Shishuvihar has a very deep faith in creation of real life system and so real education is the foundation of the institution. Formal education can give guide line but it cannot inject and develop confidence in the individual. It cannot help in advancement of the higher feelings. For that one should be made aware of the individual understanding at every stage of social life, and through that, he should be made to experience the emotional truth himself.
Rangbhumi
Anand Mangal Mandal and Shishu Vihar drama artises performed street plays in various places of Bhavnagar District before Independence, and carry home a message to rid the society from evil customs, misbeliefs, blind faith along with message of freedom, In the course of time the Open Theater of Shishu Vihar got ready in 1950,where numberless plays by Shishu Vihar and other Sanstha were performed. In the art centre of Shishu Vihar the players, artistes, singers, muscians like Shri Manbhai Bhatt, Kandarpbhai, Sagrikaben, Indubhai Chaturvedi, Ravindrabhai Jani, Bachubhai Kambad, Sumanben Chaturvedi have cooperated a lot. Besides, Rajani kanada, Jamanadas Gajjar, Bharatbhai Pandya and other painters and handicraft experts extended their warm support. At the time of Sanstha's Golden Jubilee the financial help has been availed from Shri. Jagdishbhai Shah and Shri Ratilal Gosalia and the well known painter and Art Guru Shri Somalal Shah inaugurated The R. V. Gosalia Art Center's initiation. It provides good opportunity for the development of hand work and art inherant in the child
Kridangan Play Ground
Children play ground is not just a place to keep the children engaged, but it is a superb field of life building of children. Anand Mangal Group Workers circle with one swing started children play ground on Kartik Shud Padva 1939 in Bhavnagar. A play ground decicated to children at Shishuvihar is known as Kridangan. Every year more then 78000 people visit kridangan where 55000 children and 13000 parents come.
Kridangan consits of various play equipments like Swings, Sliders,Slopes,Walk-Balance,Rolling ladders,Hurdels Trap Track, Fixed Stone Charts for games like ludo have also been kept.
Almost 275 Anganwadi of Bhavnagar , Schools etc have atleast one trip planned in a year to Shishuvihar.
Shishuvihar has been serving as a picnic spot for schools, play centres and other such institutions dealing with children.
And presence of so many children makes Shishuvihar a pious place and we are happy for being the reason for the happiness of children
Library : Gokhale Gyan Mandir
Books and newspapers are a must for the general knowledge of the word besides learning and teaching, Anand Mangal Group began to go round with books in hand pushing Lori 70 years back. Then with the support of Shri Karsandas Chitaliya a Freedom Fighter and a member of Shr Gopalkrishna Gokhale Servent Society of India, a Library appeared in 1949 in Shishu Vihar. Then after with the support extended by Lok Milap Trust, Shri Ratibhai Gosalia and Dr. Shivanan Adhvaryu the Sanstha now has a separate independent Library, The making of a building was helped by Shri Ratilal Gosalia.
Donations of books and magazines are constantly received up from the citizens. Besides study books other readable books and magazines are made available for reading to city's many organizations and institutions. The books are properly and subject wise well maintained in the Library. Besides the books, the daily papers and magazines regularly come. There are 38500 books in the Library. Rs.25/- is for membership and Rs.100/- is for deposit for a year. Eighty schools run by city's nagar prathmic shikshan samitti were given 400 books of Rs.8000/- as gift to children libraries.
A reading workshop for the adult men and women was arranged on behalf of the library In the year 2007-08 on Shri Manbhai Bhatt centenary year. 75 members participants in the workshop
