Book-2
World Around me Activity and Learning Book
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My School
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Good manners
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My Family & my home
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Our Food
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The Seasons
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Means of transport
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Air & water
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Visual Skills
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Calendar
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The Festivals
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Plants & trees
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Animals
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1 Myself Tell us something about yourself:
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My name is ______________________. I am _______ years old.
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I study in class KG- ______.
The name of my school is _______________________________. My birthday is on _________________.
I am a girl.
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For the Teacher: Encourage the children to talk about themselves by turn. Appreciate each child for whatever he/she feels good about himself/ herself without drawing comparisons. Help each child to feel positive about himself/ herself.
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Parts of my body Ear Nose
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Write the correct number in the boxes:
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Sense organs
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Tick the things which are cold and cross the ones which are hot.
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Tick the things which are soft to touch and cross the ones which are hard.
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Sense organs
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Tick the things which are good to see & cross the others.
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Tick the things which are good to hear & cross the others.
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Tick the things which are good to smell & cross the others.
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How I spend my day
I get up at _____________.
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I brush my teeth & take my bath at ______________.
I take my lunch at ________.
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I go to school at ________.
For the Teacher: Tell the children the importance of getting up early in the morning. Tell the children that they must thank God for all the things they get. Also tell them to go to bed on time. It's a good saying “Early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise”.
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I take rest at _________.
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How I spend my day
I say good night and sleep at ___________.
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I take my dinner at
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This is my thumb.
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This is my hand. I keep my hands clean.
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My Hand
For the Teacher: Teach the concept of “left” and “right” using hands and legs. The song “put your right hand out…” helps. Teach the children to make handprints and thumb prints. Explain them that no two people have the same finger prints.
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2 Our Food
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We have lunch in the afternoon.
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We have dinner at night.
For the Teacher: Encourage a discussion about food and its importance for all living things. We eat food when we are hungry but we need to eat food to grow, to stay healthy. Activity: Have Lemonade party or fruit chaat day.
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Join each food to its source with a line.
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For the Teacher: Talk to children about kinds of food and why we need a balanced diet — cheese, eggs and milk to grow; sugar, oil, rice and butter for energy ; salads, fruits and pulses for health. Talk about where these food come from.
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Tick the food which is good for health and cross the ones which are not.
For the Teacher: Explain the children the importance of eating healthy & balanced diet. Help the children to differentiate between healthy and unhealthy food.
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Activity
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Draw fruits & vegetables in the baskets.
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Let's draw!
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Father And Mother I Love You
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3 My family & my home Paste your mother's photograph here.
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Paste your father's photograph here.
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Colour the people who live with you:
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For the Teacher: Talk about people in the family and the importance of loving & sharing. Let the children know that a small family has four or less member and a big family has more than four members. Activity: Make a photo frame and have them paste a family photograph.
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My sweet home
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Your house protects you from:
For the Teacher: Homes & shelters are an important part of life. Talk about the need for a home- to shelter, to protect us from heat, cold, rain & danger.
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Types of houses
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Apartments
Hut
Igloo
For the Teacher: Talk about the different kinds of houses- bungalows, flats, igloo, and huts. Discuss what they are made of & their differences. Get children to talk about the kind of house they live in.
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Draw a picture of your house & colour it.
My address is: ___________________________________ _______________________________________________
number is ___________________.
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For the Teacher: Explain that our home, big or small, is special to us & we must feel proud of it. Activity: Get the children to draw a picture of their house. Also get the children to memorize their address & phone number.
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4 My School
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The name of my school is ______________________________.
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My Principal's name is _____________________. My School Telephone number is __________________. For the Teacher: Talk to children about the school. Activity: Get the children to answer the questions below the picture by writing in the space provided. Take them around the school to meet the Principal, watchman, gardener & other helpers.
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Tick the activities you do in your school:
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I study in KG-____.
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My Classroom
There are _______________ children in my class.
