It is worthwhile to link festivals with cultural and language learning: Example of Basant Panchami

Teachers and educators are required to create learning material to link culture and learning.

Example-1

Here is a mini-poem Basant Panchami in Hindi for children with special needs

This poem is a mix of Hindi and slant-Sanskrit which often children love.

The poem should be sung with gestures and visual support for children with special needs.

Example 2

Here is language art of acrostic on SARASWATI - the Goddess of Learning - associated with Basant Panchami.

Acrostic on SARASWATI:

S: Symbol of discernment and wisdom to distinguish between the

A: Abiding and fleeting to attain

R: Real knowledge of life

A: Art, music and science leading to

S: Self-realization by being in the

W: World but not of it and

A: Attainment of the

T: Truth that is

I: Infinite and eternal