Day 2 - Dozen Again & Same Masti



 One dropped out from Day 1 and one new inductee: Parameshwar, naughty to the core. 

The child at the right extreme in the front row was making a repeat appearance on Day 2 but gave out a different name this time.

Yesterday, the records show his name: Chavanni. Yes, Chavanni. What a name! 

Today, the same kid mentioned his name as Kabir. What a name, again! 

Chavani is his pet name at home and friends call him by that name. Today, for some unknown reason revealed his asli name. Chavanni in Hindi means: 25 paise. 

We began with the revision of the previous day: Five Elements of Nature. They hit the bull's eye. 

They needed a bit of prompting to sing the "Early in the morning" song. 

On the numbers side, they corrected chorused: one, two, three.... ten. But the reverse was a bit slow. I noticed many were mentally counting one to ten and finding what comes before any number in the ten to one series! 


Surprised most of them knew by heart A to Z. And, and.... they floored me with: A for Apple; B for Ball; C for Cat. D for Dog; E for Elephant. F for Fish. G for I-don't-remember; H for Hen. (one kid reminded me, "murgi"!). I for ice cream; J for Jug (Mug someone helped understand my difficulty in understanding the pronunciation); K for Kite (patang, again someone helped me) L for I-don't-remember. I offered Lime. What color? Most said peela (yellow). One said hara (green). Ripe vs unripe lemon. M for Monkey. N for Nest (bird's home-ghosla in Hindi!) O for orange (yes, they have eaten this fruit; even apple they have tasted. Color, I deliberately said "white". For a while, they were confused but said all (red). I repeated white. All said I was right. I have to tell them their original answer was correct and I was wrong! They did not know why I played this game.

P for ... they struggled. Peacock some said. One offered: thotha (parrot). Q for Rani! (They were right. They meant Queen but offered Hindi equivalent. R for Road; S for I-don't-remember. T for Telephone. U for Umbrella (chatri); V for ... they struggled before coming with Van; W for the watch. X, surprisingly, they hit the nail with Xmas. How do they write X? They perfectly wrote in the air! A cross. Y for yak. They admitted they have not seen this animal. Promised them to show a pix, which animal is seen in cold areas.

Asked them do they know Kashmir? No. If I show them the India map, will they identify their state: Chattisgarh. Yes, they said. I will try it out soon. 

Somehow, the letter Z got left out. I remembered while writing this blog - three hours after the class got over! 

They were unable to write the English alphabet. I tried testing them by spelling out and making them write. They failed. Needs a writing exercise. I made them write three alphabets: A, B, and C. All wrote in their own handwriting in the notebook.

There were visitors who witnessed the hour-long proceedings. 

We ended Day 2 with laughter therapy. Yes, they chilled out.

See here ....

 https://youtu.be/TFx-HPjFmfg


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