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I can see ________, _______, ________ in my class.
For the Teacher: Talk about their classroom & also the other rooms in the school. Activity: Talk about what a child can see in the classroom & encourage them to make a list of articles in their classroom.
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Postman
Peon
Sweeper
Gardener
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Make colourful tulips (paper folding) and paste them.
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Good manners Good Morning!
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Please may I borrow your book?
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Thank you!
For the Teacher: Talk about how good manners help in making a good society. Talk about the importance of helping out in the house. Explain “Manners maketh man”. Words like “Thank you” & “Please” make life easy. Children should learn to behave well.
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Good practices
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Wash your hands before and after meals.
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Throw the waste in the bin.
Keep fans and lights switched off when not in use.
Keep your house neat and clean.
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P ) to the good manners & no (O ) to the bad manners.
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Summer
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5 Seasons:
For the Teacher: Talk about the summer season. Teach them the names of the summer months. Talk about what we see around us (flowers, vegetables, fruits, fans, coolers, etc.), what we wear and eat to keep cool. Activity: Teach the children to make a hand-fan with coloured paper.
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Rainy
For the Teacher: Talk about the rainy season. Teach them the names of monsoon months. Talk about the things we see around us in the rainy season (frogs, earthworms, umbrellas, puddles, insects, etc.). Activity: Teach them to make a paper boat and float in a puddle or a bucket of water.
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Autumn
For the Teacher: Talk about the autumn season. Teach them the names of autumn months. Talk about the things we see around us in the season. Activity: Teach them to make a paper tree.
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Winter
For the Teacher: Talk to children about winter season. Discuss the different things we associate with winter season (woollens, bonfires, oranges, heaters, etc.). Teach them the names of the winter months.
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Spring
For the Teacher: Talk about the spring season. Teach them the names of spring months. Talk about the things we see around us in the season. Activity: Teach them to make a paper tulip.
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Write the names of the seasons as depicted by the pictures.
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Clothes we wear
For the Teacher: Talk about what should be worn during the different seasons. Let the children talk about what they wear in different seasons.
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Identify the objects and write the names of the season they are used in.
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Put a cross on the clothes you would not wear during summer season and tick the clothes you would.
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Baa, baa black sheep Have you any wool?
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Paste bits of left-over wool on the sheep.
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For the Teacher: Explain that the wool for our woolens comes mainly from sheep. Explain that shearing wool off a sheep is like a barber cutting our hair; that sheep grow wool again as we grow hair and that shearing is not cruel or hurting the sheep.
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Calendar: Days in a Week
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Days in a Week
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Months in a Year
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Months in a Year
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6 Festivals
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Holi
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Christmas
For the Teacher: Talk to children about different festivals in the pictures. Ask them which festivals are celebrated in their family.
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The Festivals Diwali
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Places of worship
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Sikhs pray in a Gurudwara
Christians pray in a Church
For the Teacher: Tell the children that God is everywhere. We all worship God in places of worship. Talk about the different places of worship in our neighbourhood. Ask them the names of places of worship in their neighbourhood.
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Muslims pray in a Mosque
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Colour & decorate the diya. Talk about environmental pollution
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Colour and decorate the picture.
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Match the festivals depicted in the pictures with their names.
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Diwali
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Gandhi Jayanti
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Independence Day
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7 Plants & Trees
For the Teacher: Talk to children about different types of plants & also about the variety of things we get from plants & trees.
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Trees
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Coconut tree
Pine tree
For the Teacher: Compare & contrast between the types of trees which grow in coastal (coconut), tropical (mango), desert (palm) & high altitude areas (pine). Tell them that the trees can be of different shapes. Trees purify the air, give shade & keep the place cool. So it is wrong to cut trees.
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Parts of a plant
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Flower
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Stem
For the Teacher: Talk about the different parts of the plant. Explain that the roots hold the plant firmly in soil & absorb nutrients; the stem bears the leaves, flowers and fruits.
