Shaantaakaaram Sloka – Activity Copy

• Make a card for each line of the Shloka separately on a quarter chart of paper. i.e. Shantaakaaram Bhujaga Shayanam on one card, Padmanabham Suresham on another and so on. The Balvikas Gurus can keep these cards ready well ahead of the class.

• In the class, ask the children to pick a card each. This way, in total 8 children would have picked one card each containing one line of the Shloka. If there are more than 8 children, then this can be repeated with all the children in turns, so that everyone gets an opportunity.
• Now ask the children to stand and arrange themselves in a line, so that the correct sequence of the Shloka is formed
• Once they form the correct sequence, ask each child to chant the line of the shloka that they are holding.

A variation of this activity can be as follows –

Meanings can also be written on separate charts/cards. The children can be asked to match each line of the shloka with the correct meaning.

Objective

Through this activity the children can learn the Shloka easily. This activity can be used for all shlokas which are a little lengthy.