Pongal for Kids: The Four Days, Ten Kolam Patterns to Draw and Sakkarai Pongal Recipe

A 16-page printable for a Tamil family, or a classroom, getting ready for Pongal in mid-January 2027. It suits a child of about 5 to 10 who watches a grandmother draw kolam on a video call and wants patterns to chalk on the driveway.

Pages 2-3 explain the four days (Bhogi, Thai Pongal, Mattu Pongal and Kaanum Pongal) in plain words, with the expected 2027 dates, Tamil spellings, and a word list. Page 4 shows how to draw a kolam around a grid of dots and has a table of how large each pattern comes out when the dots are 6, 8, 10 or 12 inches apart. Pages 5-9 hold ten dot-grid kolam patterns from easy to hard. Each has its dot rows counted out, a picture of the finished line, and numbered start spots for every loop. They run from one dot to the 1-3-5-3-1 diamond. Page 10 shows three of them being drawn in four stages, and page 11 has blank dot grids to practice on. Page 12 is a sakkarai pongal recipe card (rice, moong dal, jaggery, milk, ghee, cashews, raisins, cardamom). Page 13 is a plan for drawing a kolam together over a video call, page 14 is a four-morning kolam journal, page 15 compares Pongal with Lohri and Uttarayana for classmates, and page 16 gives dates and sources.

The patterns were drawn for this booklet, and each line closes on itself. Dates are given as expected, because the day depends on your own Tamil calendar. Prints on US Letter or A4.

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