Newsletter August 2023
TWO AMAZING SEASONS OF KATHA WITH KARADI!
We’ve had an amazing month with the story, art and music bonanza that’s been Katha with Karadi!
From acclaimed theatre actors like Naseeruddin Shah and Nandita Das to renowned music personalitites like Usha Uthup, Anuradha Sriram and Anil Srinivasan, April has seen two very busy seasons of #KathaWithKaradi! Along with celebrity names, the LIVE sessions also brought together many of your favourite Karadi authors, illustrators, musicians and storytellers in 29 wonderful episodes!
Click here to view all of our Katha with Karadi sessions, free stories, animated videos, audiobooks and activities, and tune in to the best way to beat lockdown boredom!
READ TWO BRAND NEW eBOOKS FOR FREE!
Farmer Falgu Stays at Home by Chitra Soundar and Kanika Nair
Farmer Falgu hears on the news that it’s not safe to go out except when it’s really necessary, and that people must stay indoors. His daughter Eila is rather cross, and wants to know why everyone has to follow this rule – she misses her friends and wants nothing more than to play outside. But Farmer Falgu explains that staying home is the only way to keep the people around us healthy.
Read Chitra Soundar’s beautifully written story where Farmer Falgu sets a positive example for his friends and family and stays at home home during the pandemic. The illustrations are by Kanika Nair, taken from the Karadi Tales Farmer Falgu series.
To read the book, click here.
To download the free audiobook, click here.
Princess Easy Pleasy is bored out of her mind. The King and Queen have told her to stay at home, because going outside during a pandemic is just not safe! But there is nothing to do, and Princess Easy Pleasy is determined to be as impossible an imp as she possibly could! But as the day progresses, it turns out there is more to do than she thought!
Natasha Sharma’s preposterous Princess Easy Pleasy makes a comeback in this hilarious story. The illustrations are by Priya Kuriyan, and have been taken from the original book, Princess Easy Pleasy.
FALGU AND EASY PLEASY IN THE NEWS!
“Farmer Falgu is finding it challenging to make his daughter Eila understand that it is important to stay indoors now. And Princess Easy Pleasy is bored out of her mind. The characters from the world of Karadi Tales have been reimagined as e-books in accordance with the times to help children understand the pandemic and deal with everything that comes with it.”
Click here to read the rest of the review from The Hindu, MetroPlus.
SOME WONDERFUL REVIEWS FOR THUKPA FOR ALL!
“As blind Tsering walks the mountain path from temple to the home he shares with his grandma, he invites their neighbors to join them for Thukpa – Ladakhi noodle soup – while demonstrating his ability to navigate, be part of the community, and help cook, in this colorful #ownvoices picture book. (PreK-3.)” – ACL Bayviews.org
“Excited that his grandmother is making his favorite Tibetan noodle soup, Tsering invites friends to join them. Will there be enough? Bright folk art-style illustrations. (5-8)” – Bank Street Best Books List
THE SCIENCE OF LANGUAGE LEARNING
Karadi Path conducted over 10 webinars in April 2020 on ‘The Science of Language Learning’. Facilitated by Mr. Kalpesh Bordawekar, Senior Vice President of Karadi Path, the workshops on the innovative pedagogy saw enthusiastic participation from over 1000 Principals and teachers from different schools across India.
RAISING READERS
To create a culture of reading among school students, Karadi Path launched a brand-new webinar on ‘Raising Readers’ on 20 April, 2020. The webinar organised by the Sri Sri Ravishankar Vidya Mandir group of schools for 700 educators was facilitated by Ms. Preetika Venkatakrishnan – Vice President, Karadi Path Education Company. The various activities on unravelling different layers of reading using an audiobook witnessed active participation.
CUCKOO CONVERSATIONS
The Cuckoo movement for children is conducting a series of online conversations called ‘Cuckoo Conversations – with mentors of lives’. As a part of this series, C.P. Viswanath led a conversation on ‘Language is not learnt in classrooms’ where he discussed the journey of Karadi Path, the methodology, and the reasons behind it.
ONLINE L&D TRAINING
The lockdown period is being used to its fullest for internal learning by the Karadi Path team. Ms. M.S. Lavanya, Manager of L&D along with various department heads organised intensive online training on varied language and theatre skills, data and analytics, documentation, and webinar presentation skills to usher in a complete digital transformation in the Training and Business Development departments of the firm.
ONLINE L&D FOR TRAINING
Teacher development has always been our top priority, and we would like to use this time to the fullest in engaging the teachers in interesting ways. All schools registered for AY 2020-21 can now avail online teacher training on Karadi Path’s innovative pedagogy and digital learning as well as participate in academic webinars specially curated for them. The teachers will also be given certificates for participation in these self-development activities.
KARADI PATH TEACHERS’ ANDROID APP: A TEACHER’S BEST LEARNING BUDDY
A collection of audio and video-books, songs and TLM resources, the app will help teachers not only be prepared with the Karadi Path programme content but also give them scope to devise learning activities. The app is a teacher’s personal collection of the finest of children’s literature from Karadi’s repository for the different levels of the programme your school uses.
KARADI PATH STUDENT ANDROID APP: RAISING READING WIZARDS
Teach a child how to read and the child will find a library on her own! Also, teach a child how to read and the child will solve a Math word problem or understand a Science concept in a jiffy! Unlock a scrumptious array of Listen While You Read stories during this summer along with fun songs and activities to nurture a reader in your child. What are you waiting for, send the activation codes you receive from us to the parents and help them have a rollicking time at home with their kids!
Stay indoors. Stay safe. Schools may be shut temporarily but there’s never a lockdown on learning!
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