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You are here: Home >> Activities by Age >> Kindergarten Crafts & Activities >> Anand vidyalaya – Sankranti special

Anand vidyalaya – Sankranti special

Shruti Acharya | January 16, 2013 | 3 Comments

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This sankranti, we wanted to do something special for the kids at Anand Vidyalya. Arthi pitched in to do her story sessions [ Reading a kite called Korika & The rooster & the sun]. Her story telling sessions are a favourite among the kids. She also brought an earthen pot painted by her daughter, anush & lots of mango leaves. Once the story sessions were complete, the kids moved to the basement to make some mango leaf torans (bunting). Mango leaves are traditionally tied at the entrance of houses in India to welcome one and all. They are also generally considered very auspicious. Kids also decorated the earthern pot with mango leaf garlands.. For Pongal, Milk is boiled with some rice and jaggery in earthen pots  and is made to overflow representing of the bounty of food God has given us, filling our vessels to the brim and spilling over. Cows are decorated & are worshipped. They are also fed a combination of grass, sugar cane and jaggery. Colourful rangolis adorn each entrance and kids fly kites.. 

We gave each kid an icecream stick , a 1/2 meter thread, a straw, a 6 inch square  coloured paper & a triangle cut paper for the kite’s tail. Glue was shared by 6 kids. They were then encouraged to make their own designs on the kite using markers.  

Swapna, one of our blog friends got some Sweet Pongal made from home for the 100+ kids. Art had got some yellu bella a combination of [ sesame seeds and jaggery, popularly handed over at Sankranti] . It felt wonderful to celebrate a festival with the kids there.

You can find more pics here & here


Filed Under: Kindergarten Crafts & Activities Tagged With: Anand Vidyalaya, India Crafts, Lil P and Me, Sankranti

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About Shruti Acharya

Shruti is a writer, photographer, DIY lover, passionate homemaker, and the chief dreamer at ArtsyCraftsyMom.com . Shruti lives in Bangalore, India with her husband and daughter. She loves showcasing fun art activities, crafts for kids, celebrations, childrens books & all the craziness that is India.

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Comments

  1. Prachi says

    January 16, 2013 at 10:23 am

    Lovely work with the kids…!!
    I am glad to see all smiling faces…thanks and keep up the good work !!

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  2. Priti says

    January 16, 2013 at 5:59 pm

    That’s so sweet of you all. Wonderful idea to bring smile on their face. Kudos to your efforts!

    Reply
  3. Patricia Torres says

    March 4, 2013 at 8:20 am

    What lovely work.. Well done!! I am soooooooooooo proud of you!! 🙂 Those smiles are precious..

    Reply

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