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Flowers
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For the Teacher: Talk about the different flowers. Point out that flowers differ in number of petals, colour, smell, size, shape, etc. Teach them the names of some common flowers.
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Fruits
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Cherries
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Plums
For the Teacher: Slice a banana & point out that it is seedless. Similarly show that mangoes, cherries, etc. have a single seed, whereas apples, pears & oranges have many seeds. Some fruits like melons have numerous seeds. Explain that some fruits like
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Fruits
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Peach
Pear
Banana
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Pineapple
For the Teacher: Stimulate a discussion & ask them to talk about their favourite fruit and ask which fruit needs to be peeled before eating & which can be eaten with the skin. Tell them that fruits provide energy & keep our body healthy.
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Fruits
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Vegetables
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Turnip
For the Teacher: Talk about which part of the plants bears the vegetables. For example potatoes, carrots & turnips occur underground, tomatoes & brinjal grow on the stem & spinach in the leafy part of the plant.
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Vegetables
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Spinach
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Vegetables
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Pumpkin
Lady finger
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Peas
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Onion
Ladyfinger
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Draw 2 yellow fruits in the basket.
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They give us fruits.
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They give us medicines.
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8 Animals: At the farm
For the Teacher: Talk about the various farm animals, how they are useful to us, what products they give us & how we must look after them well and not ill-treat them Point out that the cow, buffalo & goat gives us milk & the hen lays eggs.
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More farm Animals
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Wild Animals
For the Teacher: Talk to the children of wild animals which live in the jungle. Stress the need to keep the wild animals in the forest and not behind bars and cages in the zoos. Inculcate respect for all living things.
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More wild Animals
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Water Animals
For the Teacher: Talk to the children of animals which live in the water. Teach the children their names. Point out that some animals like the frog, alligator & tortoise can live on land as well as in water.
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For the Teacher: Talk to the children of animals which live in the farm. Tell them that a home is a place of shelter. It gives comfort & rest. Like human beings, birds & animals also need their homes. Teach them the names of different animal homes.
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Write the names of the wild animals and their babies.
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Tick the animals which can live both on land and water.
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Let's draw!
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Professions
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Professions
For the Teacher: Professionals of all kinds help to keep the world working smoothly and to organize the things in society. Talk about the different professions on this page. Talk about what each one does. Ask children if any person in their family work in those professions.
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Activity I would like to be…
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Draw or paste a picture:
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10 Means of Transport:
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Land Transport
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For the Teacher: Talk to children about different forms of transport. Talk of the differences in each- planes and helicopters have wings; buses and cars have wheels; boats and ship float on water. Also talk about the flyovers, subways, overpass, underpass, metro.
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Water Transport
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Air Transport
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For the Teacher: Talk of the speeds of different means of transport. Do not discourage ideas like space craft, rockets, hot air balloons, etc. Activity: Talk about the different means of air transport on this page. Teach the children their names.
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For the Teacher: Explain the need for Traffic signals. Teach them what the red, yellow and green light mean. Stress that we must follow traffic rules to travel safely and carefully. Talk of the traffic police and how they help.
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We all use different means to go to school. Let’s help all of them reach the school on time.
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MY HOME
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Write which mode of transport the following belong to:
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11 Air & Water
For the Teacher: Talk about the importance of air in our daily life. Air is all around us. We cannot see air but we can feel it when we stand in front of a fan, we inflate a ball, we blow candles, we fly a kite or we blow bubbles.
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Write the uses of water.
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For the Teacher: Talk about how water is useful for us. We cannot live without water. We use water for drinking, washing, growing plants, swimming & for extinguishing the fire. Also talk about how water should be properly utilized.
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Please take care to save water:
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When you are washing your hands.
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Draw the next shape in the sequence.
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Circle the similar picture.
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I live in India.
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National Flag
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