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I am excited to announce a giveaway of gnaana’s fabulous eco-friendly toys!
gnaana is a retail website and online community center offering busy families a way to incorporate elements of South Asian languages, traditions and histories into their everyday lives. The company offers a unique selection of eco-friendly, developmental toys and educational material to teach children ages 0-12 about South Asian cultures.
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Winner will receive:
The Chota Chef Recipe Cards Set
The ultimate sensorial tour of India! Starting in India’s capital of New Delhi, your Chota Chef (or “Little” Chef in Hindi) will circumnavigate the subcontinent – stopping along the way to prepare simple and nutritious Indian dishes. Featuring one recipe from almost every state or region of India, The Chota Chef Recipe Cards are a unique set of 20 learning experiences designed to introduce the fundamentals of Indian cooking in imaginative, engaging, kid-friendly ways. Each Recipe Card features step-by-step illustrations along with a Fun Fact that will spark your little gourmand’s interest in one of the world’s most ancient cultures.
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A Chota Apron
(Lotus or Train, name in English)
Made in the USA with premium twill fabric – with soil release and wrinkle-resistant finish. Loop neck with 2 front pockets. Sized to fit children approximately 2-10 years of age – see website for exact measurements. Choose between Kamal (pink apron embroidered with a Lotus) or Rail (blue apron embroidered with a Train).
Bonus Prize: Apron personalized with your child’s name in English.
(See below for details on how to qualify.)
Here’s How to Enter:
1) Visit gnaana.com and check out their cool products. Post a comment in the box below about your favorite product and we will pick one lucky winner.
2) In addition to the lovely prize, the winner will receive an additional bonus prize for one of the following (current fans and subscribers automatically qualify for the bonus prize):
a. Become a Facebook Fan of gnaana
b. Sign-up for gnaana’s Newsletter
Contest closes midnight PST on Thursday, May 20th
Winner will be announced Saturday, May 22nd
Please Note: Package must be shipped to an address within the Continental US.
ps. gnaana recently asked me to guest blog about photography. My article Why hire a Professional Photographer can be found here.
Thank you for participating in the fabulous Gnaana giveaway! The winner was picked using random.org.
The winner is # 13– Congratulations Amy!
by Alpana Aras-King
Raji P. - I love the puzzle map of India. Tres tres Montessori. Along those lines, I wonder if Gnaana would procure some moveable alphabets and sandpaper letters in Devanagiri and Tamil for those parents wanting to teach their children to read and write.
Dipti - I love the Alphabet blocks in Gujarati! Anything more Gnaana can share with us along those lines would be great! Thank you!
Carolyn - So hard to pick just one product as a favorite! The Hindi alphabet blocks are what first drew me to their company. The blocks are such high quality and a great alternative to English language blocks. I also love the avatar puzzle and the chotaa chef. All the products are brilliant and I’m eagerly waiting to see what the books section will have!
Neha Agrawal - I love the Das Avatar Puzzle. It truly is a toy that grows with the child. My 1 year old daughter will first learn spatial relationships, then numbers and finally some background on her religion. It also brings back fond childhood memories on how I learned the “Das Avatar” through the Amar Chitr Katha comic books. I plan on buying several sets for Diwali presents.
ruhee - I love the puzzle map of India and the cooking recipe cards. Absolute great earning products!
Seema - My favorite product is the one I’ve now gifted to 5 families with newborns–the Gujarati Gnaana blocks. I know it’ll be a while before they can use them but, the product was too amazing that I just had to get & gift it! As a first-gen South Asian American, I have often wondered–sometimes nervously–how we will pass on our culture, language & traditions to our children. And then there was Gnaana. 🙂
Rohi - The aprons are too cute! I LOVE the lotus one and the elephant one…I also think the wooden blocks are great!
Pooja M - Totally hard to pick – i’m going to have to go with the blocks in Hindi – I love that they are colorful and a super practical way to introduce Hindi language teaching into everyday. I do also love the Das Avatar puzzle – we just bought the book by Sanjay Patel that teaches about the Hindu gods through comics and cute stories…
Mythili - I liked the decals, never saw that before, it’s a novel idea. And thanks for the reminder to buy the book written by Sanjay Patel, I saw an article in the paper about him but completely forgot about it later.
Anu - Thank You for sharing this website with SF Desi. I am so impressed by the quality of these products and had an unexpected emotional reaction to them. I am so proud of the founder of this firm to think outside the box and bring meaningful high quality products to South Asian babies (& others) in the States. I love the recipe cards, these will help involve my older kid into cooking and hopefully eating and enjoying Indian food. My younger one loves Bharta…so I would be happy to share that recipe card with him.
Thank You.
Michele Samuels - These products look like a wonderful introduction to kids of all cultures.
Moitreyee - I like the CD by Rabindranath Tagore. To have them translated is a treat for myself and my children. I also love the blue Apron with Maya written on it.
Amy Rosenbaum - I am opening my new child care school and would love to have some of your products!
– Books!
– India map!
These are the ones I really would love to add to our materials for our children.
thank you!
Amy
Chanette - I LOVE the alphabet blocks in Hindi! My husband and I have tried to instill in our children a love for learning different languages. This would be a terrific way to introduce Hindi!
Sarah Turner - Love the chef recipe cards!
Supriya - love the blocks – hindi & gujarati! also love the chota chef cards. now i can sit back and put my 4-year old daughter to work making dinner 🙂 brilliant idea! wish i had thought of it!!!
alpana - Thanks for participating in the giveaway. Comments are now closed.
Yogini desai - I am also interested in the Gujarati moveable alphabet . Please advise how I can acquire them. Thank you. Yogini