A Play of Ramayana: Why and How We Celebrate Diwali

Story outline:

Based on one of the major Sanskrit epics of ancient India: Ramayana, the story is about the kids who are playing the Ramayana in their house backyard. This story tells why do we celebrate Diwali and Dusshera and how we celebrate Diwali and Dusshera.

What will you learn from this story:

1. Why we celebrate the Diwali?
2. Why we celebrate the Dusshera?
3. Main characters and events of major Sanskrit epic of ancient India “The Ramayana”
4. How we celebrate the Dusshera/Diwali?
5. Geographical location of Ayodhya and India
6. What is an emergency and Possible things to do in emergency
7. Pretend play

Special needs kids are often visual learners and learn fast through the story instead of individual sight word flash cards. This book and the future upcoming books will be designed in such a way so that it is easy to understand for them. The font size is kept bigger with white background to avoid distraction and noise. A simple, understandable conversation language is used throughout the book to enhance vocabulary and speech.

In the end, few tasks are given to practice the book’s concept.

Having said that, every child is unique. Parents, if you want to improve the book or future books that can meet your child-specific requirements, please provide your valuable feedback.