Hello Everyone,
 
  Thanks to Monica shah, Disha's mom for helping in the class this week.
 
 This week in Hindi class, we learned two new letters Ta and Tha. We also worked on matching the picture to it's sound. In culture, we learned about different kinds of dresses worn by men and women in India. 
                       
  Homework for coming week: Trace and write letters Ta and Tha. Activity page No.17 and 24. In some of the work book the pg No. are different. The activity is, finding the path.
 
 I also wanted to mention to the parents, Kids should not be spending more than 30 minutes for homework. If you think it is taking them a lot of time to trace and write letters, let them finish half of the page instead of full. Children should not be frustrated learning Hindi.
 
 Please let us know if you have any questions, concerns or suggestions.
 
 
Thanks,
Deepa Kacharia.
Nisha Gidwani.

 

Hi,
 
A correction about the letters that we learned in the class this week were, Da and Dha. Please let your child trace and write those letters.
 
Next week, we are beginning "Vishesh Vidhyarthi" program. Where two children bring something special from home and talk about it in Hindi  3 to 4 lines. It can be a toy, family picture, their grandparents, or their dress(any thing) except electronic items. Please help your child practice talking in Hindi about it. Each child will be receiving a certificate on completion. Coming week our "vishesh Vidhyarthi" are Akshatha and Sahil.
 
Next week our parent helper is Monica Shah. Parents, if you have not signed up as our volunteer in class or for events, please do.
 
thanks,
Deepa Kacharia.
Nisha Gidwani.

Hello Everyone,
 
Last week, kids enjoyed the Kathak performance by Antara Dutta and her students. In Hindi, we learned three new letters "Na, Ta and Tha". In spoken Hindi, our Vishesh Vidhyarthi, Akshata and Sahil did a pretty god job talking in Hindi.
 
Homework  for this week is, tracing and writing the letters "Na,Ta and Tha". Vishesh Vidhyarthi for next week are, Nila and Sheel. Parents, please help them prepare talking in Hindi 3 to 4 lines about the things they want to share.
 
Once again, thanks to Disha's mom Monica for for helping us in class this week.
 
Regards,
Deepa and Nisha.

 

Namaste Parents,
 
This Sunday for Gurukul the kids learnt new letters Da & Dha. Homework is to complete these pages in the binder
 
For culture kids learnt about Diwali and also got to decorate beautiful diyas.
 
Sheel & Nila did a great job talking about brother and family respectively. We forgot to announce the Vishesh Vidyarthi for the  next class. But would like Aneesh Harwalkar & Meera Kalhan to prepare something for the class on Nov 21.
 
There will not be a class next week as Gurukul Diwali is going to be held on Nov 13. Details for the event are as follows :
 
·       Date: 13NOV 2010

·       Time: 7.00pm- 10.30pm

·       Venue: Hazen High School, Renton

·       There will be kid’s activities, Dandiya, Bollywood dance and snacks

 
We have noticed that a lot of the previous letters which were taught in class have not been completed in the binders of many students. Please make your kids complete their binders as it will be difficult for them to remember the letters if they havent practiced it. We teachers can help them learn Hindi only once a week but you as parents can work more on it at home. We do understand that everyone has a time crunch but as we all know learning a new language takes patience and lots of practice.
 
Some of the pages of the binders are not organized properly. We apologize for the mix ups but we cannot reorganize them in the limited time we have at class. Please take a few moments to check your kids binders and reorganize them as it will save them and us precious time at Gurukul.
 
A lot of the kids asked to see the youtube animation videos depicting Ramayan. As the whole thing would take a few hours we could not comply with their request. Please show your kids the story of Ramayan so that they can be more knowledgable as to why festivals like Navratri & Diwali are celebrated.
 
See you at the Diwali party.
 
Regards
 
Nisha Gidwani
Deepa Kacharia
 

 

Namaste parents,

 

Sorry for the late email. We have had some computer problems and so could not mail you earlier.

 

Last class for Hindi we did revision and also taught words without matras made up with letters we have learnt so far(A to Dha). The kids had a great time playing a game while learning this.

 

For spoken Hindi we revised doing verbs like khana, aana jaana by again playing a game.

 

For culture we learnt about Guru Nanak Jayanti and also made a Bhangra puppet.

 

The Vishesh Vidyarthi for this class are Aneesh Harwalkar, Meera Kalhan and Richa Mehta.

 

Also we do not have a parent volunteer this week. If one of you could help us out in class it would be really good.

