Jaate (Chakki) - Hand Grinding Stone for Balmandir | जाते

🌾 A small model of the traditional jaate (hand chakki): two round grinding stones with a central hole and a wooden handle. Turn the top stone to show how grain was once ground into flour at home.

📦 What's inside

• 1 jaate with handle
• Size: approx. 16 × 16 × 9 cm

🧠 Skills developed

• 🌏 Culture: traditional household tools
• 🎭 Pretend play
• 💪 Arm movement and coordination
• 🗣️ Vocabulary: grain, flour, grinding

🎤 How to use

• 🔄 Turn the handle and talk about how flour is made
• 🎵 Sing a traditional grinding song (ovi)
• 🍞 Link to lessons on food from farm to plate

🏫 Perfect for

• Pretend play corners
• Culture and heritage lessons
• Practical life shelves

📘 NEP 2020 & curriculum fit

• Rootedness in India: culture, community and values: traditional household tools
• Physical and motor development
• Experiential, play-based learning
• Montessori area: Practical Life

🤝 Pairs well with

• Khalbatta - Wooden Mortar and Pestle (Polished)
• Rolling Pin / Chakla Belan / पोळपाट लाटणे
• Kitchen Set - Large, Wooden (भातुकलीचा संच)
• Bullock Cart - Wooden Model

Brought to you by J. Dutta & Co., makers and suppliers of educational toys since 1964.