BALABHARATI Samskar for Kids
MARCH 2017 PHALGUN-CHAITRA MASA
Rang (Colours)
Children, nowadays have
Amruthavachan
you noticed trees full of
pink and purple flowers in
your surrounding area?
During Vasant Ritu or
Spring season, mother earth
will be decorated with a
colourful blossom on various
trees. The yellow flowers of
mu s t a rd fl u t t e r i n t h e
breeze. The earth wears a
green garment and
atmosphere is filled with
charming sounds of joyful
Let me not pray to birds, which poets describe
be sheltered from as if 'Bhoo' Loka (earth)
dangers itself has become Swarga
but to be fearless in (heaven). This season of
facing them. colours is also called as king
of all the seasons.
Let me not crave in
anxious fear to be Red, Orange, Yellow, Blue
saved colours makes things so
but hope for the attractive!! Isn’t it..? Also do
patience to win my you know that every colour
freedom. is having some importance
~~~~~ and meaning?
Rabindranath
Red is the colour of fire and
Tagore
blood. It is associated with
energy, danger, strength and
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power. It has very high
visibility, which is why stop
signs, danger signs, fire
equipment etc are painted
red. Green is the colour of
nature. It symbolises growth,
har mony, freshness and
fertility. It also means safety,
hence it is the colour of free
passage signs in road traffic.
White is associated with
light, goodness, innocence,
purity, cleanliness and safety.
Hence it is also associated
with hospitals and doctors.
Blue is the colour of sky and
sea. It is often associated
with depth, vastness and
stability. It is beneficial to
the mind and body and
produces a calming effect.
Hence our God's are often
depicted in this colour.
So Children, like the
beautiful rainbow we should
enjoy all the colours of life.
Whether its happiness or
sorrow every moment has its
importance. in our life !!
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WHY SHOULD WE - CELEBRATE HOLI WITH COLOURS

Every festival has its own significance. Holi is celebrated
in the month of Phalgun & is associated with colours
signifying the victory over evil. Apart from the puranic
story of Prahlad, it also has biological importance. Holi
marks the end of winter. As you all know, while the chill
days of winter brings in laziness & inactiveness, the
festival of Holi brings to us beautiful life with colours,
makes us active & helps us to overcome our tardiness.

Various colours used for playing Holi signify Purity, Vitality, Calmness, Piousness, Friendship,
Brightness & Vibrancy of life. Beautiful colours provided by nature, teaches us to blend &
adapt to various situations & to mingle with people of different hues. Celebration of Holi
with colours brings closeness, harmony, wins hearts, spread love & fragrance all around.
A small note of caution! You should play Holi with dry & natural home made colours, made
up of flowers, fruits, vegetables etc so that your skin is well protected. Please avoid any
chemical, permanent dyes, oil colours etc which are harmful to the skin, eyes & hair. Holi is
played to bring in harmony & friendship & not to cause harm to anyone. Hence we should
maintain & imbibe the true meaning & spirit of colours while playing Holi.
Wish you all a very Bright, Vibrant & Colourful Holi

Remembering our Heroes

Social Reformer & Poet who found first Teacher & Indian Independence Indian Freedom Fighter. Established
school for women in 1848 and fought Revolutionary who fought British & played Underground Radio during Quit
for rights of women & downtrodden key role in Chittangong Armoury Raid India Movement in 1942

Savitribai Phule Surya Sen Usha Mehta

Demise 10 March 1897 Brith 22 March 1894 Birth 25 March 1920

We pay our tributes to them on their Janma /Punya Tithi

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Geet
भारतमाता तेरा आँ चल हरा-भरा धानी धानी
मीठामीठा चम्-चम् करता तेरी निदयों का पानी --२

मस्त हवा जब लहराती है..आ...

देश देश को पहुंचाती है..आ...
मस्त हवा जब लहराती है,देश देश को पहुंचाती है
तेरे ऊँचे-ऊँचे पवर्त, िनडर बहादुर सेनानी

भारतमाता तेरा आँ चल हरा-भरा धानी धानी

मीठामीठा चम्-चम् करता तेरी निदयों का पानी

हरी हो गयी बंजर धरती आ...

नाचे झरनों से भी िबजली..आ..
हरी हो गयी बंजर धरती,नाचे झरनों से भी िबजली
सोना चाँदी उगल रहा है, तेरी निदयों का पानी

भारतमाता तेरा आँ चल हरा-भरा धानी धानी

मीठा-मीठा चम्-चम् करता तेरी निदयों का पानी
भारतमाता तेरा आँ चल हरा-भरा धानी धानी ।

Bhaarat Mata tera aanchal,hara bhara dhaani-dhaani

Meetha-meetha cham-cham karta teri nadiyon ka paani

Mast hava jab lehraati hai..aa..

Desh-desh ko pahunchati hai...aa.
Mast hava jab lehrati hai desh-desh tak pahunchati hai
Tere unche-unche parvat,nidar bahadur senani

Bhaarat Mata tera aanchal,hara bhara dhaani-dhaani

Meetha-meetha cham-cham karta teri nadiyon ka paani

Hari ho gayi banjar dharti..aaa..

Naache jharnon se bhi bijli ..aaa...
Hari ho gayi banjar dharti,naache jharnon se bhi bijli
Sona chandi ugal raha hai teri nadiyon ka paani

Bhaavarth of the Geet: The song talks about the greatness of our country. It celebrates the natural
beauty of our country like the sweet water of rivers,shining waterfalls ,the fertile land, magnificent
mountain ranges. It conveys that our Bhaarat-Mata is fortunate to have brave soldiers who protect us
from our enemies inspite of all difficulties. The feeling of patriotism runs through the length and
breadth of our country. Let us take a pledge to always preserve and protect our beautiful motherland.
