Mar 6th 2016

Tamil Jr. :

   This week we reviewed the weekdays and started  working on the lesson -7 (Action words). Kids had fun learning this lesson with action. 

Kids were comfortable with the days lesson. 

    Please review them in the house and try to make them use it in their daily conversation whenever possible. 

    Attendance is important to keep up the learning.  Please keep the absenteeism to minimal. 

Homework: 

   Practice writing the vowel sounds. Write the vowel letters 3 times in their notebook. 

  Practice saying words from Lesson - 7

Tamil Intermediate:

  This week, We did a small test on the first two sounds of the secondary letters. Most of the kids did well. The paper has come home for signing. Please review them and have them keep in the practice at home too.  We worked on both writing and reading. 

   In writing, we practiced அ ,ஆ  sound secondary letters. Kids who were comfortable with the first 2 sounds were taught the next 2 (இ ,ஈ ) sound. When they write we have them say the letters while writing. Please do the same while writing at home too. Otherwise, they just writing blindly without understanding the sounds. 

   In reading, Kids took home two sheets of small words and sentences made with the letters learnt so far. We tried our best to read the words by joining the letter sounds. Example: (அ - ம்  - மா  =அம்மா ) . Few kids got it quickly. We will be working on this reading skills in parallel to writing letters. We will continue to send in similar sheets as we learn more letters. This is mainly intended mainly for reading. Writing those words will be optional. 

Homework:

     Write the secondary letters 3 times in their Notebook. write for the (க் + அ =க... ) அ ,ஆ  / இ ,ஈ  sound . Each kid who came today will know which one to write. Kids who did not come today will write the அ ,ஆ sound secondary letters 3 times. 

  Every class will start with a small test of the secondary letters we learnt so far. So please have the children be prepared for it. We will be able to move further only after the kids they got comfortable with the letters. 

Tamil Class Feb_21_2016

We meet after the two weeks break.
Kids came to class with enthusiasm.

Tamil Junior:
   Junior group had very little attendance this week. Since Vidya will be away in India for a while, Sivakumar will be handling the class. This week Junior class, we reviewed the past lessons and  started learning the days of the weeks.
Homework:
      Review and practice saying the days of the week in tamil. Kids will be asked to say the tamil day for the corresponding English days of the week.

Tamil Intermediate:
    Intermediate kids came well prepared for the test.
         Good Job Kids.
     Most of the kids did very well and they all moved on to learn the secondary letter sounds. We learned the அ , ஆ  sound formation of secondary letters. Next class we will learn the next two and also be working on simple words formed with letter learned so far( vowels, consonants, secondary letters with அ ,ஆ sound). Here are some words for review. If you can send in more words , it would be great too.

1. அம்மா
2. அப்பா
3. அண்ணா
4. அக்கா
5. வா
6. தா
7. பல்
8. கல்
9. பார்
10. கண்
11. பால்
12. பாழ்
13. பாடம்
14. சட்டம்
15. சத்தம்
16. மரம்
17. பலம்
18. பழம்
19. மாம்மா
20. பட்டம்
21. பதட்டம்
22. படம் 
23. வலம் 
24. இடம் 
25. மான் 
26. ஒட்டகம் 
27. ஓடம் 
28. கப்பல் 
29. காகம் 
30. மஞ்சள் 
31. ஊதா 
32. ஊதல் 
33. உரல் 
34. மணல் 
35. இதழ் 
36. கால் 
37. நகம் 
38. ஓனான் 
39. ஏமாற்றம் 
40. பாடல் 

Homework: 

     Practice the Secondary letters learnt in the class. Kids who had little tough time in the test will have another opportunity to do the test again next week. Come prepared. 

Tamil Class Jan 31st

Tamil Class did their Assembly Presentation. Thank you for all the parents who helped the kids to  practice the song  and also bring them early in the morning for the practice.
Kids did a wonderful job in the assembly.
Every one appreciated their presentation. Children from Junior Tamil Sang a Vowel song and the kids from intermediate  sang consonant song.  Visvam and Megana said few words about Pongal as this will be pongal celebration.

Great Work kids!!! Keep it up. 

Tamil Jr:
   In  the Class, We practiced all the letters, Numbers, Colors. This week we started learning the week day names. Kids also did a worksheet on the Letter e.
Homework:
  Please review the letters writing and other vocabulary done so far. There another 2 weeks break. It will be easy for the kids to forget if the lessons are not practiced in home. 
Kids can practice by playing this simple games
http://www.baasha.net/Games/Letter_Sequence_Game.html


Tamil Intermediate:
  In the class, we completed the Consonant sounds. Some kids started the secondary letters with அ  and ஆ sounds. All kids will have to write the consonant sounds with out seeing in the next class. Please practice them in the house. 
  As a homework from previous class, kids were supposed to prepare couple of sentence to answer the following questions:
   who they are thankful in life and why?. 
They are did a good job in telling their answers. 
   Then we had a story time where, I said a simple story about "Little Monster - Muthu" in tamil and kids translated it into English. Next class, this will be vise versa. I will say a story in English and kids will translate it into tamil. We will be working on this next  few classes. 
Home work: 
     Practice the consonant letters for writing test in the next class.Kids who started working on the secondary letters will be writing the secondary letters too. 
Here are few links to practice as game and also worksheet printable.
 http://www.baasha.net/Games/Letter_Sequence_Game2.html
http://www.baasha.net/Worksheets/Level-1/Level_1_Uyir_mei_tracing.html

There will not be language class next week as we have a field trip. Our next class will be  Feb,21st.

