Ruchi · hobby hour
Find what you love. Then get good at it.
Ruchi means taste, or interest. Once a week, from Grade 1 to Grade 8, children regroup by hobby. Grades 1–2 try different areas, Grades 3–5 choose and explore, and Grades 6–8 build real skill in three kinds of work, as set out in NCERT’s Kaushal Bodh.
Hobby groups
Growing living things
Kitchen garden, plant nursery, biodiversity explorers, hydroponics
Making with machines and materials
Robotics, maker skills, animation, AI builders, Channapatna-style toy making, textile crafts, pottery
Serving people
Fireless cooking, puppetry and storytelling, young curators, first-aid champions, water auditors, young media makers
Arts
Art, craft, photography, vocal music, flute, guitar, keyboard, drums, Bharatanatyam, Kathak, western dance
Sport and mind
Basketball, football, cricket, volleyball, table tennis, boxing, chess, quiz, yoga, traditional games