Kannada Play Day held on 02/27/2016

During last week's session, we had almost a full-house in both sessions.

For seniors, we continued with some examples of ಷಷ್ಠೀ ವಿಭಕ್ತಿ ('ಆದಿಯ ಅಣ್ಣನ ಹೆಸರು ವಿಕ್ರಮ್', 'ನಿಧಿಯ ಅಮ್ಮನ ಹೆಸರು ಹೇಮ'). We also reviewed 'ಎಲ್ಲಿಂದ ಎಲ್ಲಿಗೆ'. We also read the story about 'ವ್ಯಾಪಾರಿ ಮತ್ತು ಮಂಗಗಳು'. In that story, kids identified 'ಕ್ರಿಯಾಪದ'. Coming week, they will have to tell the story in 'ಭೂತ ಕಾಲ' by transforming the verbs to past-tense. Then it was time for some quiz. I must admit the quiz was a little bit confusing but most of them got the hang of it after some time. Kids really tried hard to complete all the questions. Please review with them and answer any questions they might still have. 

For juniors, we reviewed some conversation that we had learned last week. Kids also tried to read a lesson from the Kannada text book - 'ಗಣಪನ ಪಟ'. You can find the lesson plan here. Juniors were also told the same story - 'ವ್ಯಾಪಾರಿ ಮತ್ತು ಮಂಗಗಳು'. Looks like many of the kids knew this story already.

Thank you to all of the parents who have recorded videos about their kids saying a few sentences about a vegetable. Keep this coming! It is really nice to watch! To post a blog, you will have to accept the invitation that was sent a few days back. We posted four more videos to the blog. Thanks to Jai, Om, Megha, and Disha! We plan to watch these videos together in the next couple of weeks.

As always, we always welcome your suggestions or any concerns if you have. 

That is all for now. See you all on Saturday.

  

Megha's video - ಗಜರಿ (carrot)

Jai's video about ಬಟಾಣಿ

Jai's video - https://youtu.be/qBmssl60YZo

Om's video about ಈರುಳ್ಳಿ

Here is Om's video - https://youtu.be/b3AfNtq9EKk

Disha's Video- Tomato

Kannada Play Day held on 02/20/2016

Well, it was another good session on a beautiful Saturday afternoon! 

There were only 4 kids at Senior session. So, we decided to play some games instead of taking a quiz! One of the games we played was to give instructions in Kannada to the other team member who is blind-folded to find a hidden fruit in the room. The team that finds the fruit in the shortest time wins. They could only use - ಬಲಗಡೆ, ಎಡಗಡೆ, ಮುಂದೆ, ಹಿಂದೆ, ತಿರುಗು, and ಹೆಜ್ಜೆ (step). 

Of course, the other one was - yes again - the numbers game. The kids have to say the number in Kannada when their turn comes. These were the rules - 

• when their turn comes, if the number happens to be divisible by 3, they have to say 'ರಾಮ'. 
• if the number is divisible by 5, they have to say 'ಕೃಷ್ಣ'. 
• if the number is divisible by both. then they have to 'ರಾಮ ಕೃಷ್ಣ'.    

They enjoyed these games. We also learnt concept of  'ಎಲ್ಲಿಂದ ಎಲ್ಲಿಗೆ'. We reviewed  ಷಷ್ಠೀ ವಿಭಕ್ತಿ: (ಮನೆ + ಅ = ಮನೆಯ). Next week's quiz is mostly based on these concepts. We spent some time enacting how to greet a guest when he or she comes to our house. Here is the link to the presentation. 

At Junior session, we had almost a full house! Since we are following a lesson plan, you can get an idea of what we did by reading the file here . At the end, we played 'ನದಿ ದಡ'. 

One last thing for parents of juniors. If you have recorded a video, you can upload to the blog here. Thanks to Shamala for posting the first video of Nikki saying a few sentences about ಕರಿಬೇವು.  

That is all for this week. See you all next Saturday.Have a great week!

Nikki's Video

Kannada Play Day - 02/06/16

All.

Just a brief summary of what we did during last session.

For seniors, we reviewed recognition of alphabets. A few kids are still struggling but it is not a big deal at this time. However, as we progress further, I do not want them to fall behind. A little more effort may be needed. Anyway, we continued learning more vocabulary as well as a little bit of grammar by reading a story (ಕೋತಿಯ ಹೃದಯ). We also did converse in Kannada making sure sure every kid spoke a few sentences.   Assignment is about ಒಗಟುಗಳು. ಮಕ್ಕಳಿಗೆ ಪದಗಳ ಅರ್ಥ ಗೊತ್ತಾದ್ರೆ ಹೋದ್ರೆ, ನೀವು ಹೇಳಿಕೊಡಬಹುದು. ಉತ್ತರ ಅಲ್ಲ!

1. ಅಂಗಣ್ಣ ,ಮಂಗಣ್ಣ ,ಅಂಗಿ ಬಿಚ್ಕೊಂಡು ನುಂಗಣ್ಣ 

2. ಊರೆಲ್ಲ ತಿರುಗ್ತತಿ ಮನೆ ಮೂಲ್ಯಾಗ್ ಬಿದ್ದಿರ್ತತಿ

For juniors, we followed the lesson plan which is attached below. 

For both juniors and seniors, we showed a few food items like ಅಕ್ಕಿ, ತೊಗರಿ ಬೇಳೆ, ಉ.ಬೇಳೆ, etc. ದಯವಿಟ್ಟು ಇನ್ನೊಂದು ಸಲ ಅವರಿಗೆ ತೋರಿಸಿ ಅವುಗಳು ಏನೆಂದು ಅವರಿಗೆ ತಿಳಿಸಿ. I am also thinking why not make a short video from each kid  with three or four sentences about a vegetable. It should take less than a minute. For example:

ಇದು ಆಲೂಗಡ್ಡೆ.

ಇದರ ಬಣ್ಣ ಕೆಂಪು ಅಥವಾ ಹಳದಿ ಇರತ್ತೆ.

ಇದರಿಂದ fries ಮಾಡ್ತಾರೆ. ಅದು ನನಗೆ ತುಂಬಾ ಇಷ್ಟ!

We had created a blogspot for Kannada Play Day some time back.  May be we could use that site to upload these videos. Let us know if you guys have any other ideas. I have sent an invite to each of you to be authors of that site. 

With warm regards,

Kannada Play Day Team

Lesson Plan - Junior

Lesson Plan - Senior