Tamil Jr. and Intrm. Class - Jan 10 , 2016

Hope you all had a fun Holidays and New Year beginning.

Today both and Jr. and intermediate class had a joined class for practice and the very low attendance in the Jr. class. Since all 2nd graders have to leave early for the biksha, we made a quick but very productive session. 

First both the level kids sang their respective song to be performed in the Assembly on Jan 24th. They all did a good job. 
From intermediate class, Star Student Keerthana brought a Teddy bear toy and talked about it. She did a very good job telling us , where she go and where did she buy the toy. What is its name etc all in Tamil. 
 Great Job Keerthana. 

There is good response to the show and tell in the class. try that in the house too. Ask the children to say a few words in tamil about one of their toy. They like to talk to talk about their favorite subject.

In Junior class, Anusri and her brother said the "thirukkural". It was very nice of her to say with perfect pronunciation.  Excellent work Anushri. 

If your child has any special quality that they can show in Tamil,  (like talk about their artwork, tamil song, rhyme, talk about a topic, poem recital...) let us know. We will motivate them in the class by giving opportunity for the presentation. 

Jr. kids worked on the songs, practiced their numbers after that. 
In the intermediate group, kids wrote the consonant sounds. Children who finished all the 6 were taught the next 6, one who finished 12 were taught the last 6, and the one who finished the 18 were taught the secondary letters. 

Some kids who were interested in drawing, were asked to draw a picture representing pongal and made to write "பொங்கல் வாழ்த்துக்கள் ". 

 Today kids were in good spirit and did everything nicely. Good job kids. 

Home work:
   January is a "Thank you Month". So next class each kid has to come with answer to the following question.
நீங்கள் யாருக்கு நன்றி  சொல்வீர்கள் ?ஏன்?
(Who you are thankful for and why?)

Tamil Jr:Link for practice:
 Click on the link below and select "UyirEzhuthu" in the selectbox to see the rhyme.
http://www.baasha.net/baasha_rhymes.html
http://www.baasha.net/Worksheets/Level-1/WrittingPractice/Uyir_Letter_tracing.html

Tamil Intermediate:

Links  for practice:
  http://www.baasha.net/lessons/Level-1/b_Mei_lessons.html
http://www.baasha.net/Worksheets/Level-1/Level_1_Uyir_mei_tracing.html
Refer to the previous blogspot for the audio link for the Consonant Rhyme to be sung in the presentation. 

There is no class next week as we will be going to the cranbury Ashram. Our next class will be on January 24th. Tamil Class will have assembly presentation on 24th. So please come there by 9:10 am so that we will have one practice before going on stage. 

Mark the dates:

   February 21st: Test for kids in writing letters.(Consonant sound and Vowel sounds for Intermediate)

Tamil Class Dec,20th 2015

Tamil Jr. :
  This week we practiced for the presentation in the class. Kids all did well. We went in circle like a train and sang the Vowel song. Practiced it few times. Kids are very comfortable with the song well. Please have them practice at least couple of times in the holiday time so that they do not forget it.
     We also revised the letters and did a New year coloring page. The class then combined with intermediate as first graders has to go to Biksha.
         Keep them motivated by making them speak couple of sentences in Tamil every day. Many kids knows all the words. but is not confident in using them while talking. Though we encourage them in the class, it would work more if it continues in the house too. 

Link for practice:
 Click on the link below and select "UyirEzhuthu" in the selectbox to see the rhyme.
http://www.baasha.net/baasha_rhymes.html
http://www.baasha.net/Worksheets/Level-1/WrittingPractice/Uyir_Letter_tracing.html


Tamil Intermediate:
In the intermediate class, we did the new year coloring page and then practiced the song. We listened to the song in youtube couple of times and sang them couple of times. Most of the kids got it. Please refer to the last week blogspot for the video and lyrics and have them practice during the holidays. 
  Practice writing and song at least couple of times during the holidays so that they do not forget the lessons. 
Then we went to the Jr. room to do a combined practice. This week our star student is Harish. He talked on a topic "About me" and also sang the song "Dosai amma Dosai". He talked very well in tamil. 
   Very good job Harish. You have inspired other kids too in the class.
Then , couple of kids came forward and talked about their favorite.
We will work on more talking every week. Intermediate will work on writing too. For now , most of the kids can write the consonant sound. The rest of the kids will finish the consonant sound in a class or 2. Then we will work on secondary letters.
    Every week each child in the class will get a turn to be star student of the week. Star student for the next class has been informed. It will go in the alphabetical order of their first name. 
Links  for practice:
  http://www.baasha.net/lessons/Level-1/b_Mei_lessons.html
http://www.baasha.net/Worksheets/Level-1/Level_1_Uyir_mei_tracing.html

There is no class during the winter break. Our next class will be on January 10th. 

