To watch Indus Valley Clay Toys powerpoint presentation, click here.
To get your first notebook pages, click here.
Sept. 24th- Clay beads: Harappans exported beads from Lothal. They even had a bead factory in Lothal. Let’s make Clay Beads for Jewelry.
Oct. 8th- Pottery: let's decorate clay pots with Harappan designs
Oct. 22nd- IVC Seals: let’s create some seals with Harappan inscriptions (Wow! May be one of us gets a clue of how to decipher the mysterious script).
Nov. 12th- Kids will create a game: Indus Valley Safari. To win the game they will have to answer a lot many questions.
Nov. 19th- Make IVC model houses and wells: with Plaster of Paris bricks, we will build miniature Harappan house with drainage included!!
Dec. 3rd- Finish model houses and wells
Dec. 17th- Digging for Artefacts: let’s break some potteries decorated in Harappan style and bury them in mud. Younger kids will be asked to dig them out with the help of their pickaxe and brush. Then together they could reconstruct the pottery and imagine its history… With elder kids, we will talk about Carbon dating…
Jan 7th- Make up session and Museum preparation. Each of our toys, potteries, seals, bead jewellery… will get displayed with dates… just like in a true museum.
Jan 8th- Presentation Day "A day at the Indus Valley Museum". All are invited to join our Museum' guided tours.
Each activity will be preceded by a powerpoint presentation.
Every week, a new aspect of the Indus Valley Civilization will be introduced through notebooking. Kids will be asked to research topics by themselves.
For those who are eager to participate but can't be present at every session, all activities will be posted here. All are welcome to reciprocate by sending photos, drawings, notes on IVC ... made kids at home. All you want to share with us about IVC will be posted here.
Our sessions will conclude with a trip to Gujarat in mid January to visit the ruins at Lothal and Dholavira. Of course, on the way, we will visit Sassan Gir National Park, the Calico Museum in Ahmedabad, the Rann of Kutchh… (More details to come later)
Anyone who has gone through the activities is invited on the tour!! Let it be an all-India homeschooler trip!!
