February

February 25

Practiced spoken Hindi for 15 mins on general topics about everyday life. Focused on how verbs change based on gender and tense

HomeWork: (1) Write each letter learned thus far five times, (2) identify words containing the sound of each letter, and (3) revise letter + vowel combinations

February 18

We began with review of the three _akshars_ covered last week: 

*ब, भ, न*

Today, we covered three new akshars : *य, र, ल*

The sounds, vowel-variants and common words.

Please have kids practice writing these and discuss other words containing these akshars.

February 4

We covered these three akshars today: प , फ, म

The sounds, vowel-variants and common words.

Please have kids practice writing these on pages 30, 31 & 34

Last week we covered द, ध, ड & ढ Two had been covered previously but we reinforced the subtle difference between the sounds, and common words. Please have kids practice writing these and discuss words that contain these sounds...

January

January 28

We practiced “da” and “dha” today

Hw: find words containing the sounds practiced.

January 7

Materials covered in class - revise hindi letters ta(ट) and tha(ठ). Learn 2 new letters Tha(त) and Tha(थ). 

Homework for this week - Practice writing Th(त) and Tha(थ)

December

December 17

In the last two classes, we covered ज & झ, and ट, ठ, ड & ढ. As always, we began classes with general conversations to develop spoken and hearing competencies. Please continue to speak consistently in Hindi at home, and make them write the letters covered in class

This Sunday, we will be recapping ट & ठ, and covering two new त & थ. All four sound similar, so we want to ensure kids understand the subtle variation

Likewise, next Sunday, we will recap ड & ढ, and introduce द & ध

December 10

Homework for today is page 10 and 11

December 3

Today we learned ch and Chh

Homework is to learn the difference between ch and chh

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November

November 12

 Just to reemphasize: (1) practice writing ग & घ (page 3 & 4 of the book), (2) identify 5 words containing ग & घ. Could be हिन्दी words (गुलाब) or English (gold) - the intent is to understand and differentiate between the root sound of these akshars. Kids are understanding quite well the concept of how स्वर can modify the akshar, so  please also verbal practice asking what "ग + AA, I, EE, U, OO, AE, AIE, O, OU" would sound like

Also - as always we started the class with 5-10 mins of conversational हिन्दी- yesterday we discussed what everyone did for Diwali. It was so enjoyable to hear their stories :)

November 5

Today, we started learning the first row (क,ख,ग,घ)

-  pronounciation, simple words containing these sounds, variants based on combining with स्वर.

Homework: (1) practice writing क & ख (page 1 &2 of the book), (2) identify 5 words containing क,ख,ग & घ. Could be हिन्दी words  (केला, for banana) or English (kite) - the intent is to explain that the root sound of the word's start is "क"

As always, please continue to speak with kids in हिन्दी, and to the extent possible, avoid responding unless they respond in हिन्दी. They absolutely can, and will, do so, if you keep trying

October

October 22

Homework: Practice the sounds of the vowels and how they modify different sounds of other vowels

October 1

Homework: Talk about any topic for 1 minute straight in Hindi

September

September 24

We covered self-introductions, basic conversations and initial numbers (1-10, and then in 10s)

Homework is to review these concepts - with parents, relatives and family friends.