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The School Leader’s Guide to Activity-Based Learning

Activity-based learning isn’t hard. Knowing where to start is.

See where your school actually stands, and follow a practical 90-day plan to close the gap.

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If this sounds familiar

Everyone tells you to change how your school teaches. Nobody tells you how.

The policy

The direction is clear.

NEP 2020 and the NCF call for activity-based learning.

The parents

They want results they can see.

How do you show them the learning behind play?

Your teachers

They want to do it well.

Have they been trained to turn activities into learning?

What’s inside

Nine chapters, and two you will use immediately

The reflection checklist

Twelve statements to mark while you observe, scored 0–24, with four honest bands.

Seven myths, answered

Including “it slows academics” and “it needs expensive materials.”

The five pillars

Teaching, teachers, environment, assessment and leadership, with what each asks of you.

A 90-day plan

Assess and align, build teacher capacity, embed the change. Actions and outcomes for each phase.

Teacher readiness checklist

Twelve indicators for self-assessment or mentoring, from highly ready to beginning the journey.

Parents, and measuring success

How to explain fewer worksheets to a worried parent, and what to look at instead of exam results.

Aligned to NEP 2020 and the NCF for the Foundational Stage, and grounded in research on Indian classrooms.

Who this is for

Anyone who decides how a school teaches: principals, heads of school, academic coordinators, founders and trustees.

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Written by

Dr. S Rekha Reddy

Montessori Pioneer · Master Trainer · Founder, MontShala

Thirty-five years advancing Montessori practice in India, and a lifetime of teacher education. She holds Montessori diplomas from AMI, IMTC and IIMS, and a PhD comparing play in Montessori and conventional early childhood classrooms.

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