As part of The Madras Week Celebrations, Kalaa Manjari After School Activity Center and Bambara Toy Library conducted a Map-Making Workshop titled ” MAP UR WAY ” for the kids on 20th Aug 2011.
The kids were explained the brief history of maps and cartography, its various uses and how to make a simple map of one’s neighborhood with the help of power point presentation.
After the workshop, the kids were taken for a walk in the neighborhood and based on their observations, kids as a group, created their own maps of the area with the various landmarks.
Kids above 10 years of age participated and benefited from the workshop. Being the first workshop on map making conducted in Chennai, kids enjoyed the interactive workshop and enthusiastically participated in the contest.
Similar workshops on various topics of interest are being planned in the future too.
The question sheets were Chennai based so the children learnt about the city while flaunting their best handwriting.