A kindergartener in lockdown
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Anaya Jindal, age 5, is a kindergarten student at Little Alley School, Bangalore.
While visiting her grandparents in Jaipur, the government announced a nationwide lockdown to contain the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Stuck at home, Anaya diligently worked on her English, Maths and drawing skills. Here are some pages from her notebook.
![Anaya strikes a post at her grandparent's house in Jaipur. Anaya strikes a post at her grandparent's house in Jaipur.](/sites/inourdays.org/files/images/img/stories/anaya-jindal/anaya-jindal-grandparents-house-jaipur.jpg)
Anaya strikes a post at her grandparent's house in Jaipur.
![Anaya attempts to guess the lockdown end date from the daily newspaper. Anaya attempts to guess the lockdown end date from the daily newspaper.](/sites/inourdays.org/files/images/img/stories/anaya-jindal/anaya-jindal-newspaper-grandparents-house-jaipur.jpg)
Anaya attempts to guess the lockdown end date from the daily newspaper.
![Anaya's maths assignment - count the stars in each row, find the larger number and write it down in the box. Anaya's maths assignment - count the stars in each row, find the larger number and write it down in the box.](/sites/inourdays.org/files/images/img/stories/anaya-jindal/maths-counting-anaya-jindal.jpg)
Anaya's maths assignment - count the stars in each row, find the larger number and write it down in the box.
![Anaya builds her English vocabulary by naming the parts of a tree. Anaya builds her English vocabulary by naming the parts of a tree.](/sites/inourdays.org/files/images/img/stories/anaya-jindal/english-vocabulary-anaya-jindal.jpg)
Anaya builds her English vocabulary by naming the parts of a tree.
![Anaya sketches a traffic signal. Anaya sketches a traffic signal.](/sites/inourdays.org/files/images/img/stories/anaya-jindal/traffic-light-anaya-jindal.jpg)
Anaya sketches a traffic signal.
![Anaya draws Mickey Mouse. Anaya draws Mickey Mouse.](/sites/inourdays.org/files/images/img/stories/anaya-jindal/mickey-mouse-anaya-jindal.jpg)
Anaya draws Mickey Mouse.
![Anaya draws Peppa Pig. Anaya draws Peppa Pig.](/sites/inourdays.org/files/images/img/stories/anaya-jindal/peppa-pig-anaya-jindal.jpg)
Anaya draws Peppa Pig.
![Anaya as a beautiful princess. Anaya as a beautiful princess.](/sites/inourdays.org/files/images/img/stories/anaya-jindal/anaya-jindal-fancy-dress.jpg)
Anaya as a beautiful princess.
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Editor's Note
This story is part of our series on the coronavirus pandemic of 2019-2020. Here is the complete series so far. Readers are welcome to keep contributing!
- Life and times during a pandemic quarantine by members of a family scattered worldwide
- Adjutant Stork (Laptoptilos dubius) – A Ray of Hope by Vinod Goel
- A kindergartener in lockdown by Anaya Jindal, age 5
- A lively discussion in these corona times by Jatinder Sethi, Joginder Anand, Gurvinder Khaneja and Subodh Mathur; moderated by Subhash Mathur.
- Musings of an octogenarian on the human predicament by V. N. K. Kumar
- My muse – In the midst of the Corona storm by Subhash Mathur
Comments
Kindergartener
Lovely girl
Beautifully described
God bless her
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