Oct 20, 2013 Hindi Senior Class

हरि ॐ, नमस्कार !

In today's class we discovered that three of our new friends did not know the opening prayer ॐ सहनाववतु. We spend a few minutes repeating it and going over the meaning.

Parents, we urge you to please make some extra time in the morning and attend the assembly because it is an important part of learning for the kids. Please also send your kids prepared with a Hindi notebook to take notes in and an extra snack in case they get hungry!

We then reviewed the alphabets already covered and went over their sounds. We paid special attention to letters that look alike.

We did the letter क (sounds like c in the english word calm) and the words कमल (kamal meaning lotus), कलम (kalam meaning writing instrument) and कमरा (kamra meaning room).

We did ख (Sounds like kh in the english word khan). We did the word खरगोश (khargosh for rabbit).

We spent some time looking at the letter र that sounds like r in right and the letter व that sounds like v in the english word very. I explained how it is important to learn how to form your letters correctly. For instance, if we don't pay attention to the formation of the letter ख it can end up looking like रव

Next, we did ग that sounds like g in the english word gate. We learned the word गमला (gamala that means a flower pot or planter) We did the next letter घ which sounds like gh in the english word ghost. We paid special attention to the formation on this letter and differentiated it from the letter ध which sounds like dh in the name Gandhi. We did the word घड़ी ghadi in hindi that means watch or clock. We did the word धनुश dhanush in hindi that means bow. Lastly we did the last letter of this varga of consonants ङ from which no words begin. We looked at the word नंगा (nanga means naked) to see the use of this consonant in the middle of a word.

We went over the sounds of these consonants several times for clarity. 

Next week we will try to go over the closing prayer for the benefit of our new friends.

Homework : Write each letter क through द 5 times neatly in your hindi notebook. Enunciate the sound of each letter as you write to build familiarity with the sight and sound of each letter. 

धन्यवाद!

मीना आंटी