 

Regards

 

Nisha Gidwani

Deepa Kacharia

Namaste parents,

 

Sorry for the late mail. I havent been doing well the last few days and so am sending it now

 

 Last week for Hindi we revised the letters the kids have learnt till now. We also asked them to practice each letter 2 more times on a sheet. We are going to have an evaluation in Jan and some of the kids seemed to have problems remembering the letters.

 

For spoken Hindi we had Aneesh and Meera give us a presentation. The Vishesh Vidyarthi for next week are Richa Mehta, Disha Prasad & Ishaan Puri.

 

We also revised some Hindi words by playing a game.

 

For culture we also had a revision class. The kids made a toran for craft.

 

Also there is a change in the Gurukul calender. This change was done based on Lake Washington School District break schedule.

 

 

There will be class on Sunday Dec 19th.

In its place CLASSES ARE CANCELLED FOR Sunday Jan 2nd.

 

Regards

Nisha Gidwani

Deepa Kacharia

 

Namaste Parents,
 
Hope you are enjoying the holidays. I have not been keeping well and so could not mail to you earlier. Last Gurukul class for Hindi we did revision. The kids mostly know the beginning letters but tend to get confused in the latter ones. We are going to have an evaluation on Jan 16. So please help them review letters from  अ to ध. 
 
 On Dec 12 the class was taken by Deepaji and she made the kids do these letters as well as showed them how some words are formed. The homework for that week was to do all the letters twice and also write the words twice. A request to parents whose kids did not attend the class, please make your kids do the homework also as it is just practice for them. The list of the words are :
 
अंग  - body parts
आओ - come
आग - fire
आज - today
एक - one
ईख - sugarcane
अंक - numbers
आठ - eight
चख - taste
जग - world
घट - less
आई - came
गई - gone
आजा - come on
 
Hope the Hindi alphabets are clear as this is the first time I am trying this feature out. Please let me know if it was not understandable.
 
For culture we learnt about 'Foods of India'. We had a great time with the presentations as all the kids wanted to participate and some of them actually tried their Hindi by making up the presentation at the spot. It did lead to delay in leaving the kids for which I apologize.
 
There will be no class on the Jan 2nd. The next class will be held on Jan 9th.
 
Wishing U guys a very happy new year.
 
Regards
 
Nisha Gidwani
Deepa Kacharia

Namaste Parents,
 
Last week we had a test in class to evaluate the kids. All of the kids have done a good job. Some kids even remembered stuff that was taught last year which was nice to see.
 
We also did a crossword puzzle on Republic Day as well as a craft relating to Foods of India.
 
Next 2 classes we are going to have the Parent Teacher Conferences. We have divided the time slot as 10 min per kid. We request the parents to show up 10 min before their assigned time as conferences are going to be held back to back. Some of the parents have already signed up. For those who havent yet signed up please check the sheet and send us 2 time slots as your preferences. We will try our best to accomodate you. Please let us know ur preferences by Thurs so that we send out the final sheet by end of Fri.
 
Also for these 2 weeks the class will be held by the parent volunteers. We will provide the material well in advance. The material will be fairly simple and we will also provide some activities for kids so it should not be very tough on you if this would be your first Hindi teaching experience.
 
The current parent volunteers signed up for the next 2 classes are :
 
Jan 23 2011
Sushma Verma
 
Jan 30 2011
Malavika
Shailendra Gujarati
 
We do require more volunteers for these classes (atleast 3 per class). So please help us out by volunteering.
 
Regards
 
Nisha Gidwani
Deepa Kacharia

Namaste Parents,

 

The homework for next class is to write the letters ट ठ ड ढ ण twice on a sheet.

 

Regards

 

Nisha Gidwani

Deepa Kacharia

Namaste Parents,
 
We had hectic few weeks because of the evaluation and the conferences. We are really thankful to our parent volunteers for taking classes in our absense.
 
These last 2 weeks for Hindi kids have been reviewing the letters ट to  ध. Also they learnt about directions purab, pashchim, uttar & dakshin. They reviewed days of the week. The last 2 topics were actually covered last year.
 
For culture the kids learnt about the festival Sankranti & made kites for craft.
 
Thanks again to all our parent volunteers for helping us out the last 3 classes. We couldnt have managed without all your help.
 
I (Nisha) am leaving for a short trip and Navita Somani will be taking culture classes for the next few weeks.
 
