ten little fingers - arvind gupta (4 mb pdf)

If something is done in thespirit of play, it is much morefun. If things are learnt byrote, without understanding,then they soon becomeboring. The letters of thealphabet are a good example.Children have to write downtheir A, B, C’s again andagain, to learn them well. Theshapes of these alphabets arevery abstract. But afterrepeated efforts all childrenlearn them. But if children seesome real life shapes in theseletters, then learning them willbecome great fun - it will nomore be a chore. It will alsoput a spark to their imagination.All these Alphabet Pictureshave been created by VishnuChinchalkar. Guruji - as he ispopularly known has workedfor over 60 years with children.Guruji has shown a fewpossibilities using Hindi andEnglish letters. There arenumerous animals, objectsand people hidden insidethem. If children will turn theletters and view them fromdifferent angles, they will seenew shapes and objects inthem. Soon these lifelessletters will become their dearfriends.ACROBATIC ALPHABETS