By YOCee Team
The security staff at the entrance of Fort St. George became busy on a quiet Sunday morning. On May 18, 2008, kids along with their parents started coming in right from 9.30 am.
The destination was the Fort museum and the event was a clay modelling competition organised by the museum in connection
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By Editor
For the camels from the deserts of Rajasthan, a vacation in Chennai may be like an escape to a hill station, for us!
Newspapers have been reporting the camel rides on the beaches of Chennai. But when the children in a neighbourhood colony in Adyar saw them on the road in front of their homes, they
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By Shweta Ashok
Growing technology had surrounded the lives of every boy and girl with computers, video games, i- pods and what not.
Then what happens to our culture and traditions? This is the prime concern of every parent, nowadays.
But hold on, there seems to be a solution for this too.
A summer camp drew kids
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By Varsha Mohan
On the 5th of May, I had attended an Arts and Crafts Fest at Crossword in Kuppu Arcade, Venkatanarayan Road, T.Nagar.
It was organized by Mr. Rajashekar, the stores manager and was hosted by Shweta and Shantru. It started off at 6:30 pm with a welcome note and all of us introducing ourselves.
A dozen
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By Editor
Reported by Harini, Rohini, Vijay Deepak
If you reside in or around R.A.Puram / Abhiramapuram, wondering how to spend time these summer holidays and haven't thought of a bookshop, visit Odyssey on St. Mary's Road with your parents. This is situated right opposite the church on St. Mary's road inside
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By Editor
One of the treasures of this city is its beaches.
The Marina and the Elliots have different features and the visitors to these beaches are also different.
What kids and adults do at the Marina is different from what happens at the Elliots.
But our beaches do not have those trees we find on the
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By YOCee Team
Chennai has become a home for community festivals.
Mylapore Festival, Samathuva Pongal in Tiruvanmiyur and the city level Chennai Sangamam take place around the Pongal time every year.
How about an exclusive kids community festivals, thought Nandini and Shruthi of Kilpauk.
A day after Pongal was
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By Editor
Do you know that there are rules for touching?
Differentiating between a good touch and a bad touch helps to keep yourself safe.
And how do you learn it?
Here is an audio book - 'Tickles and hugs...'. This book is an initiative of Tulir - Centre for the Prevention and Healing of Child Sexual Abuse.
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By Pallavi Balakrishnan
Every year Malayalees all over the world celebrate Onam between the months of August and September. It is a festival, which has no boundaries of caste, creed or even religion. It is a harvest festival.
There is an interesting story behind this merry festival. The story goes that long ago Kerala was
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By Sruti S
The 145th Birthday Tithipuja of Sri Ramakrishnananda, founder of Sri Ramakrishna Mutt, Chennai, brother-disciple of Swami Vivekananda was celebrated with special pujas at the Ramakrishna Math, Mylapore on August 10, 2007.
The Math was built in the year 1897,the year when Swami Vivekananda came to
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