Penguin using clay

After a long gap Hari and Sree had some activities with clay.  He had made a penguin as a class project.

Hari and Sree

After a long gap I am posting some snaps of my children.

Camlin contest for making masks

It was very interesting for me to watch Hari, engaged in making mask for his brother. They are preparing for a competition of masks , organised by Camlin. They have to colour it by Camlin crayons. Hari had made a cute mask of cat for Sree. He had made a goggle mask with some laces for him also. My Camera is not in working condition so I am totally disappointed.

Dry leaves chart -Vacation project

The chart with dry leaves. Its a nice time with them. Hari had done all these including the pasting and border drawing. I helped him to identify the names. Sree liked the peepal leaves because its shape remembered him of LOVE.

Its Time for Vacation Project

Hari is busy with his vacation projects. He has to make a chart with pictures of living and non living things. I am very proud to say that he is doing these things in his own way. I had seen lot of parents worrying about their children's dependant nature. We have to give them instructions but allow them to do it as they like. It may not be perfect, but they have to know the pains, frustrations and hard work behind every work. After finishing it they can also enjoy the credit also. In my home Sree is in UKG. So he has no projects and nothing to study. So he is continuously interfearing with the elders work. So I had to give him another project...
Hari's another project is dry leaves collection. He had collected some leaves and they are in the lap of our dictionaries. But he is least interested in Botany. So its my duty to find the names. I like it most, really I want more of these projects.
Some tips on this project are

• Collect leaves



• For drying it we can place it in pages of thick books or we can place it in between newspaper and place a weight on top of it. After 3-4 days change the newspaper and repeat the procedure.



• Then we can paste it on chart paper or in book



• We have to write its name in English, in our language and its scientific name



• Its a nice project to know our nature



• Every leaf is different in its texture, shape and smell.

Its a great pleasure to see our children doing such things and watching them behind. It can not be explained in words. We can join them to accomplish their great tasks and to upbring them as as a nice person. Yes, I am finding great joy in small things, its the title of today's post of my favourite blogger. Please have a look at this worthy post.

Play with kids

'Urumbe urumbe padachattam moottil urumbinu vechirunna palum pazhavum poocha kondupoyi'

It was a nice play with our hands. Its very nice to play with children. Hands are placed once over the other. We have to pinch the other hand just below us. After that singing this song move the hands in circular motion. After the last word abruptly take our hands and tickle others. Its about ants.

nursery rhyme

'Aarude thoni aarude thoni

hoy hoy hoy

aattilurumbiukal thuzhayum thoni

hoy hoy hoy hoy hoy hoy

aarkkum keram akkare etham

hoy hoy hoy hoy hoy hoy

Nursery rhymes

These lines are about an ant

'Njan oru veeran urumba

enne nattar vilikkum kurumba

veedoru pada varamba

ente kayyil muzhuvan kurumba'

Nursery rhyme about sea and sky

'Up in the blue sky what you see

Big stars and small stars are twinkling there

twinkling la la la la

twinkling ha ha ha ha

Down in the deep sea what you see

Big fish and small fish are swimming there

swimming swimming la la la la

swimming swimming ha ha ha ha'

Nursery song in malayalam

A Malayalam rhyme about Honey bee and flower

'Poovil ninnu varunnu njan

Poonthen kondu varunnu njan

vazhiyil ninnum marikko

vikruthikalellam marikko

vazhimareedam theneeche

vikruthikkaran neeyallo

chilare kombinu kuthunnu

chilarkku madhuram nalkunnu

poovil ninnu varunnu njan

poonthen kondu varunnu njan

Nursery rhymes in Hindi

A very small rhyme about Butter fly. Its like a conversation between the butterfly and the flower.

'Titali udi Ud jo chali Phool ne kaha Aaja mere pass titali kaha mein chali Aakash'

The next one is about fish

'Machali jal ki Rani Hai

Jeevan Uska pani hai

Hath lagao dar jayegi

Bahar Nikalo dar jayegi'

Nursery rhyme about Kozhi

Pappu will always come and spend time with me at home. Yesterday evening he sang a song for me. I had not heard it. I asked him about it, it was from his play school classes. The small rhyme was about Hen, it is in malayalam
'Thalla kozhi muttayittu kothi virinju
Onnu randu moonnu nalu anchu kunjungal
Karuthathundu veluthathundu Pulliyumundu
Valumilla chirakumilla Kalu randundu
Pattayeyum puzhuvineyum kothi vizhungum
Ammayude chirakinullil kunjurangidum aha kunjurangidum"
Is it interesting???

