Ganesha Card

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Materials
Light colored card stock (for printing image)
Decorative Paper (Scrapbooking paper works really well.)
Scissors
Glue Stick
Blank greeting card and envelope

1. Print image onto card stock to make your template. Cut out.
2. Trace Template onto decorative paper. Cut out.
3. Glue pieces onto greeting card.


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Geeta Chapter 10

Shlokas 1 –5

To listen to the audio, please click on the player for each English transliteration. To stop the audio, click on the bars (right side of player.)

Shloka 1









Shloka 2









Shloka 3









Shloka 4









Shloka 5

Tortoise Collage

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This is a collage project for "Tortoise and the Hare."

Materials:
1 Sheet of cardstock (for background surface)
Decorative paper
Glue stick
Scissors

1. Print the image below onto paper. Cut out and use for templates.
2. Trace your templates onto decorative paper. Glue on paper.

Note: If you get confused about which leg goes where, follow the diagram with the letters.

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Letter diagram Click on image for full size view. Print.

Tiger and Mouse Mask

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This is a fun project to do with "Once A Mouse ..." by Marcia Brown.
One side is a mouse, and the other is a tiger.

Materials:
1 sheet of orange cardstock
1 sheet of gray or brown cardstock
1 sheet of black cardstock
1 small scrap of pink cardstock (for mouse ears)
1 black marker
stapler
1 jumbo popsicle stick
glue stick
scissors
1 exacto knife (for adults only)

1. Print tiger image onto orange cardstock. Cut out face. With an exacto knife, cut out the eyes. Color the stripes black with the marker.
2. Print mouse image onto gray (or brown) cardstock. Cut out face. With an exacto knife, cut out the eyes.
3. Print the ears and nose image onto regular paper. Cut out and use for templates.
4. Trace the mouse ears onto pink cardstock. Cut out.
5. Trace the tiger ears, nose, mouse nose and mouth onto black cardstock. Cut out. Glue onto the masks.
6. Glue the two animal faces together. (Make sure that the eyes line up nicely.) Staple the mask on a popsicle stick.

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Thirsty Black Crow

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This is an art project to go along with "The Thirsty Crow" Panchatantra.

Materials
Light colored piece of cardstock
Black Poster Board
Small piece of orange construction paper (or gold foil)
2 paper fasteners (brads)
straw
2 googly eyes
stapler
scissors

1. Print the image onto a light colored piece of cardstock. Cut all the pieces out. These are to be used as your templates.
2. Fold a piece of black poster board in half. Place the body template on the paper (with the top of the head at the fold). Trace and cut out. You should have two complete bodies joined at the top of the head.
3. Trace 2 wings onto a single piece of black poster board. Cut out.
4. Trace beak onto orange construction paper. Cut out.
5. Place the straw between the 2 pieces of body and staple onto the straw.
6. Place a wing on the body (at the shoulder) and poke a hole through the body. Fasten with a brad. Do the same thing with the other wing.
7. Glue the eyes and the beak on.
8. Twirl the straw between your palms. If the wings don't flap up and down as you spin, loosen the paper fasteners.

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Geeta 9 Shlokas 1 - 3

Chapter 9
(click on Sanskrit text to hear audio)

श्री परमात्मने नम:
Sri paramaatmane namah


अथ नवमोऽध्यायः
श्रीभगवानुवाच —
इदं तु ते गुह्यतमं प्रवक्ष्याम्यनसूयवे ।
ज्ञानं विज्ञानसहितं यज्ञ्ज्ञात्वा मोक्ष्यसेऽशुभात् ।। १ ।।
Atha navamodhyaayah
Sri Bhagavan Uvaca —
Idam tu te guhyatamam pravaksyaa-myanasuyave
jnaanam vijnaana-sahitam yaj-jnaatva moksyase-shubhaat


राजविद्या राजगुह्यं पवित्रमिदमुत्तमम् ।
प्रत्यक्षावगमं धर्म्यं सुसुखं कर्तुमव्ययम् ।। २ ।।
raaja-vidya raaja-guhyam pavitram-idam uttamam
pratyaksaava-gamam dharmyam susukham kartum avyayam


अश्रद्दधानाः पुरुषा धर्मस्यास्य परंतप ।
अप्राप्य मां निवर्तन्ते मृत्युसंसारवर्त्मनि ।। ३ ।।
asraddadhanah purusaaH dharmasyaasya paramtapa
apraapya maam nivartante mrtyu-samsaara-vartmani

The Giving Tree

Written and illustrated by Shel Silverstein.
Published byHarper Collins Publishers
ISBN-13: 978-0-06-025665-4
ISBN-10: 0-06-025665-6 - Amazon - Barnes&Noble

A simple, yet profound story about a little boy's relationship with a tree. One of our favorites!

Cherry Tree

Written by Ruskin Bond. Illustrated by Allan Eitzen.
Published by Boyds Mills Press.
ISBN: 1-56397-621-8 Amazon - Barnes & Noble

A story about a 6 year old North Indian girl who plants a cherry seed -- and how her life changes as the tree grows, from year to year. Very poetic and beautifully illustrated.

Once a Mouse ...

Written and illustrated by Marcia Brown
Published by Atheneum Books for Young Readers, Simon and Schuster, New York
ISBN-13: 978-0-684-12662-3
ISBN-10: 0-684-12662-1 Amazon - Barnes and Noble

The wood-cut illustrations in this book are truly captivating. A rishi sits under the tree, thinking about big and little when suddenly he sees a mouse ... This is a simple and charming story about humility and ego.

Colors of India

Written by Holly Littlefield. Illustrated by Janice Lee Porter
Published by Carolrhoda Books.
ISBN: 1-57505-368-3 Amazon - Barnes and Noble

A companion to "Count Your Way Through India", this book teaches the colors in Hindi.

Count Your Way Through India

Written by Jim Haskins. Illustrated by Liz Brenner Dodson
Published by Carolrhoda Books, Inc., Minneapolis
ISBN: 0-87614-577-2 Amazon - Barnes and Noble

This books teaches the child how to count from 1 to 10 in Hindi, using beautiful Indian imagery and cultural information.

For the number 3: "...Gandhi kept only 3 items of furniture: a cot to sleep on, a mat to sit on, and a spinning wheel."

I is for India

Written and prographed by Prodeepta Das.
Published by Frances Lincoln Children's Books
ISBN: 978-1-84507-320-6 Amazon - Barnes and Noble

This is a beautiful ABC book using photographic images of India. J is for Jalebi, K is for Kameez, L is for Lassi, M is for Mehndi ... This book takes the child on a visual tour of India, as well as teaching him/her about some of the rich culture and traditions.