gentle Yoga for people in need
- Yoga Therapy for special needs (Diabetes, Gastro-intestinal disorders, mind, psychological conditions, stress, anxiety disorders,weight management, Asthma/allergy, Back/neck pain and many other conditions)
- Meditation
- Yoga Nidra
We at Gurukool, care for our students and hence we have introduced these cornerstone values and its all available under one roof. We are trying to introduce these enrichment programs with minimal transition to the children and parents in their already busy life.
A lovely quote from Bhagwad Gita: “Yoga is the journey of the self, through the self, to the self”.
Hindi School
As you know Hindi is offered as an optional language in hight school. So get ahead of the curve and talk to your kids in Hindi
- We are brining in best in class Hindi speaking teachers, who have full credential and they speak pure Hindi
- Hindi Elementary
- Hindi for High-school