Regards
 
Nisha Gidwani
Deepa Kacharia

 

Namaste Parents,

 

This week we had a guitar demo in which the kids learnt about some guitar basics.

 

For Hindi kids learnt the letters य र ल व . Please make them finish these letters in the binder for homework.

 

For spoken Hindi we did the story Ulta-Pulta Jungle.

 

The Vishesh Vidyarthi students for next week are Yash Gadgil & Anjali Gujarati.

 

The volunteer for next week is Shilpa Oak. Can you please confirm with me that you will be coming next week. Deepaji is taking a trip to India and help is needed  from parents else it will be difficult to manage the class.

 

Regards

 

Nisha

Namaste Parents,

 

This week we did revision of the letters य र ल व. Also the kids did 2 exercises after these letters in the binder. For homework the next 2 exercises have to be done. In the binder they are pages 55- 56 for some and for others its pages 58-59 (I think).

 

For culture we learnt about Holi. Kids also got to see the video on the story of Prahlad. They had a great time playing Holi with markers.

 

For spoken Hindi they heard the story "Prashan Pandit" and answered questions based on that.

 

Vishesh Vidyarthi for next week are Yash Gadgil, Malika Shahi & Prakriti Shukla.

 

We do not have any volunteers lined up for the next 3 classes. Please sign up as I need all the help I can get. It was really tough for me in the last class as Deepaji is in India and I was not feeling well and we did not have any parent volunteer.

 

March 27th is the last Sun for registration for returning Gurukul students. So please register your kid for next year if u have not done so. The directions for registration are in the link below:

 

 

Regards

 

Nisha

 

Namaste Parents,
 
We had a fun time being dressed up for the spirit month. The details for next Sun is as follows :
 
April 17th will be Indian Sports day. Kids can come dressed in anything related to Indian sports such as an Indian cricket jersey. They can even bring something related to an Indian sport such as a cricket bat or ball.
 
The last 3 letters of the Hindi alphabet were learnt by the kids. For homework please make them complete the letters  त्र ज्ञ.
 
For culture kids learnt about the various games of India.
 
For spoken Hindi they learnt numbers 21-40. They also leant different emotions.
 
Vishesh Vidyarthi for next week are Aava Sikchi & Ishaan Mirchandani.
 
Can we please have a parent volunteer sign up for this Sun as we do not have anyone.
 
Regards
 
Nisha Gidwani
 

Namaste parents,
 
We had a fun class on Sunday. It was great to see all the kids dressed up with the sports spirit. One of the kids even wore knee pads and got cricket bat which was fun to see. We had kids dressed up as PT Usha, Badminton players etc.
 
For Hindi we revised all the letters learnt so far by playing a game. The kids also learnt a new letter श्र . This letter is not included in the binder so we made the kids write it on a page. Please make your kids write this letter 20 times as homework.
 
For culture we took the kids outside as an activity for the topic learnt last week "Games of India". The kids had lots of fun learning and playing Indian games like Pitthu & Khokho.
 
For spoken Hindi they learnt differences between Ye & Woh (this & that). Also how the gender change changes some masculine letters and doesnt change feminine ones i.e using Mera for singular & Mere for plural while Meri remains the same whether using for singular or plural object. It would be nice if you could give them more examples of this and make them practice more at home.
 
Thanks to Sumita Verma for volunteering. The volunteer for next week is Par Dudley. There are no volunteers lined up for the month of May. Please let us know who will be able to volunteer for the first 4 Sundays in May. The last Sunday we have a Memorial Day holiday.
 
Gurukul Annual Day is to be celebrated on June 6. We will be doing the presentation in class. There is no potluck this year. Some refreshments will be served at the end downstairs. We will start working on annual day presentation this Sun onwards. Please help your kids remember the lines at home.
 
May 22nd is going to be another evaluation. Gurukul is a skill based organization, when your child is ready he/she will be promoted, otherwise the promotion will lead to de-motivation and frustration. So your kid will be promoted based on how much he/she knows about the language covered this year.
 
Also summer workbooks will be distributed on that day. WORKBOOK COMPLETION IS MANDATORY FOR STAYING IN THE RECOMMENDED LEVEL.
 
This Sunday the kids have to dress up as an Indian Icon. They can dress up as a famous personality they like. For eg Nehru, Gandhiji, Sharukh Khan, Aishwariya Rai, Tendulkar etc.
 
Regards
 
Nisha Gidwani
Deepa Kacharia