new delhi at six joy is a bundle of energy the heavy school bag cant weigh him down after an exhausting time at school the tiny tot squeezes chess soccer and kumon classes that simplify maths and english into his schedule in fact hed rather engage in these activities than watch tv many like joy are taking up creative activities that help them unwind after school hours and parents are sparing no effort to help nurture their childs talent from renowned art and craft institutions to theatre schools the city offers a plethora of activities to tap into the creativity of young minds delhi school of music offers lessons in western classical music to kids from all age groups last year around 850 children enrolled in the institution of which 650 were schoolgoers classical music whether vocal or instrumental must be taken up at a young age we follow a strict onetoone teaching method under which a child can pick a time schedule that suits him in most cases it is the parents love for music that prompts them to get their children enrolled says surojit banerjee secretary delhi music society one can opt for lessons in piano violin viola cello guitar recorder keyboard flute saxophone clarinet drums and dance and voice skills national gallery of modern art organizes workshops for children to bring out the artist in them ngmas art sketch club meets between 1030am to 1230 am every sunday we have been running the club for 20 years now ngma also organises an annual workshop in may for three groups of children aged between 5 to 8 9 to12 and 13 to 17 said senior curator s k gupta the gallery invites senior artists to take the classes and guide them toward proper fine art training apart from music and art kids can enrol in pottery classes puppet making workshops calligraphy classes and drama lessons theatre in education tie also called sanskar rang toli of national school of drama nsd gives children from diverse social and economic backgrounds aged between 8 to 18 an opportunity to come together to learn the group organises a summer theatre workshop between may and june across eight venues in delhi extensions of the workshop sunday club part 1 and sunday club part ii are held between august and december once the part 1 course is over kids get to perform at an auditorium the effect of theatre on children is multidimensional it helps them grow emotionally and accept or understand kids from other sections of society it is an integrative medium said actor kuldip singh who teaches at tie for the studious lot too there are multiple choices to pick from the national science centre offers a number of interesting activities as part of its hobby camp in various areas like mechanics air and water fluidics electricity and magnetism and optics apart from conventional courses parents are enrolling their kids in innovative programmes too kids for tigers is