We had a wonderful time learning important facts about India. Here are some of the materials we used:
Currency (Rupee) which I Googled and printed out, stamps, Fact File similar to China, Indian flag which my son made, a map and a Taj Mahal figure.
Books are important learning materials as well and we’re lucky to have lots of great ones at our local library.
We looked for India in the map which I purchased from here.
The pictures that I printed out also helped a lot in understanding the lifestyle, culture and religion of India. My son is amazed of the many things he has learned! Like he can tell that Hinduism is for India and Buddhism is for China :) Then he also wanted to try out eating on the floor, which most of the Indian people practices. I couldn’t find a mehndi here so I skipped the part of applying artistic patterns on my hand. We also tried eating “chapatis” (ready made) and dipped it to curry sauce (from my Chicken Curry).
We ended our first session by making an Indian flag using our colored papers. He basically did it all by himself :)
More of this soon!
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What amazing study on India, love the mini Taj Mahal!
ReplyDeleteWhat a wonderful and well rounded study! I love your country studies =-)
ReplyDeleteThanks for linking up to TGIF! Have a great week,
Beth =-)