Navaratri Dance Count: A Fun Counting Worksheet for Kids!
Children learn that Navratri honours Goddess Durga and that people dance garba and dandiya for nine nights, then count matching dance poses.
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India's Festivals & Cultural Diversity Activity Book for Kids 4-8
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Curriculum
- Culture & Festivals > Multi-Festival Learning
How to use this worksheet
Read the Did you know? fact together. Look at each dancer below the grid, count how many times that pose appears in the grid and write the total in its box.
Materials needed
- Pencil
- Crayons
Extension activities
- 1Try a few garba steps to music
- 2Draw your own dancer and count the dancers in your family
Written by
Hemsweta Jain · Teacher Cheena
MBA and Early Childhood Educator, teaching since 2014 · Founder of RaisoActive, Mumbai
Every RaisoActive worksheet is designed and checked by the founder before publishing.
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