Playing with Clay

clay models made by our brother in law

It is very nice to observe children when they are working seriously. Making beads from the clay and arranging them in the board. This is his own creation. Sree was really interested to do things but always mix all the colours....

The above two works are done by Sree himself. He had made an ornament with clay beads. The next one is of Leech(Atta in malayalam). He had added different colours to the world of 'Attas'. According to him it is the 'Racing of Atta':))

Spider made by Hari. He had added only six legs

A water experience made by Hari. He will not cooperate with any one. He had clear cut ideas and will work on it. So when we play with clay sree and I will be in a team.

Clay ornament made by Hari

Clay jewellery is an interesting field. This was made by me and Sree.

A scene from nature by Hari.

Clay is an ideal material to play with. We have used modelling clay, it was non toxic. I had purchased it from A1 stores at South Railway station, Ernakulam. They had two models of the same. One model is brown or ash coloured rectangle another one has multicoloured clay. I had bought the two models. First day it was a thrilling experience. The next week our in law's visited us and they had done some good job with clay. It was a creative scene everyone in the house with a ball of clay and always appreciating and laughing at others creations. Our brother in law made a cashew nut and some amazing models with clay. The first picture shows the result of his work.

Its one of the effective ways to enhance your brain activity.

Ganapathi from Clay

We had made a Ganapathi with clay. It was small but cute. Then we planned to make a lamp and made some fruits in front of him.

Diwali craft

Hari had made this bike using card board and stems of coconut leaves. He had used two abandoned wheels.

Giraffe made by Hari. He had used non toxic clay.

Children with Clay

Hari had made this using non toxic clay. According to him its a whale!!!
He had taken this shot and planned to post it. Everyone needs to be honoured!!!!

Little Architects from my home

Hari had made these homes. I always talk to him about other blogs. During navarathri days I had talked him about 'Bomma golu' and other craft activities by children. I was so inspired by the crafts made by Anuradha in her blog. After a week he planned to make some houses. Two of the houses are made by him.

We had used Camel water colour tubes, Fevicol craft glue and cellotape, chart paper and some coloured papers.

Hari and Sree so busy ....

i I loved this one with a muddy look and some greens. The black coloured object is the well!!!!

Children have so many hidden talents so let them do some activities, we must help them through giving ideas and tools for the activities. Nowadays they have no option for wandering and playing without limits. We can have some craft time together to express our joy and love towards them.

About the seasons

Hari has to submit a chart of seasons. We had planned to do a collage of seasons. It took a lot of time so we had completed with two seasons summer and rainy. It was a nice and hardworking evening it reminded me of my college days. We had done with some painted drawings and some cutouts. Sree was also eager to make a mess among all these works.

We had no acryilic colours at home because of that we had decided to end up with a collage. In summer season we decide to focus on the hot sun, Blue clouds, fresh water melon, Cotton cloth , ice cream and fresh flowers.

In rainy season we have to paste dark clouds, rain drops, a frog, a boat made of paper, an umbrella and a tree.

It was a nice experiment with Hari. He was so responsible and also comfortable to take more tasks. We have to make other seasons also and we are searching for new ideas.

Kakka koodu( Nest of crow)

We had seen two 'Kakka koodu' on the top of a tree near to our home. Pappu was so curious to know about the nest. It was made of twigs. We can see it from our terrace. Whenever he see the nest he will sing the famous song
'Kakke kakke koodevide
koottinakathoru kunjundo
kunjinu theetta kodukkanjal
kunju kidannu karayoolle'

Fly like a bird...

Craft time gives a positive solution to every thing. Hari has craft lessons at school. He had made this simple bird learnt at his craft class. He made one for his brother too. Pappu was so happy...

Is it interesting to make some moments of our life colourful and memorable than the usual time.