Ekadaksha Learning Center
A unit of Ekadaksha trust
Special education for special children
Christmas 2025 at Ekadaksha was super exciting. The christmas feel began in the first week of December when everyone at ELC decorated the Christmas tree with lights, stars, and a lot of other christmassy things. Every class was decorated and christmas songs were played every morning.
The children and teachers enjoyed taking pictures with their friends in the christmas tree decoration background.Click here to see their beautiful group photographs.
Christmas celebration was planned and executed by the teachers and volunteers of Express A and Experience 4B - Ms.Sumangali,Ms.Archana,Ms.Akila and Ms.Priya.The celebration began with Ms.Priya explaining about the birth of Jesus.The children entered the celebration hall, where the the teacher explained about the Nativity scene as well as various aspects of Christmas like, the birth of Jesus,Christmas tree, stars and Santa Claus who rides around with his reindeers. The children watched it keenly with interest. After this, they took pictures. They were offered to wear the Santa cap which most of the children wanted to wear it by themselves and kept it till the end of the celebration.
This was followed by a performance by the teachers, a vibrant pair dance for the "Do Si Do square dance" song.
Click here to see the nativity scene introduction and the peppy dance.
It was then time for a fun game - "The fun cone game" conducted by Ms.Archana.Cones were arranged on a table set in the middle of the hall.Children ran around the table and music was played.When the music stopped,children ran to the table and picked up a cone.The children left with no cone were out of the game. Children understood the game well and as they lost the game with no cone in hand,they really felt bad.There were instances which reflected some beautiful bonding and friendship - when pretty little Safa lost the game with no cone in her hand, Smart Deva came forward to give his cone to her.Safa and Pandi Ashok were the two children who played the final round in which Pandi ashok was the winner of the game.
Here are the pictures of the "Fun cone game"
Then came the big surprise and the most awaited part - SANTA'S ENTRY - the final part done by Ms.Sumangali and Ms.Akila. Santa entered the celebration hall with his trademark jingle bell and music.He looked very tired as he came walking all the way.He couldn't come in his sleigh as his reindeers were lost.So he had come to search for his reindeers who were hiding amongst the ELC children.To find out his reindeers,Santa distributed gifts to all the children.After receiving the gifts,the children unwrapped their gifts- bracelet and rings for them.They wore their gifts on their hands and posed for pictures.Two children among the group received Santa's reindeer pictures and this helped Santa locate his reindeers.Vishal and Pandi Ashok revealed themselves to Santa as the reindeers.Santa then happily took the reindeers,attached them to his sleigh and happily went on a round singing the Jingle bell song.Santa then bid goodbye to everyone at the center,gave them his blessings and thanked everyone for helping him find his reindeers.
Click here to see our Santa and his reindeer search.
The remedial children also had a wonderful Christmas celebration in the evening.The story of birth of Jesus was explained,they enjoyed seeing the display of nativity scene and they took solo and group pictures in the christmas decoration background.They then played the Christmas dice game. In this game a dice was rolled. Each number on the dice has a Christmas based activity against it. Whichever number the child got, they had to do the activity accordingly. The activities included galloping like a reindeer, getting packed like a gift, being a snowman or a christmas tree, making snowfall, jingling like a jingle bell etc. At the end, they received surprise christmas gifts and enjoyed a yummy,delicious christmas snack - cake and pizzas.
Click here to see the christmas celebration of remedial children.
More than festivities and gifting,Christmas is a time for reflection,renewal and togetherness.This is a day for people to reflect upon their lives in the past year and look forward with gratitude and hope for the year to come.
Wishing everyone a Merry Christmas and looking forward for a wonderful new year 2026.
Ekadaksha had a Sports fun activities event as part of the sports series on 28th of November 2025 at Wesley Turf and Fitness club,Royapettah,Chennai.
The sports activities were kept simple and the main focus was to give opportunity for our children to interact with outsiders.Few well wishers of Ekadaksha,Mr.Gautham Gopal,Mr.Kailash,Mr.Vignesh and Ms.Tanuja joined us to be part of the fun event.
The guests were alloted to one house each-Red, Blue, Green, Yellow and they remained in that alloted house group for all activities of the day. Mr.Gautham was part of Red house,Mr.Kailash in blue house,Mr.Vignesh in Green house and Ms.Tanuja was part of the Yellow house.
