Sumanasu For Children · 5–12 Meet Arun Ask on WhatsApp
Sumanasu for Children · Kalamassery, Ernakulam

Where children discover
who they are becoming.

Cohorts of ten children, two evenings a week — building emotional vocabulary, attention and confidence through art, clay and books. In a room with no screens.

Cohorts now enrolling
The two cohorts

One for beginning. One for holding on.

Children join the cohort for their age and grow with the same ten children — that continuity is what makes the learning stick.

Ages 5 – 8

Sprouts

For children still learning to name what they feel.

  • Emotional vocabulary, built through art
  • Stories they can recognise themselves in
  • Presence, attention and confidence
DaysMondays (art) & Wednesdays (reading)
Length75 minutes · twice a week
₹2,000 / month Capped at ten children
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Ages 9 – 12

Roots

For children starting to withdraw — behind a door, behind a screen.

  • Self-awareness and resilience, through clay & art
  • Books chosen for their inner world
  • Words for what they feel — to a parent, a friend, themselves
DaysTuesdays (art) & Thursdays (reading)
Length75 minutes · twice a week
₹2,000 / month Capped at ten children
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Enrolment is month to month. The journey is designed for three years — most families stay because their child asks to.

Not sure? Talk it through with Arun first.

About the cohorts, about your child, about whatever is on your mind. Arun is a TISS-trained counsellor — the first conversation is free, and there is no pressure to enrol.

Free 20-minute call · in person or video · follow-up counselling sessions, if you ever want them, are ₹1,200

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Inside a session

Every session keeps the same gentle rhythm.

Children settle faster when they know what to expect.

  1. Opening circle

    One word, one feeling, one thing from their week. No pressure.

  2. Core activity

    Forty minutes of art, clay or books — individual work in shared space.

  3. Closing circle

    Each child shares one thing they made or noticed. This is what they carry home.

Arun Raju, counsellor at Sumanasu

Run by a counsellor, not a franchise.

Arun Raju holds an MA in Social Work (Development & Therapeutic Counselling) from TISS Mumbai, with twelve years in social development and child & family programmes before founding Sumanasu.

“Children prepared for everything except themselves grow into adults who feel the same.”

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Visiting

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Sumanasu · Kalamassery, Ernakulam, Kerala

Full address and directions are shared on WhatsApp — and you're welcome to visit with your child before deciding anything.

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