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Beautiful Brassware by Gaatha
Brass bling seems to be “in” thing in home decor stores lately. So we searched for some authentic Indian brass-ware. Check out the brass offerings at Gaatha – not only do they carry beautiful coasters...
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The Very Many Sanskrit Words For Love
In his book, The Fisher Kind and the Handless Maiden, Robert Johnson writes: “Sanskrit has 96 words for love; ancient Persian has 80, Greek three, and English only one. This is indicative of the...
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A is for Anaar FREE Teacher’s Guide
Suno! Suno! Parents and teachers: Our A is for Anaar Teacher’s Guide is now available! This 7-page Guide is rich with supplementary information to enhance your A is for Anaar reading experience –...
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Largest Shivalinga in the World
As Hindus celebrate Maha Shivaratri today, we thought we’d ask where the world’s largest Shivalinga is. Do you know where it is? The Kotilingeshwara Temple in the Kolar District of Karnataka claims...
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Happy Holi Print + Colors Crossword Puzzle
It’s that time of year again! HOLI time – coming up on March 12! Celebrate with our gorgeous Happy Holi Print, available as a digital download in our Etsy Shop. We’ve paired the print with an exciting...
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Lessons From Holi :: We Are All The Same
Why do you celebrate Holi? What is Holi about? Your kids will probably get asked these questions this week. If, like my kids, they are giddy with excitement in anticipation of the fabulous fun they...
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Happy Holi
Whether it’s sunny or snowy where you are today, here’s a little springtime cheer. Check out a cool little video courtesy of Blossom Type: click here for video And if you haven’t noticed yet, show...
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Teaching Happiness
If you have never read Viktor Frankl’s Man’s Search for Meaning, it is an inspiration for all of mankind. Dr. Frankl was a Jewish-Austrian neurologist and psychiatrist who was interned at Auschwitz...
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World Water Day :: Learn India’s Rivers
We’re celebrating World Water Day by focusing on India’s rivers. Check out this cute-and-catchy song by Karadi Tales that will have your kids singing 9 major rivers of India in no time: Do note, the...
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Master Word Problems :: Thinking Blocks
Word problems can be tricky. Add-in multiple steps and multiple operations, and it’s enough for many kids to throw down their pencils in frustration. When my kids were struggling with math word...
View ArticleGlobal Warming is Real Kids!
While the US is on its way to dismantling environmental regulations (and denying climate change), kids in India are learning about global warming. This video produced for Indian kids is short, cute,...
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Hindus Have a Leap Month!
The Western Gregorian calendar has a leap day every 4 years to reconcile the Earth’s rotation around the sun, but did you know that the Hindu calendar has a leap month? ‘Cause we’re cool like that…...
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Shri Ram Print + Puzzle
Celebrate Shri Rama Navami tomorrow, April 5th, with our beautiful print featuring “Raghupati Raaghav Raja Ram” – a must-learn bhajan for all Hindu kids. As you may know, this version of the Bhajan...
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An Indian Rapunzel Story
Her name is still Rapunzel, but she wears a bindi, jumkhas, and a sari and befriends a handsome yuvraj…. If you haven’t met Once Upon a World books yet, you are missing out on multicultural...
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AdoptThePlanet with NASA
Here’s a cool way to celebrate Earth Day with your kids: adopt a piece of the Earth through NASA’s Adopt The Earth Initiative. Nasa has divided the Earth into 64,000 parcels (approximately 55 miles...
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Good Morning Mother Earth
This Bhu Devi Mantra has an important place in our hearts and in our home. The kids know it by heart and are reminded to recite it every morning because…. ….it’s one of the first things they see in...
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Baahubali 2 Review :: Should You Take Kids?
However you feel about our film-obsessed culture, it’s hard not to acknowledge that the Baahubali craze has the world talking about Indian cinema. Banking $81 million through its opening weekend,...
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Tyagaraja for Kids
Tyagaraja is a legend in Carnatic music. He lived from 1767 to 1847 and is credited with as many as 24,000 compositions – with his first composition at the age of 13! You can take a step back in time...
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Celebrate Raksha Bandhan
Here’s a fun way for kids to learn more about the beautiful Raksha Bandhan holiday that we featured in 2014: a Rakhi Crossword Puzzle we prepared especially for kids. Click here for the PDF. Print,...
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