We believe that the most important piece of culture a person can learn and teach is language. Language has the power to create relationships and bring people closer together. Bi-lingual children are confident and proud of their roots and heritage.
Our goal is to develop love for heritage languages and South Asian culture in every child that enters our program by speaking, listening, reading and writing in it. Our program has an emphasis on conversational learning. We teach using a multi-sensorial approach, in which the child will experience and learn the language through stories, music, songs, art, movement, and food!
In each class we introduce unique themes, and words, sentences and grammar associated with it. Every class is interactive, where children get continuous chances to learn and apply the language. We also send parents suggestions on how to reinforce the class learnings for their children at home. This makes the language learning process more fun and also furthers a bonding experience with the child’s family. We also celebrate culturally significant events and personalities during the course of the program.
Intro to Gita offers an entry-level introduction to bright young minds on the luminous lessons on equality, success, happiness, competition, mindfulness and more contained in The Gita, through interactive discussions.
Roopa Pai's spirited, one-of-a-kind retelling of the epic conversation between Pandava prince Arjuna and his mentor and friend Krishna busts these and other such myths about the Bhagavad Gita. Lucid, thought-provoking and brimming with fun trivia, this course will stay with you long after you have heard the last words and will lay strong foundation for life long success and contentment.
Three thousand years ago, deep inside the forests of India, a great 'thought- revolution' was brewing. In those forest labs, the brightest scientist-philosophers contemplated the universe and reflected upon the already-ancient texts called the Vedas, gaining some startling insights into questions that we still have no watertight answers to. In this two part intro to Vedas and Upanishads, Roopa Pai will take us through India's most enduring and secular wisdoms.
30-50 Hindi class hours required
Age 5 - 8 years Sunday 10am FULL
Some familiarity, 10-20 class hours
Age 4 - 8 years Sunday 11am FULL
Age 5 - 10 years Sunday 11.45am FULL
Good familiarity to introductory Hindi sentences, vocab and some alphabets, 30-40 sessions done
Age 5 - 10 years Monday 5pm FULL
Little to no familiarity to Hindi
Age 5 - 10 years Monday 6pm
Good familiarity to introductory Hindi sentences, vocab and some alphabets, 30-40 sessions done
Age 8 - 14 years Tuesday 5pm
Good familiarity to Hindi language, learning since 3+ years
Age 8 - 14 years Wednesday 6pm
Little to no familiarity to Hindi
Age 4- 8 years Thursdays 5pm
Good familiarity to Hindi language, learning since 3+ years
Age 8 - 14 years Sunday 6pm FULL
Taught by Roopa Pai (4 sessions Sept 13, 20, 27, Oct 4)
Wednesday 8pm
Please send in your tuition by Aug 4 to avoid a 5% surcharge
Private Class: Hindi, Urdu. Punjabi and Gujarati language lessons available
Prices range from $80 - $60 per child per session, price dependent on the size of the group
*We need 48 hr notice to reschedule private classes once they begin
NEW: 10 Sessions to learn introductory and conversational Hindi/Urdu/Punjabi
Ideal for adults or children traveling to India/Pakistan
All Classes/Tuition are dependent on the final enrollment numbers | All payments are non-refundable and non-transferable | Upto 1 make-ups offered, dependent on availability at other centers | Each class is 1 hr long (4-6yr CLASS IS 30 - 40 MINS) | maximum students in a class is 10
You can pay on paypal, venmo, zelle
If you are paying with paypal, please add 5% processing fee to your tuition
For paying using check, see the enrollment form
You can also Venmo payment to @Anu-Sehgal
To complete registration, please fill the form below
All payments are non-refundable and non transferable
5% discount for one-time annual payments (Fall, Winter, Spring) 10% sibling discount
Please fill this form and email to info@TheCultureTree.com to complete registration.
The Culture Tree Class Enrollment (pdf)
DownloadWINTER: Jan 2 - March 29 (11 weeks)
SPRING: April 2 – June 25 (11 weeks)
SUMMER: July 8 - Aug 23 ( 7 weeks)
FALL: Sept 9 - Dec 22 (13 weeks)
Martin Luther King Day: January 15 (no class on Jan 15)
Mid-Term Winter Recess: February 19 - 23 (no classes Feb 17 - 23)
Private School Spring Recess: March 18 - 29 (no classes March 29-31)
Spring Recess: April 22 - 30 (no classes April 22 - 29)
Memorial Day Weekend: May 27 (no classes May 25 - 27)
Last Day of School: June 26
Indigenous Peoples' Day: October 9
Thanksgiving Recess: November 23 - 24 (no classes Nov 23 - 26)
Winter Holidays: December 25 - January 1
NOTE: WE FOLLOW THE NEW YORK PUBLIC SCHOOL CALENDAR, No class on long weekends coinciding with school holidays above