Hopscotch and Doodles

My 6 year old son takes Swapna’s engineering class after school once a week and he is absolutely loving it. To be honest, it wasn’t a class we considered at first, since my son never really showed an interest in science or engineering, but we went to the informational session where we learned about all the classes being offered and the instructors brought examples of teaching materials and I couldn’t pull my son away from her table! There was a mechanical machine consisting of a paper cup and markers that was drawing on paper by itself and a banana piano… yes, 4 bananas hooked up to make piano sounds when you touched them. My son was sold and so was I.
Since then, he wakes up every Thursday and tells me «today is engineering day». He’s so proud when he shows me what they made in class, the lessons are impressive and more than that, my son seems to actually understand it. Swapna never underestimates the capabilities children have to learn complex lessons and I appreciate that so much.
One more bonus is that Swapna emails the parents a description of the lesson our child learned in class that week including how they responded and sometimes with photos. It’s a nice touch to get a look inside what your child is experiencing.
I highly recommend Hopscotch & Doodles, if you’re lucky enough to have it offered at your school, I’d jump at the chance to let your child experience something truly unique and fascinating!