Mangoes Sweet Mangoes!

Children Enjoying Mangoes!!

Mangoes, Mangoes all around! With the Mango season in full swing, it was decided to give exposure and experience of mangoes to Ananda children. They were asked to accompany their parents to Mango vendor to see verities of mangoes and help their parents in preparing mango shake on Sunday. Each child brought a Mango for ‘Show and Tell’ activity and shared which variety he/ she had brought.

“Aam Utsav” was celebrated on Monday 22nd June 2012. Cutouts of mangoes in different colors adorned the corridors and the main entrance. Mentors along with didis came in yellow colored dress. 

During “Aam utsav” children watched videos and sang rhymes on mango in A.V hall.  There was a pin drop silence while listening to the story of mango. Preparing takeaways like Mango ice cream (PPI), decorating glasses for mango shakes (PPII), brought them together. Nursery children developed their gross motor skills by dabbing on mango cut outs. They got the exposure of yellow colour too. 

While children were busy doing these activities, didis and mentors were busy in cutting mango slices and the whole Ananda section was filled with sweet mango fragrance. Children were eagerly waiting to have mangoes brought by them. The messy way in which they ate mangoes was a treat to watch. They had mangoes all over their faces and hands and most of them wanted to have more and more. Surprisingly, some of the nursery children forgot their tears looking at different varieties of mangoes - Langra, Badaam, Chausa, Dasehri, Kesar, Totapari etc. It brought a big smile on their faces. 

They did the reflection of the event through drawing and happily went home with sweet memories of mangoes.