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The Benefits Of PLAY and FUN: Play allows children to use their creativity while developing their imagination, dexterity, and physical and emotional strength. Playing is important for healthy brain development. It is through play, that children at a very early age engage and interact in the world around them.Preschool and Afterschool Centers Help kids Grow Socially. To begin with, play time allows children to grow in their social skills. They navigate and interact with their peers during this time.

The after school development aims towards nuturing the child through various fun activities and workshops. Kids engaged in creative activity are mentally more developed and divert their energy towards productive persuits. Such kids are more likely to be motivated and attentive. Tricity of Chandigarh, Panchkula and Mohali are progressive cities with mothers who are placing emphasis on kids activities and their academic, emotional and physical growth. We are seeing a surge in wonderful, educative and fun offerings by energetic and creative educators. With kids overall growth in mind, in no specific order, we bring to you:

"Kids Activity Centre You Should Not Miss”.

These activity centres are dedicated fully towards the happy development of the child and provide them a safe space to grow and shine! Happy kids and grateful moms are a testimony to these centers. 

HANDPRINTS – Established in 2013, this institute is a home based activity centre aiming towards fun learning all round the year for comprehensive development of personality of the child. The center is the effort of Ms.Payal Shah. The vision of the centre is to handle the children with love and care and provide them a homely environment to bloom. The centre emphasises on learning morals in the arms of nature through various excursions and  picnics planned throughout the year.

The centre arranges various fun activities for children of age group 3 to 10 years. The activities include Star Gazing , Art and Craft ,Ganesha Making Workshops, Tuitions ( Pre – Nursery -10th ), Yoga, Music , General Knowledge, Handwriting improvement , Mother – Toddler Programme ,many Summer, Winter and Autumn camps alongwith the facility of Day Boarding . Handprints introduced novel and creative activities like glass painting, painting with coffee, acrylic, charcoal, chocolate, poster colors and scientific experiments. Their "Art Mela" in summer is truly a collection of various hues and colors. As Ms.Payal aptly says, “We at Handprints focus on creating a base of life and guiding children towards a better future". Their after care center is ready to roll, its a boon for working mothers as she explains.

Handprints is located at Sector 22, Chandigarh and bell rings at +91 97809 43403.

HOPSCOTCH LEARNING –  An amazing Kids Activity Centre focussing on enhancing and stimulating the thinking process in young children was founded by Ms.Nekta Gill. She is an avid enthusiast with a love for kids and is a visionary who constantly comes up with newer ideas for learning.

 The institute organises various activities on Building Confidence, Pottery, Story Telling, Dance, Yoga, Art and Craft, Summer and Winter Camps.  for kids of Age group majorly 3 -10 years. The centre also focusses on recent developmental techniques like Phonics,Visual Learning ,Brainstorming, Creative teaching and role play. 

Through the words of Ms.Nekta Gill , “The curriculum and syllabus at Hopscotch aims at breaking the mundane teaching methods and making them interesting and informative. We try to create a positive environment and children are always under the care of professionals".

Ms Nekta holds enormous experience in Dramatics Classes and to top it she has worked in commercial theater, contributing extensively to the movie Mr & Mrs Iyer among others. She was also the Liaison officer for Priyanka Chopra.

 The institute is located in Sector 21, Chandigarh and the phone rings at +91 86999 01888.

TINY FEET GIANT LEAPS – This activity centre is indeed a Giant Leap, founded by Ms. Aman Patwalia, a mom and an entrepreneur, all rolled into one. Tiny Feet Giant Leaps is a Mom and Child activity centre having a vision to connect with the inner creativity of the child and create a bond between mothers and their munchkins through their creative offerings and much sought after mother- toddler programs.

Ms. Aman as a pioneer has introduced amazing programs for kids. Her energy and enthusiasm is unparallelled, she herself supervises and provides direction on an array of activities supported by an able team of staff members. They offer a vast rainbow of kid centric learning programmes including:

Language and Art, Gymnastics,Dance, Soccer, Life skills, Mother-Toddler programs, and Excursions to various fun places for better development of visual learning of children. A special mention to the Saturday Learnathons which is a class offered every Saturday morning which focuses on storytelling, theme based activities, craft, cooking and vocabulary building for kids. The story sessions on Festivals, Themes, Countries and Educative topics are extremely well researched. This workshop is a perfect fit for all the school going kids who are interested in the creative world of stories.

Located in Sector 8, Chandigarh, you can reach them on 9888070910 or www.tinyfeetgiantleaps.com

YOUreka KIDS - Established in April 2017,YOUreka Kids have been aiming to help children express their inner talent and potential in the utmost creative ways. The activities actually aim to provide Eureka moment to the kids to help them discover, grow and blossom.

The workshops offered here include sessions on - Music and Dance , guitar Classes, Creative Ability, Fun learning and Fitness , Reader's Paradise, Dance Parties, Christmas Parties, Winter and Summer camps and much more.

YOUreka's founder, Ms. Gitika Goel ,herself a doctorate in Management with vast experience articulates, "We attempt to help children utilise time in meaningful activities so they minimise use of gadgets and harmful social media. It is an endeavour to groom children into confident young people without eroding their innocence". Just few words with the  founder, Dr.Goel, brings forth her vision and enthusiasm. Her thoughts and endeavour are extremely focused. YOUreka holds Chess Classes and numerous activities to stimulate the young mind intellectually.

The bottom line at YOureka is to create happy, bright and good human beings . Youreka Kids are located in Sector -38 B , Chandigarh and the phone bell rings at +91 81969 78369.

INDIAN SCHOOL OF ROBOTICS  – This unique activity centre aims to develop young minds towards robotics – an upcoming and interesting field of science. Ms Priyanka Saklani enthusiastically explains how they have engaged a very informed and trained network of consultants at ISR to provide support to budding students who are willing to learn the concepts of robotics. They teach the students to create initial level of motherboards allowing them to design their customized devices with extended practice.

The training on robotics is provided both online and offline. ISR also organises creative winter and summer camps for young learners wherein they learn abouts the interesting machines, Python, 3D printing, scientific mechanisms and Brainstorming. The programme focusses on children of age 4-18 years.

ISR Chandigarh is located at Industrial Area,Phase 1 Chandigarh and can be contacted at 82840 98598 . For more information, visit their site https://indianinstituteofrobotics.co.in/ 

We look forward to hearing from you about all things KIDs. Keep watcing Tricity Bits & Bytes and reach out to at 82890 92379. 

Disclaimer: The information in the article is based on our knowledge and based on our research. We may accept a small renumeraton from some institutes to cover the hosting costs, it by no means undermines the quality of the institute.