For the children to get a feel of ease,first the house group teachers introduced the guest to the children. There were general interactions with the person either verbally or through the Avaz app. Interactions included hand shake, telling their names etc. After the introduction, the children played ball throw and catch in their respective houses. This was followed by 2 relay races.
1. Bucket relay race:where the first child had to carry the empty bucket,run along the track,pick up a bean bag from the tray kept at the other end,put the bean bag inside the bucket,come back running in their track and give the bucket to the next child. This was done till all the bean bags were over. The house which finished picking up all the bean bags first were the winners.Red house were the winners in the bucket relay race.
2. Instrument Relay race:Each house were given 4 different instruments which were kept in a tray at the start point.Once the whistle was blown,the child had to take an instrument of his/her choice,play the instrument simultaneously while walking in the track and drop the instrument inside the tray kept at the other end.After the first child sits at the other end,the second child has to get up,pick up another instrument of his/her choice,play the instrument and walk in the track to reach the end.Whichever house completed transfering all the four instruments first were declared the winner.Green house were the winners in the Instrument Relay race.
The groups posed for a group picture at the end of the races.It was so much fun playing the games.All the children played independently. They enjoyed interacting and playing along with the new person in their group. It was wonderful to see the children being with people other than their teachers.
The sports event was a day of fun and learning by giving the children and teachers the exposure to a new environment and new people. The children were given the opportunity to introduce themselves, and listen to new people too. The guests had a great time interacting with our children and they were also able to understand how to interact with the children as well as know how much our children are capable of doing.
Children's day is not merely a day for fun and games;it carries a profound message about the importance of nurturing the young generation with love,care and education.Pandit Nehru,fondly known as "Chacha Nehru" was a strong advocate for children's welfare,education and development. His birthday,November 14, was officially designated as Children's Day to honor his legacy.
Children's Day at Ekadaksha was celebrated in a dashing and vibrant manner.The whole day was party time for the children celebrating them for what they are.
Different themes were given for each class. The children and teachers of that class came dressed up suiting their theme.
Express A - Represented "YoYo Boys"
Express B - Came dressed up as "Cute Girls"
Experience 4A - Dressed up themselves as "Gaana Gang"
Experience 4B - Represented the corporate world,"The Boys"
First,the children displayed their artwork (painted imprints of their hands) and these hand prints were stuck on the display board.
Then it was time for the "Dashing party" - A colorful,vibrant ramp walk arranged for the children.Props to suit their theme were kept and children chose the props they liked. Beautifully dressed and adorned with the prop,children walked the ramp elegantly with their friends and teachers cheering them on.
The cute girls walked the ramp,dressed up in a cute manner with hats and caps. They gave an individual performance,followed by a cute duo ramp walk together. Watch the cute girls walking the ramp
Then came the Yo Yo boys,dressed up cool with jackets,jeans and coats along with yo yo props like caps,goggles,bracelets and chains. The boys looked super cool.They walked the ramp one by one,gave cool poses. After that they came as a group and rocked the stage with their Yo Yo poses.Watch the Yo Yo Boys on the ramp
The next group to walk the ramp were the "Gaana Gang".They dashed in with Gaana things and Gaana music. The first was an individual ramp walk with musical props - drums,jal jal,whistle.The children made a musical performance simultaneously producing rhythm with the instrument while walking the ramp.They clicked group picture with their teachers and friends too.Watch the Gaana Gang on the ramp
The last group to rock the stage was "The Boys", dressed up smartly in office attire,the boys walked the ramp displaying a corporate style. With files,laptop bags,mobile phones,the boys represented the busy corporate life. Watch "The Boys" on the ramp
It was fascinating to see our children do the ramp walk so independently.They were totally involved doing the show and enjoyed every bit of it.Click here to see the dashing party- ramp walk by ELC children.
The Teachers also gave a quick ramp walk in the end,celebrating themselves and cherishing the child within them.
Children's Day is a occasion not only to celebrate the innocence and joy of childhood but also to emphasize the collective responsibility of society to safeguard children's well-being and future.It is a call of action for parents,teachers and the community to provide every child with love,guidance and opportunities they need to become responsible,kind and educated citizens,thus ensuring a brighter tomorrow for the nation.