Bharat Mata Ki Jai'.

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Colouring Activity - Colour according to the numbers

1-Red. 2-Yellow. 3-Light Green. 4-Dark Green. 5-Blue. 6-Purple

Quiz on Rang ( Colours )
1. Which festival is known as 'festival of colors'(rangon ka tyohar)'?
A. Diwali C. Basant Panchami
B. Holi D. Dusshera

2. Which Goddess is always seen in white colour saree?

A. Laxmi C. Saraswati
B. Durga D. Parvati

3. Which color is associated with Basant Panchami?

A. Orange C. Green
B. Brown D. Yellow

4. What is the hindi name of colour 'Saffron?'?

A. Gulabi C. Laal
B. Bhagwa D. Shwet

5. Which group of Gods in Hinduism are often depicted in blue color ?

A. Krishna,Shiva,Vishnu C. Brahma,Vishnu,Mahesh
B. Ram,Laxman,Hanuman D. Kartikeya,Ganesha,Narad

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Elephant, White, Brown, Blood, Blue, Green, Rose, Pink, Leaf, Blue, Black, Yellow, Mango, Light

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Rangila Loom / Disc for Bracelet

Needed Materials: 7 strands of different coloured wool or embroidery threads, 1 piece

of cardboard, pair of scissors, pencil, beads, compass( to make circle).


Method:

1. Draw a circle on a piece of cardboard using compass or any round glass. Cut out the
circle, then divide it in eight parts and cut 1/2" slits at the edge as shown in pic 2. And poke
a hole through the center of the circle.

2. Line up the ends of the 7 threads then tie a simple knot. Poke the knotted end of the
threads through the hole in the center of the disc and clip the each piece of thread in each
slit, leave one slit empty as shown in pic 3.

3. Now comes the braiding so hold the disc in a way so the empty slit is at top. Unclip the
the 3rd thread and clip it in to the top slit, now the 3rd slit will be empty so, rotate the
whole disc so that the empty slit is at the top again, as shown in pic 5.

4. Now just keep repeating step 3, as shown in pic4 and pic5, and your bracelet will grow.

5. Once the bracelet is long enough to be tied around your wrist, remove it from the disc,
and tie a knot right at the point where braiding ends. Trim the loose ends. Rangila
loomband is ready.

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Instructions:
You can always experiment with
thread and patterns. In between you
can add beads or any other
accessories also.

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Little Heroes : Anandu Dileep, Kerala

14-year-old Anandu Dileep was going to his tuition

class with his friends. They were crossing a bridge
when his friend slipped and fell into the 10-feet-deep
canal. Anandu jumped into the water and rescued
him.

He was honoured with the General National Bravery

Award.

Fun Science Experiments: Does Orange float or sink?

Does an orange float or sink when placed in water? Seems like a fairly straight forward
question, but is it? Give this fun density science experiment for kids a try and answer the
question while learning a unique characteristic of oranges.

What you'll need:

An orange
A deep bowl or container
Water

Instructions:
Fill the bowl with water.
Put the orange in the water and watch what happens.
Peel the rind(skin) from the orange and try the same.

What's happening?

The first time you put the orange in the bowl of water it probably floated on the surface.
But after you removed the rind, however, it probably sunk to the bottom. why?

The rind of an orange is full of tiny air pockets which help give it a lower density than
water, making it float to the surface. Removing the rind (and all the air pockets) from the
orange increases its density higher than that of water, making it sink.

Density is the mass of an object relative to its volume. Objects with a high amount of
matter in a certain volume have a high density, while objects with a smaller amount of
matter in the same volume, relatively have a low density.

Answers to Quiz: 1-(B), 2-(C) , 3-(D), 4-(B), 5-(A)

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 WHO IS HAPPY? THE PEACOCK OR THE CROW?

A crow lived in the forest and was absolutely satisfied in life. But one day he saw a swan.
“This swan is so white,” he thought, “and I am so black. This swan must be the happiest
bird in the world.”

He expressed his thoughts to the swan. “Actually,” the swan replied, “I was feeling that I
was the happiest bird around until I saw a parrot, which has two colours. I now think the
parrot is the happiest bird in creation.” The crow then approached the parrot. The parrot
explained, “I lived a very happy life until I saw a peacock. I have only two colours, but the
peacock has multiple colours.”

The crow then visited a peacock in the zoo and saw that hundreds of people had gathered
to see him. After the people had left, the crow approached the peacock. “Dear peacock,”
the crow said, “you are so beautiful. Every day thousands of people come to see you. When
people see me, they immediately shoo me away. I think you are the happiest bird on the
planet.”

The peacock replied, “I always thought that I was the most beautiful and happy bird on the
planet. But because of my beauty, I am entrapped in this zoo. I have examined the zoo
very carefully, and I have realised that the crow is the only bird not kept in a cage. So for
past few days I have been thinking that if I were a crow, I could happily roam everywhere.”

That’s our problem too. We make unnecessary comparison with others and become sad.
We don’t value what God has given us. This all leads to the vicious cycle of unhappiness.
Learn to be happy in what you have instead of looking at what you don’t have. There will
always be someone who will have more or less than you have. Person who is satisfied with
what he/she has, is the happiest person in the world.

We should remember that external qualities like colours are not to be compared. Internal
qualities or "gunas" are more important. This is beautifully explained in the following
subhashita.

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