-Write all the letter from "ta" to "Dh" (pages 36, 37, 38 and 39 in binder) and write five words starting with the letters. Please make sure that kids know the meaning of the words that they are writing, first that way they can pronounce the words and also this increases their hindi vocalbury.
- Have them prepare a spoken hindi speech (atleast five lines each) on any topic that interests them. Please do not have them speak about their school. I would give etc. credit to kids who would do this :))

Namaste Parents,
Updates from last Sunday;
IMPORTANT:
- I sent out the reading chart for your kids so that every time they are reading (being read to) or speaking in hindi you can note down the times and then let me know either by sending the chart to class and asking kids for making sure that I give them a star for every 30min or you can email me as well so I can make a note. Every 30 min earns them a star on the big chart that we would hang in the class and at the end depending on the number of stars they would get a prize from Gurukul.
- Since it is mid winter break for my daughter's school next week I would not be coming to Gurukul on Feb 19th as I would be off to Mexico.
- There is no class on Feb 26th due to mid winter break unless otherwise told by Bharati on Feb 19th.
Class Site: Class 2D
Session Review:
Morning Routine: “Om”, “Tumhi Ho Maata” prayer led by kids .
Hindi:
- We reviewed all the letters (vowels and consonants) that we have learnt so far. Each kid was asked to say and write all the letters. It was nice to see that most everyone remembered the letters we have learnt so far.
I introduced four new letters this time. We still have lot to cover so I will be introducing new letters in one class and reviewing all the letters in the next. Letters from "ta", ta se talwar, "th", th se thali, "da", da se dada and "dh", dh se dhanush. Kids had a little difficulty in pronouncing the different letters. Please do make sure when they do their homework that they are pronouncing each of these correctly while they do homework.
Spoken:
-Me, Bharati and Anu (parent volunteer) spoke in either Hindi or English to each other and kids were asked to translate in English or hindi respectively. Then we did some actions and kids were asked to make a full sentence in hindi to describe the action in present tense. Most everyone got right and with that I owe them two prizes :) for doing such a good job in speaking hindi (the effort mainly).
Culture:
In the culture session, kids learnt about different musical instruments used in Indian classical music. They heard the sound of Tanpura and talked about flute and Lord Krishna playing the flute. We also compared various string, wind and percussion instruments used in India and western music. For the culture activity, the kids created a collage of instruments with pictures and labels.
Homework Assignment:
-Write all the letter from "ta" to "Dh" (pages 36, 37, 38 and 39 in binder) and write five words starting with the letters. Please make sure that kids know the meaning of the words that they are writing, first that way they can pronounce the words and also this increases their hindi vocalbury.
- Have them prepare a spoken hindi speech (atleast five lines each) on any topic that interests them. Please do not have them speak about their school. I would give etc. credit to kids who would do this :))
Volunteers:
Thanks to Anu (Sonya's mom) for volunteering in Class. Next week volunteer is parent of Aryan
Attendance: 0 absent (love when I write 0 here)
Dhanyawad!!
Priyanka and Bharati