Rangoli at Caroline

Two weeks after the Thanksgiving card-making, colors came to Caroline with the Rangoli activity. I bought three Rangoli patterns and some colors from Columbus. I couldn't get many colors, so I bought a packet of turmeric to add variety.

The kids worked in teams and rotated on the patterns. You can see the results getting better with time - less messy and more variety in colors towards the end. Some of the kids were so into it that their dresses reminded me of Holi, and they didn't want to stop even after it was time to go. Needless to say, the janitors at the school had a tough time getting the stains off the floor (a strong dose of Chlorox finally did the job).

Thanksgiving Card-making

The kids at the Caroline Elementary School in Caroline, NY made hand-painted Thanksgiving cards a week before Thanksgiving, thanks to my co-instructor Nandita Mathur. All of them were lovely, but I only captured these two on my camera:

This one was made by Alina (you can even notice she signed off her name in Hindi, which we had taught all the students to do in the first class).

This really cute one is from Teddy. It says, "I don't eat turkey, but I love corn" and is accompanied by a corn cob on the left, with a supposed representation of two people eating lots of corn on the right.