Today I am extremely happy to share with you snapshots of our India themed activity shelf along with loads of FREE Printables that you can download at the end of the post. This post is a part of REPUBLIC DAY 2016 PARTY hosted by the very talented mommy blogger Shruti from ArstyCraftsyMom where 15ย  top Indian bloggers are sharing their art, craft, decor, recipes and fun activities to keep you & your family inspired. Check the other awesome moms at the end of the post!

PicMonkey Collage

As always, i will include a detailed video of the activities at the end of the post!

As of now here are the pictures ๐Ÿ™‚ (sorry i just have 5 minutes to write this post, as my lil toddler will be up any minute ๐Ÿ˜‰ )

Here is a look at our shelf. I used some flags and posters to create the India-theme:

shelf

First tray was an introduction to our tri-color national flag, along with some geographical study. I created a little Asia continent printable with India on it. We also studied the phonic sound “I” of India.

flag

Later we did our favorite scooping / pouring work using rice and two other lentils. This gelled with the tri-color of the Flag ๐Ÿ™‚

transferring

Then we studied about famous freedom fighters of India along with some special national attributes.

freedom fighters

attribites

We also had fun studying the national state animals of India!

national animals

Next up, we matched some famous spices of India to their printable cards!

spices

We also used music instrument cards and art appreciation cards as pre-reading cards:

music

art cards

Next, we had a fun time matching artistic elephants! Such a great visual discrimination activity.

elephant

We also did a pre-writing activity by making black stripes on a Tiger.

tiger

And finally we did some FUN fine motor activity using DIY Flags and Tri-color clay ๐Ÿ™‚

clay

Download all the FREE printables here:

Elephant matching – visual discrimination

Famous Indian (Asian) Animals

Famous Indian musical instruments

I is for India

India – Asia continent study

India – famous attributes

India art cards

Indian Freedom Fighters

Indian national flag

Indian spices

Main occupation of India – Agriculture

Tiger- make stripes

And here is the Vlog:

Hope you enjoyed reading about this unit study! Do share your comments and feedback, I love to hear from you ๐Ÿ™‚

Also don’t forget to check out these amazing mom bloggers for some more patriotic inspiration ๐Ÿ™‚

Check the main post on http://artsycraftsymom.com/republic-day-2016/

 

Cheers,

Amruta

Today i am linking up at :

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Preschool and kindergarten community, ArtsyCraftsyMom, The KLP linky party hosted byย Every star is differentย andย Montessori Nature,ย ย Tot school Gathering Place,ย