Everything around us is made up of five elements (Panch-Tatva): Fire (Agni), Water (Jal), Space (Aakash), Earth (Prithvi) and Air (Vayu).

Panchtatva the Essence of life, ,the word 'panchatatva' originates from Sanskrit, where "panch" stands for r five and "tatva" indicates elements.

(TATVA) Origin & Formation: The human body is made up of "Five Elements"

1. Body as Earth (Prithvi) : The earth - solid as it is - houses the soil, Right from the birth we try to perceive everything in this world in material "form" or Body. Even using the word "I", we refer to our Physical body .We cannot relate to anything without a physical "Body" or Structure. We connect to the world outside through our body's Sense organs. The five sense organs are Ears, Skin, Eyes, Tongue and Nose, which help to perceive five physical attributes of this Universe, which are Sound, Touch, Sight, Taste and Smell. We @ SRA Kids Play School make kids aware of the Earth Value as Prithvi 

2. Water as Mind (Jal) : Water is the source of life - and it flows within all of us, 70% of the earth is water and the same goes for the human body. Do our Sense Organs really perceive the physical world? No, there is something subtler than the body that is involved in perception. This is the "Mind" or Manna (MAN). The physical eyes may be looking at an object, but if we are not connected mentally to the physical organ, there is no perception of that object. So it is the mind that brings reality to the body or the physical world. Without the mind, there is no Body. This we experience in our sleep, also when we are unconscious due to brain injury or anesthetized. So it is the mind that gives the body a reality.

3. Fire as Intelligence (Agni) : Fire is the source of energy and light. Light is important for making the beauty of the world visible to all of us - in all its radiant colors. The sensory signals received by the body-sense-organs is perceived or translated as thoughts. Each thought refers to an object or image and we generate infinite number of such thoughts. The constant flux of thoughts called the mind. Interestingly, the thoughts are stream-lined into a logical information pattern by a subtler aspect called Intelligence or Buddhi. Without Intelligence, Mind would just be a random flow of thoughts without any logic in it. In other words, Intelligence illuminates the path for the Mind to flow logically. Hence, the ancients associated the fire element with Intelligence.

4. Air as Awareness (Vayu) : Air, also be linked to space and atmosphere, is a powerful life source that is important to sustain life. Only when we are alive we can feel our Body, Mind and Intelligence. That Aliveness is known as Awareness. Without Awareness, we are dead. It is the Awareness that Enlivens all the three, the Body, Mind and Intelligence. As the air is needed for the fire to burn, Awareness is needed for the fire of intelligence to propel the functioning of the Mind and the Body. Hence, the ancients rightly called the Awareness as the Air element. According to the Ancient Vedic Science, Awareness that we feel as liveliness is the most subtlest Energy form. The Sum of Awareness, intelligence, Mind and Body called as energy.

5. Sky as Consciousness (Aakash) : The sky is the vast open space that accommodates everything. The clear blue sky above us acts as a shelter to the earth in the day, while at night it serves as a gateway to the starry galaxies that exist light years ahead of us. The puzzlingly fact is that we lose the Awareness of the Body, Mind and intelligence during the dream-less deep sleep state. Vedic Scholars call this state as Consciousness. So in deep sleep state, the Awareness of Consciousness is never lost at any time because it is the Consciousness that is manifested as Awareness, Intelligence, Mind and Body. Being in Awareness without being Aware of Intelligence, Mind and Body is known as Consciousness. In other words, Consciousness is Unconditional Awareness (without any form). Without Consciousness, nothing can exist. Everything exists in Consciousness, the living, the dead, the moving, the immobile, the small, the big. As if everything exists in space, all existence come into Being due to Consciousness. This is why the ancients associated Consciousness to the space element. Like the thumb finger needed to other fingers to function, without consciousness nothing can exist and function. So consciousness is symbolized as the thumb finger.

Relation of these five aspects of Consciousness, Awareness, Intelligence, Mind and Body are fundamental to all the attributes in this Universe. This is mirrored in every walk of life.

SRA Kids Play School helps kids to understand the "value of our life" and "origin of our life" and those fundamental elements keeps importance in our life and their Value. We help kids and to understand the five aspects of life Consciousness, Awareness, Intelligence, Mind and Body. We make kids aware for making the connection of these elements in our life and also make them understand to impliment these elements for their daily life.