Mark the dates:

   January 24th: Our class presentation in Assembly.
   February 21st: Test for kids in writing letters.(Consonant sound and Vowel sounds for Intermediate)

Wish you all a Happy New Year. Have a fun filled Holiday.

இனிய 

புத்தாண்டு 

நல்வாழ்த்துக்கள் 

Tamil Class - Jr and Intermediate - Dec 13th 2015

Tamil Jr.:
    Tamil jr. had minimal strength this week. 
Siva and Vidya made them write Vowels (உயிரெழுத்து ) fully .
அ ,ஆ  - ஔ  and Aayutha ezhuthu(ஃ) .

Siva went through colors with the kids. 

Then we did the most fun part - அ ,ஆ, இ,ஈ   song with all the little children. Everyone individually sang so well. They will sing this song for  the presentation. Here are the lyrics for the parents to practice at home too. 

Audio link to the song : 

http://www.baasha.net/Rhymes/TamilRhyme_vowelsounds_2015_10_11_18_24_02.wav

அ, ஆ  இ  ஈ  உ ஊ. வாம் 

எ ஏ ஐ.. ஒ ஓ..  வாம் 

ஔ வுடன் வந்தது உயிரெழுத்து 

ஃ மட்டும் ஆயுதமாம் 

அ ஆ  பாடம் கற்றோமே 

அன்னை முத்தம் பெற்றோமே .

Lyrics in English:

a,aa e, ee u, uu vaam
ye,yae, ai .., o, oo vaam
au vudan vanthathu uyirezhuththu
akku mattum aayuthamaam
a, aa paadam kaRRomae, 
annai muththam peRRomae




Tamil Intermediate: 
  In the intermediate, We reviewed our consonant sounds. With couple of more practice we will be very comfortable with the consonant sounds. Kids were made to write many of the letters without seeing and also in random order. They would have brought that paper home. check it. we will work on the similar pattern in future too as we want the kids to understand the letters and their sound. 
   Kids who missed few classes were made to write the letters 3 times with saying them. Please do the same in the home. 
  We then listen to and learn the consonant song. The song link and the lyrics are given below. We sang this couple of time. Not all kids got it. please encourage your child to practice this at home too. We will be singing this song in the presentation.
   Home work:
         Practice consonant letters in writting and practice the song for singing. We will be work on the song next class. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2YbtqDQYeA8

Lyrics:

க  ச  ட  த ப ர  வல்லிணமாம் 

ஞ ங ண ந ம ன  மெல்லிணமாம் 

ய ர ல வ ழ ள  இடையிணமாம்

நல்லவங்க நம் இனமாம் 

க ங ச ஞ 

ட ண த ந 

ப ம ய ர 

ல வ ழ 

ற ள ன 

உயிர் எழுத்தும் மெய் எழுத்தும் 

சேர்ந்தால் தான் உயிர்மெய் எழுத்து 

சத்தம் போட்டு படித்திடனும் 

நீ முத்து முத்தாய் எழுதிடணும்.

English lyrics:

     ka sa da tha pa ra vallinamaam

    gya nga Nna na ma na mellinamaam

    ya ra la va zha la idaiyinamaam

    ka nga cha nya 

    ta na tha na

    pa ma ya ra

    la va zha

    Ra La 

    uyir ezhuththu mei ezhuththu sernthaal thaan uyir mei ezhuththu

    saththam pOettu padiththidanum

    nee muththu  muththaai ezhuthidanum. 

Tamil class Dec 6,2015

 Tamil Junior:
We started with learning colors. We saw the names of the colors in Tamil and English, we did this a couple times.
We then learned to write the letter O and Oo.

The preschool children traced the vowels and others are able to write A Aa till O Oo.
The star child- Anusri had thirukkural to tell, but couldn't get to it due to time constraint. She will present her Thirukkural next class.

Homework- Please make the children practice the colors in Tamil.
Practice writing A Aa till O Oo 2 times in your NOTEBOOK


Tamil Intermediate:
   We worked the full class in writing the consonant sounds. All kids are recommended to say the letter and write. Kids can see the letters and write or write all the letters without seeing in an order. If they are asked to write one specific letter, they have trouble identifying it. We worked very hard. We will be working more in the next class. 
Next class we will have dictation on the consonant sounds. Practice all the consonant sounds. We will be working on writing the Body parts in the next class. We will also be practicing for the Assembly presentation in January.

Homework:

• Practice all the consonant sounds. 
• Practice the song. Refer to the November 15th Blogspot for the link in youtube and the video is also attached if you could not access youtube.
• Printouts for additional practice (optional): http://www.baasha.net/Worksheets/Level-1/Level_1_Uyir_mei_tracing.html