“Sherlock Calling!!!”

Wondering what is Sherlock Calling!! Well it’s the most thrilling and adventurous detective day celebration at HappyMinds Leadership Academy. Now, there are certain characteristics  detectives  possess which require years of practice and development. Not only is their work adventurous, it is very dangerous at times. We thought why not the kids of our academy have hands on experience  assisting Sherlock Holmes and help him solve the great mystery of hidden treasure.

Children of all age have always been thrilled to be detectives, watch spy cartoons or read stories of Tin tin, Sherlock Holmes or Nancy Drew to name a few. Every kid loves to solve mysteries, crack codes and uncover secret messages. So we polished our magnifying glasses and took them to the adventurous land of detectives and criminals. To get the real feel all the Boys and Girls were dressed as detectives.

Geared up to take the challenges ahead of them, the kids were confident and showcased excellent enthusiasm. At the start of the session we introduced children to the work of a detective and explained them about their working styles and characteristics. They were also introduced to a few words like forensics and evidence to give them a further insight. They learnt about crime scenes and fingerprints and the importance of wearing gloves while collecting evidence. After the briefing they were given various challenges such as Arithmagon, Decoding a message, Puzzles and word scrambles that lead them to the final clue. The final clue was a secret message for them from Sherlock Holmes. It can’t be expressed what we witnessed during the session. The smartness, the techniques and the accuracy they solved mysteries with was impressive.

We designed this session to develop certain skills in children which a detective possesses like Creative thinking, Observational Skills, Concentration skills, Problem Solving techniques and Under-stress working. We are happy to have been able to make the kids understand all this with the help of the activities performed in this session. The efforts put together in designing and conducting the session by Team HappyMinds was appreciated by students as well as parents.