Learning with Young Minds

This week we celebrated International Mother Language Day to show our love for our mother tongues. And now it is time to spread that love to the next generation. Not just by speaking with kids in the Indian languages, but also by teaching them how to read and write. Literacy gives entry to the literature. And literature is the mirror our culture, society and history. And we do want our kids to know their roots, don’t we? So, I am sharing a word scramble activity in three Indian languages, मराठी, हिंदी, and বাংলা . If you are wondering about the order of these languages, well, that’s the order in which I learned those languages. This activity is for early readers and does not have any संयुक्त अक्षर . The earlier letter recognition activities  with Google slideshow (Marathi) are ideal for kids who have just begun to learn the letters.   And here is your word scramble activity: Unscramble and Write . Have fun 😀😀

  Vasant Panchami or Basant Panchami marks the beginning of the spring season. This festival is a celebration of new life and learning. Goddess Saraswati, the goddess of knowledge, is worshiped in many parts of India during this festival. Let’s continue our learning with these spring-themed activities during this festival. Spring-themed Shadow Matching This google slideshow activity is fun for kids of all ages. All you have to do is open the file in the ‘present’ mode and choose the correct options! Enjoy this free resource – Spring Shadow Matching Spring-themed Coordinates Activities If you are a regular reader of this blog, you must have already guessed that we absolutely love 💓working on the coordinates activities! And here are some more. Spring Coordinates Activities . (Available for the subscribers. You can become a subscriber for free using the link on the home page.) These activities include drawing flowers with the coordinates.  This set also shows how to plot lin...

  The sun has started its northward journey, the days are becoming longer (in the northern hemisphere!) and shadows are visible for longer time. Aha! Time! There is some intriguing connection between the shadow and the time. Our shadows change length at different time in the day. So, is it possible to tell the time based on the length and the direction of your shadow? That is exactly how our foremothers used to tell time before the analog and digital clocks were invented. Let’s see if we can do it. (And let me warn you beforehand, this is a looooooooooong project that can run for months 😲) We prepared this simple Sundial at home. To do this, you require a paper plate, a picture of analog clock’s body (without the hands!) and a pencil. Paste the picture at the back of the plate and make a hole at the center to insert the pencil. And of course, you need to know the cardinal directions: east, west, north and south.   (This picture is taken at the end of this experiment as we...