Indian Independence Day

This week is full of celebrations because the Indian Independence Day is just around the corner. And learning can be integrated in a fun way when ever there is any kind of  celebration. I am sharing some of the activities that I did with my little sweeties. The activities focus a lot on literacy and numeracy skills but  most of them are game based so kids participated with enthusiasm.

I read out a factual book about India to them.You can grab your copy from HERE.

We made an Indian flag by painting ice cream sticks with the Tri-color. The older kids added a sentence underneath the flag. I wanted them to practice reading the sentence from left to right and top to bottom, so I cut up the words and let them stick the words in order.

Since we are practicing reading CVC words, I made an activity where the kids had to take the Indian boy to the national flag by coloring all the Vowel I words since India begins with I.

The younger kids just had to find the letter I.

We made rhyming words with the word 'flag'.

We also put together national symbol puzzles. The kids had to read the words and match them to the pictures.

We fixed some number order puzzles too!

We rolled the dice and graphed the national symbols.

We played a memory match game. The kids who found a matching pair of the national symbol, got a sticker of the Indian Flag.

Bingo was a lot of fun and the competitive spirit of this game surely got the kids excited!

We also colored kites of different sizes.

You can get all these activities from my TPT STORE.

I will be coming back soon with some more fun activities and a freebie! So do come back to check out!

Weekly Wednesday Book Talk- Independence Day

India's independence day is around the corner and I shortlisted some books that I would be reading to my kids.  Though the books don't really talk about India's independence, I feel they are great discussion starters about India. I love doing an India unit during this time and the books provide us with a lot of information. 

This is an alphabetic book on India and the author has used each letter of the alphabet to tell something special about our country. It covers quite a lot from food, festivals, cities and dances to the diverse culture of India.

 

Books from Scholastic always have great illustrations. Get this book if your kids like non fictional text. The real life pictures add to the beauty of this book and it does give a lot of information about India.

I loved Prodeepto Das "I is for India" and had to get a copy of this book too. This book is perfect if your kids are visiting India for the first time. It is told in first person and offers a fresh perspective of India. 

If you would like to talk about the capital of India, this book is a great read. It talks about popular monuments, important places and even the Delhi Metro. A great peek into the capital city!

In case you would like to talk particularly about the independence, you can grab my printable copy from HERE

Independance Day

 Happy Independence day to all Indians and a salute to all the martyrs who got us our independence and gave us the freedom that we all cherish.

Independence day in schools is celebrated with gusto across India. The celebrations start as early as mid July and the school hallways come alive with the Tri Colors. 

Children get involved in making crafts, putting up plays depicting the freedom struggle and learning about India in general.

Its a great time to talk about the national symbols and the national flag with the little ones.

I found a great resource from www.dltk-kids.com to make a collage about India.

Children can make crafts for each national symbol.

The national flower- Lotus

 The national bird's(Peacock) feather

 The national animal-Tiger

I love reading the book I is for India by Prodeepta Das to children.

 

I also found some great activities from www.activityvillage.co.uk which children can do independently in their workstations.

This is a laminated sheet . Children can draw tiger stripes.

 

India Flag Puzzle

 Tiger lacing card

 My kids made Tri Color wrist bands to commemorate the occasion.

I created a printable book to read aloud to kids. It also has few activities to recap the national symbols.You can download it from HERE.

Have a great weekend and enjoy celebrating with family and friends.