Kolam in our SK/1 Class

Today, Ms. Forth's SK/1 class had the good fortune to have a parent volunteer instruct the students in creating a Kolam art piece to recognize Tamil Heritage Month. Kolam is a form of drawing that is drawn by using rice flour, chalk, chalk powder or rock powder, often using naturally or synthetically colored powders, in Sri Lanka, the Indian states of Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, Kerala and some parts of Goa, Maharashtra as well as Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand and a few other Asian countries. A Kolam is a geometrical line drawing composed of curved loops, drawn around a grid pattern of dots (Wikipedia.com). We are so fortunate to have amazing parent volunteers to provide new experiences to our students. Thank you!