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aCTiViTY 4U

Word NamE,

BloCK GamE

1. Write it well, write it nice, 6. Young boy wrap your turban,
a word you write on uncooked rice. (2 letters) with Guru Granth Sahib you become a pious son.
2. Knowledge imparted by him, (12 letters)
as he teaches you your first hymn. (4 letters) 7. Grandmother narrates these stories,
3. Welcome oh baby, welcome, in Bengali these are tales of ghosts and fairies.
on 7th day in Islam. (6 letters) (14 letters)
4. It’s a part of Hindu tradition, 8. A ceremony to read and write,
with these ceremonies you wisdom will make your future
transition. (8 letters) bright. (16 letters)
5. A prick makes you cry, 9. Oh baby, go to sleep,
a ceremony for you to with this Malayali lullaby
beautify. you will doze deep.
(10 letters) (18 letters)

Toys illustration by: Aditi Chauhan, VII C, Jaswant Modern Sr. Sec. School, Rajpur Road, Dehradun

AN ODE TO CHILDHOOD
LOST AND FOUND
At that time I was curious Childhood is the happy
about everything, time of life, Ruffling through the pile
I thought that impossible childhood is full of smiles. of bits and bobs tucked
meant nothing, It is indeed a charming away in a forgotten nook
I still remember my time, of my cabinet, something
childhood listening to bedtime fell down, something that
with memories both bad and stories and rhymes. held a treasure trove of
good. Karthik Kapur, VII C, Modern memories for me. It was a Illustration by: Kavya
himanshi Kothari, Vii g, Maharana School Vasant Vihar, New Delhi Sharma, VII, Dundlod
Mewar Public school, udaipur rattle picked up at a market Vidyapeeth, Dundlod
somewhere in the bazaars
of old Delhi and passed down by my great
grandmother. I had grown to love it. From
using it as a toy to using it as a signal to call
others, the child in me hadn't really wondered
Of childhood we speak with great delight, about the significance of having a piece of
for it is a time when we laugh and fight culture and history I held in my hands.
with parents, and friends, and siblings alike
for things so silly, we will look back and smile. Manya gupta, Xi D, Queen Mary’s school, Northend,
Delhi
B Taruna Varshini, VIII A, G.D. Matriculation Higher
Secondary School, Coimbatore Find out if you family has a toy heirloom.
Document its history and make a timeline of how
an ode is a poem written to glorify something. Write your own ode it has travelled down the generations.
describing what made your childhood unique.

Illustration by: Aayush Sahu, VII, Siddhi Sagar Academy, Civil Lines, Lalitpur

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