PLEASE HELP ME! Teaching children Hindi - Nurseries and Schools Discussion Forum

Hello All,
I am a mother of a 2 year old living in Canada and I am looking for resources to help me teach my son Hindi. Both sets of his grandparents speak Hindi to him but my Hindi is very limited and I speak it like a Canadian! We get Hindi movies here but I am looking for Hindi cartoons such as the Flintstones but in Hindi. I am also looking for story books for children in Hindi (written with Alpha characters rather than Hindi script). Can someone direct me to a site where I can order such material? Also, I am told by my relatives here in Canada and Indian tv shows great children shows in Hindi. I would be more than willing to pay someone in India to videotape such shows from tv for me. Thanks so much! nicemom replied. hi nina,
you're one on the very few site user who has been replying to the messages. i, too, am new on this site.
i'm from florida, usa. i enjoy to communicate with other moms. thats a good way i find solutions to many of my parenting queries. About. com is a good site , if you have some pediatric questions. (any kind)
i feel so guilty that i don't take my daughter to the temple nor the indian functions often. i vist the temple just once in 2 mths or so. we get yummy indian food there!! i'm so lazy to cook on weekneds, so sometimes i pick up food stuff from there!!
i got a lot of chores to take care of today, bye for now
keep writing
nicemom replied. hi,
are you a member of some indian association in your city? if you want your son to be close to the indian culture, i'm sure these assoc. have weekend classes for such teachings.
you want him to speak sentences in hindi ? woh, thats asking for a little too much, b'coz i've yet to see a child born and brought up here, who speaks their mother-tongue that well.
i agree about how his grand-parents must be feeling. my mom talks with my daughter in english but my mother-in-law always says 'are you trying to teach her hindi or not?' and my hubby and we shy off from that topic.
i'm sure we can bring up our kids with good ethics and also teach them our culture without feeling guilty that they can't speak hindi fluently.
i must tell you the latest about my daughter......i've tried to teach her the 'arti' om jaya jagadish hare. and i was thrilled to hear her say the 4 words of the song the other day.
keep writing
nicemom replied. hi nina,
i stay in the united states. my daughter is 2 1/2 yrs old and she talks english but can understand a little of hibdi. that b'coz we speak a little of hindi at home. i am not worried that she won't learn hindi at all. may be when we visit india, she will pick up hindi too. kids learn very fast.
tho' everybody keeps saying that she shldhave learnt hindi first and then english, my hubby and me are of the opinion that ,english was a preference. its helped us b'coz unlike other indian kids , my daughter was not shy to speak in day care/pre-school. i have seen kids who are tottally confused about which language to communicate in. so they start to talk late.
my daughter speaks english and i'm happy. she has started 4-5 words of hindi too. i'm sure when we make a trip to india, she will pick up hindi. if not full sentences, atleast she'll understand.
don't worry.....keep writing.

2002-05-01

Name: nicemom
Subject:

sure , we can keep in touch

hi nina,
you're one on the very few site user who has been replying to the messages. i, too, am new on this site.
i'm from florida, usa. i enjoy to communicate with other moms. thats a good way i find solutions to many of my parenting queries. About. com is a good site , if you have some pediatric questions. (any kind)
i feel so guilty that i don't take my daughter to the temple nor the indian functions often. i vist the temple just once in 2 mths or so. we get yummy indian food there!! i'm so lazy to cook on weekneds, so sometimes i pick up food stuff from there!!
i got a lot of chores to take care of today, bye for now
keep writing

2002-04-30

Name: nicemom
Subject:

hindi

hi,
are you a member of some indian association in your city? if you want your son to be close to the indian culture, i'm sure these assoc. have weekend classes for such teachings.
you want him to speak sentences in hindi ? woh, thats asking for a little too much, b'coz i've yet to see a child born and brought up here, who speaks their mother-tongue that well.
i agree about how his grand-parents must be feeling. my mom talks with my daughter in english but my mother-in-law always says 'are you trying to teach her hindi or not?' and my hubby and we shy off from that topic.
i'm sure we can bring up our kids with good ethics and also teach them our culture without feeling guilty that they can't speak hindi fluently.
i must tell you the latest about my daughter......i've tried to teach her the 'arti' om jaya jagadish hare. and i was thrilled to hear her say the 4 words of the song the other day.
keep writing

2002-04-30

Name: Nina
Subject:

Indian culture

Thanks for replying to my posts. I am not a member of any association. I live in Toronto and there is a huge Indian community here. I know what you mean about reaching them Aarti. My son says Om Shanti Shant Shanti when he sees pooja stuff and it makes me so proud. I guess I feel a lot of pressure from relatives who expect me to teach Hindi to my son all the time. English is my first language so it is hard for me to communicate in Hindi when it takes me so much time to figure out the right words, sentence structure, etc. What part of the US are you from? I would love to keep in touch with you. I am new to this site.

2002-04-29

Name: nicemom
Subject:

why do you insist on hindi?

hi nina,
i stay in the united states. my daughter is 2 1/2 yrs old and she talks english but can understand a little of hibdi. that b'coz we speak a little of hindi at home. i am not worried that she won't learn hindi at all. may be when we visit india, she will pick up hindi too. kids learn very fast.
tho' everybody keeps saying that she shldhave learnt hindi first and then english, my hubby and me are of the opinion that ,english was a preference. its helped us b'coz unlike other indian kids , my daughter was not shy to speak in day care/pre-school. i have seen kids who are tottally confused about which language to communicate in. so they start to talk late.
my daughter speaks english and i'm happy. she has started 4-5 words of hindi too. i'm sure when we make a trip to india, she will pick up hindi. if not full sentences, atleast she'll understand.
don't worry.....keep writing.

2002-04-30

Name: NinaCanada
Subject:

Hindi

I understand what you are saying. We are pressured by all our relatives who say that a child should learn Hindi first and learn English in School. My son knows English very well and is very confident speaking to people. I feel English is very important as they need to have a good start in school. I want him to know Hindi so he is closer to his culture and can speak to his grandparents. My son knows several words in hindi and can count to 13 in both languages. However, he has not formed sentences in Hindi yet.

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