Avishkar Play School

Down on Garden Street in Champapet, you’ll find Avishkar Play School. It’s a busy little spot where the younger kids spend their mornings. We started this because there wasn’t much else around here for the little ones to do while their parents are at work. The rooms are full of toys and blocks and chairs that are way too small for adults. We spend a lot of time just showing them how to share and how to sit still for more than five minutes, which isn't always easy. Hyderabad weather can be a bit much, so we spend most of our time inside the building. You can hear the singing and the yelling from the street sometimes when the windows are open. It’s a simple setup. We don’t have a big corporate office or anything like that. It’s just us and the kids and the daily mess of glue and paper. Parents drop them off early and we get to work on letters and numbers. Sometimes we have to deal with tantrums or scraped knees, but that’s part of the job. People in Champapet know us as the place with the colorful gate. We just try to keep everyone safe and keep the learning going until it’s time to go home. It’s a loud place, but it’s a good kind of loud that shows the kids are actually doing something and not just sitting around bored. It's life.